Freddie Blake Associate Director – Financial Services Consulting
Freddie is a Manager within our Financial Services consulting practice. Prior to joining the firm, Freddie was at the Bank of England working in the Prudential Regulation Authority.
While working at the PRA he was the lead supervisor for a number of UK domestic banks, this included overseeing new banks applying for a banking license. He also supervised major international banks and worked as a technical specialist in the PRA’s Capital Assessment Team. During his time at the PRA, he led engagements with bank executives, board members and international regulators such as the US Federal Reserve and ECB.
Freddie joined the firm in 2022 focusing on banking and prudential risk management and brings with him strong expertise in capital, resolvability and risk management. He has led on PRA and reviews of ICAAP, ILAAP, Recovery Plan, Resolution Pack and regulatory reports.
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Pages associated to Freddie Blake
Industries
- Banking – Q1 2024
- Our Financial services team
- UK vs EU Basel comparison
- Strong and Simple – Does this apply to your firm?
- Strong and Simple - Application to third-country firms
- Strong and Simple – Pillar 3 Remuneration Disclosures (review of CP14/23)
- Disclosures and Regulatory reporting
- Market risk
- Operational Risk
- Pillar 2
- Strong and Simple – Capital insights from international regimes for simpler firms
- Key observations on PRA’s Strong and Simple policy statement (PS15/23)
- Banking – Q4 2023
- UK vs US - Comparing the implementation of Basel 3.1 reforms between the two jurisdictions
- The Strong and Simple regime: operational opportunities and challenges
- Credit Value Adjustment
- Output Floor
- Basel 3.1 Final Rules – What to look out for
- Small Domestic Deposit Takers (SDDT) Regime
- Removal of the SME support factor
- Credit Risk - Internal Ratings Based
- Credit Risk – Standardised Approach
- Model risk management – Governance
- Model risk management - Model identification and model risk classification
- Basel 3.1 - Bitesize
Insights
- Solvent exit planning for non-systemic banks and building societies
- Key Observations on Bank of England’s SDDT Consultation Paper (CP7/24)
- Small Domestic Deposit Takers (SDDT) regime: an overview
- Basel 3.1 webinar series
- Key observations on Bank of England’s Basel 3.1 Policy Statement (PS9/24)
- Basel 3.1 implementation: Key submissions before January 2026