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Dominique Laboureix: We don't want taxpayers to be hit if things go wrong somewhere. 

Politicians are afraid that "their" banks will pay for failing banks in other countries if there were a European deposit guarantee scheme.But through the Single...

The SRB has published its Resolution Planning Cycle Booklet for 2023.

Resolution planning is about being prepared to deal with failing banks in a controlled way, in order to protect taxpayers and keep providing critical functions to the economy while...

This note is aimed at reporting to the Eurogroup of 15 May 2023 on:

1. resolvability progress of SRB banks;
2. the Single Resolution Fund (SRF) and Common Backstop; and
3. the SRB's strategic review

This reporting takes place twice a year, in parallel with...

MREL policy

The SRB has decided to maintain its policy on the calibration of MREL (total and subordinated component) with minimal changes this year. “We aim to provide a stable regulatory environment in a phase where some banks are still building up...

• No impact on ongoing requests and permissions already granted by the SRB.
• The Delegated Regulation mirrors the EBA draft RTS, except for the procedure for institutions with minimum requirement for own funds and eligible liabilities (MREL) equal to the...

The European crisis management framework is a strong, flexible framework that is well-designed to manage bank failure. However, work remains to be done to enhance the framework. I will focus on two key issues: ensuring we have the options needed to manage...

The EU’s resolution authority is investigating how to adjust to the pressure from digital bank runs, which accelerated the failures of U.S. lenders in March.

Dominique Laboureix, the chair of the Single Resolution Board (SRB), which works to prevent and...

• Proposed legislative changes seen as important and pragmatic step forward
• ECB and SRB ready to provide technical input on proposals to ensure consistent and workable framework

The European Central Bank (ECB) and the Single Resolution Board (SRB)...

The Single Resolution Board is pleased to invite media representatives to its annual press breakfast in Brussels, on the 25 April. The event will be in person and online.

The press will have the opportunity to meet the new SRB Chair, Dominique Laboureix...

Malaysia Deposit Insurance Corporation (PIDM) and the Single Resolution Board (SRB), the European Banking Union’s resolution authority, have announced a Cooperation Arrangement (CA) to enhance cross-border communication and cooperation for resolving...

Dominique Laboureix, chair of the European Union’s Single Resolution Board, said he wanted to send a clear message to investors that the regulator would uphold the legal framework for absorbing losses in the case of another bank failure.

• The Swiss decision has led some Credit Suisse AT1 bondholders to consider legal action, and it sparked uncertainty for bondholders around the world.
• “We wanted to tell it very clearly to the investors, to avoid to be misunderstood: we have no choice...

BRUSSELS — The EU shouldn’t ignore financial-market jitters over the health of the banking sector, the head of the European authority for managing bank failures said, as he warned a lack of trust could spiral despite the resilience of the sector.

Bank...

EU plans to bring more mid-sized banks into the resolution framework and tinker with the conditions for a rainy-day fund for bank failures won’t be a “free lunch,” according to the head of the European authority for handling bank failures.

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Dans un entretien exclusif à L’Agefi, Dominique Laboureix, président du Conseil de résolution unique (SRB) européen depuis fin novembre, juge que la gestion des crises SVB et Credit Suisse ne remet pas en cause le modèle européen

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The Single Resolution Board (SRB) has reached Cooperation Arrangements with the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA), the Central Bank of the Argentine Republic – Banco Central de la República Argentina (“BCRA”) and the Reserve Bank of New...

New Single Resolution Board Member Tuija Taos has started her mandate today, with responsibility for resolution planning and decisions.

Ms Taos is the former Director-General of the Finnish national resolution authority, the RVV, and also worked for the...

Single Resolution Board chair adamant Brussels will not take investors in bank debt ‘by surprise’

A senior EU policymaker has pledged not to wrongfoot investors by upending bank creditor hierarchies, after a market uproar at Switzerland’s decision to...