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The public interest assessment is a key safeguard in bank resolution, to protect taxpayers and financial stability. When faced with a failing bank, the SRB considers whether resolution best serves the public interest or whether the bank can go into normal...
Today, the Single Resolution Board (SRB) publishes its updated ‘Minimum Requirements for Own Funds and Eligible Liabilities (MREL) Policy under the Banking Package’. The updated policy introduces a number of new elements and refinements, based on the...
Resolution planning has come a long way since the financial crisis 2007/08 and is now firmly rooted in the Banking Union’s regulatory framework. Preserving financial stability in all 21 Banking Union Member States and beyond is key[1], and this guides the...
In Europe, we have built our resolution framework from scratch in just a few short years. This required prioritising tasks in the initial phases. Up to now, we have mainly focused on the operationalisation of the bail-in tool, as it is the preferred...
There is no doubt that 2020 was a milestone year in many people’s lives. At the SRB, 2020 also saw us hit two major milestones from a resolution planning perspective.
The first of these was the introduction of a new resolution planning cycle (RPC) based...
The SRB has today launched a streamlined consultation process in relation to the 2021 ex-ante contributions to the Single Resolution Fund (SRF).
In particular, institutions have the opportunity to review the SRB’s preliminary Master Decision for the 2021...
The Single Resolution Board (SRB) has today published its minimum requirement for own funds and eligible liabilities (MREL) dashboard covering the reporting period Q3.2020.
Key findings:
- The average BRRD1 MREL target, in percentage of the total risk...
We ended 2020 with agreement on another important step on the road to the Banking Union.
The Eurogroup (in inclusive format) agreed to move forward with the reform of the European Stability Mechanism and to establish the common backstop to the Single...
New Year isn’t the only time that we, at the SRB, think about resolutions. Our focus is always on making banks resolvable so that we can promote financial stability and protect the taxpayer. However, as we head into a new year that I hope will be brighter...
The Single Resolution Board and the Bank of England continue to work closely together to ensure we have appropriate arrangements in place for effective cooperation on the management of the failure of cross border banks, should the need arise. This is...
Andrea Enria’s recent comments in the Financial Times fanned the embers of the idea of a pan-European Asset Management Company, more commonly referred to as a European bad bank. Mr Enria promoted the idea as a possible tool for strengthening financial...
The SRB has updated its approach to the prior permission regime for early calling, redeeming, repaying or repurchasing of eligible liabilities instruments by banks, ahead of upcoming key regulatory changes.
On 28 December 2020, the application of SRMR2...
The Single Resolution Board has published today its standardised data set to ensure that the minimum needed data is available to support a robust valuation for bank resolution.
The SRB approach to valuation relies on banks’ ability to provide accurate...
The Eurogroup’s agreement to introduce the common backstop to the Single Resolution Fund (SRF) early is something we very much welcome at the SRB. This is an important step towards completing the Banking Union, and will enhance confidence in the bank...
The Single Resolution Board (SRB) has today published an MREL dashboard which will be followed by regular quarterly reports.
The dashboard is designed to give a comprehensive overview of the Minimum Requirement for Own Funds and Eligible Liabilities...
The Single Resolution Board today publishes a paper outlining its expectations for how banks engaging in mergers and acquisitions (M&As) can ensure resolvability. Such transactions, in addition to prudential and competition law implications, are highly...
The Single Resolution Board has today published its 2021-2023 Multi-Annual Programme, including its Work Programme 2021. The SRB sets out a roadmap with a clear focus on achieving resolvability and a robust bank resolution of the banks under its remit...
The Single Resolution Board today brings together industry, public authorities and key stakeholders to discuss progress and challenges for bank resolution. The key topics will be the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the industry and resolvability...
The Single Resolution Board takes note of the judgments of the General Court of the European Union annulling the SRB’s decisions on the 2017 ex-ante contributions of Landesbank Baden-Württemberg, Hypo Vorarlberg Bank and Portigon to the Single Resolution...
The COVID-19 pandemic constitutes an unprecedented global shock. The latest economic forecasts point at the deepest recession since World War II and, at this stage, we do not yet know its full and final impact on the economy: it remains a very large...
When talking about the predictability of the resolution framework, one has to state clearly, that we have a viable system in place, providing clear rules on using resolution tools and allocating losses in case of a bank failure. For example, a harmonised...
The Single Resolution Board has today published a new set of documents to give operational guidance to banks on the implementation of the bail-in tool.
The documents include guidance on bail-in playbooks and instructions for bail-in data sets, which are...
The Single Resolution Board (SRB) plans for and manages bank failures in such a way that the public interest is safeguarded. The bank resolution framework was put in place for banks whose collapse might shake other parts of the economy. In these cases...
The Single Resolution Board today announced that the Single Resolution Fund received an increase of €9 billion from 3,066 institutions for the year 2020. This brings the total amount in the SRF to approximately €42 billion.
“The Fund is being steadily...
Bulgaria and Croatia will join the Single Resolution Mechanism, following the decisions by the European Central Bank to establish close cooperation with the Bulgarian National Bank (Българска народна банка) and Croatian National Bank (Hrvatska narodna...