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It is common practice for large banks that fail, such as Credit Swiss, to be reorganised at weekends to avoid causing confusion among customers and investors. Dominique Laboureix, chairman of the European Union's (EU) Single Resolution Board (SRB), tells...
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The European mechanism that prepares the financial system in the event of a bank collapse is about to enter a new phase. The Single Supervisory Board will have the support of the Bank of Portugal to test the capacity for response...
The banking sector is a vital part of the economy, but what happens when a bank fails? The Single Resolution Board’s (SRB) mission is to ensure financial stability and protect taxpayers amid evolving challenges in the banking industry. During his recent...
- For the first time, the SRB publishes report on resolution planning and crisis management for smaller banks, known as less significant institutions (LSIs)
- Report examines key developments in LSI sector, gives account of NRAs’ resolution planning and crisis...
This spring the European Commission initiated changes with respect to the potential resolution of banks. In addition to natural persons, depositor protection is to be extended to schools, hospitals, municipalities and other public institutions. When are...
Dominique Laboureix says Single Resolution Board moving to new phase of work on euro zone banks
The head of the euro-area agency that deals with bank failures has said he is “reasonably comfortable” with the recovery plans Irish banks have drawn up in the...
- The SRB publishes its second assessment of banks’ resolvability across the Banking Union
- Good progress made to date on key priorities and in building up loss-absorbing capacity
The Single Resolution Board has today published the results of its annual...
Liquidity is central to successful crisis management. Banks depend on trust. If customers lack confidence that their funds will be available on demand, a spiraling liquidity crisis may develop. Such a crisis can potentially drive fire sales of assets to...
The banking turmoil in the US and Switzerland earlier this year had plenty of noteworthy aspects. First Republic Bank, which collapsed shortly after Silicon Valley Bank, was the largest bank to fail since the great financial crisis, while Credit Suisse...
The Treaty of Rome, signed in 1957, established the single market and outlined a roadmap towards full freedom of movement of capital. Since then, the completion of this roadmap has been a multigenerational effort that continues to this day.
After almost...
The European Central Bank and the Single Resolution Board have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the exchange of certain types of confidential statistical information, in order to improve analysis related to bank resolution.
The MoU is an...
The SRB publishes today its MREL dashboard for Q1.2023. The MREL dashboard presents the evolution of MREL targets and shortfalls for resolution (external MREL) and non-resolution entities (internal MREL) as well as the level and composition of resources...
Laboureix disputes Swiss claim that G-Sibs are not resolvable, but wants improvements to framework
When banks fail, the outcome is inevitably messy. The post-2008 regulatory framework for resolving banks was designed stop a failure turning into a...
- 2023 marks end of ‘build-up’ phase of SRF
- Emergency fund, paid for by banks, can help resolve a failing bank
- Every bank, big or small, operating across the 21-country Banking Union pays contribution to this key instrument for financial stability
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The SRB today published its Annual Report for 2022. The report details the work of Europe’s Single Resolution Board and highlights the progress made in making Europe’s banking sector more stable, by ensuring all of the SRB’s banks make themselves...
Europe’s bank resolution authority is pushing policymakers to provide more “firepower” to protect depositors and rethink how lenders are wound down after recent failures underscored the need for swift and decisive action in a crisis.
Silicon Valley Bank...
- New guidance builds on previously issued “Expectations for banks”
- Targets banks’ capacity to measure and report liquidity in resolution
Today. 16 June, the SRB published new guidance on liquidity in resolution data for 115 of Europe’s largest banks[...
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...