Bail-in
SRB faces tough choices over Sberbank Europe failure
Both resolution or liquidation could lead to losses for public purse, depending on client base
TLAC buffers up at all but three systemic US banks
BNY Mellon, Citi and Wells Fargo saw their headroom shrink from a year ago
Systemic US banks’ bail-in buffers rose in Q2
Morgan Stanley posts largest amount of headroom, while Citi, State Street and Wells Fargo trail behind
Green bonds risk failing TLAC test
Europe’s banks – in their scramble to issue ethical debt – butt up against tough rules on loss-absorbing capital
EU bail-in debt sales plummeted 47% in H2 2020
Effects of pandemic continue as MREL-compliant liabilities drop, SRB figures show
Demand escalates for reform of EU bank resolution rules
SRB chair, Spanish MEP and Danish resolution chief join push to end regional bank bailouts
Covid disrupted sale of bail-in bonds by EU banks
Top banking groups are short €146.5 billion of MREL-eligible instruments
UK and EU diverge on contractual swap stays
UK scraps pre-resolution stays, while EU regulators could opt for even stricter measures
Bank resolvability in the time of Covid
We will balance flexibility and resilience, says director of EU’s Single Resolution Board
France, Germany lead EU on MREL debt sales
French banks account for 27% of total bail-in bond issuances
Bank investors still don’t think bail-in will happen, FSB told
Questions over bailing in bank bondholders mean problem of too big to fail persists, experts warn
Derivatives house of the year, Asia ex-Japan: UBS
Asia Risk Awards 2020
Why a European bad bank may not be the right answer
Types of loans most likely to become distressed due to coronavirus don’t suit EU-wide solution
Systemic European banks’ bail-in buffers fell in Q1
Bail-in debt stocks increase, but balance sheet expansion crimps TLAC ratios
Systemic EU banks’ bail-in requirements vary
One G-Sib resolution group has an MREL requirement of 32.8% of RWAs
EU banks short €178bn of MREL requirements
117 resolution entities report bail-in bond and capital shortfalls
Yield-hungry investors shirk bail-in bond buffet
Banks fear the buy-side’s appetite for MREL debt is on the wane
Metro Bank poised to miss MREL target
After a cancelled bond sale, UK lender is running out of time to raise bail-in capital
TD Bank closes on TLAC target
Lender sold four bail-in bonds last quarter, boosting its TLAC ratio to 18.9%
Bail-in bond sales catapult BMO towards TLAC target
Bank’s TLAC ratio hits 19.4% following debt issuances
MREL target drifts further out of Rabobank’s reach
Dutch bank has current MREL ratio of 27.8%, compared with target of 28.58%
Holdco issuances spur Barclays’ MREL progress
UK bank issues £7.1 billion of MREL debt in first half of 2019
FSB’s Domanski cool on bail-in debt for clearing houses
Global standard-setter says all clearing participants must be incentivised to manage risk
Fewer banks to sell MREL debt – EBA
Lenders plan to attain more retail deposits and Tier 2 and AT1 instruments instead