Bank recovery and resolution directive (BRRD)
How to adapt a bank for MPE resolution strategy
Senior SRB official suggests what is needed to prove resolution entities can operate separately
Debt-issuance spree helps Lloyds hurdle MREL target
Total funds and eligible liabilities rose to £66.8 billion at the end of last year, up 23% from 2017
Brexit threatens to reopen Asian bail-in clauses for EU banks
EU27 dealers had used English law contracts for Asian counterparties to comply with BRRD
No bank would benefit from planned eurozone G-Sib waiver
Neither Deutsche nor BNP Paribas would move to a lower capital buffer, based on end-2017 data
Eurozone banks bet on 2024 MREL deadline to ease Brexit pain
SRB says legacy English law bonds ineligible, but BRRD grandfathering could solve problem
SRB should publish banks’ MREL requirements, says Enria
But market abuse rules need amending to avoid SRB disclosing confidential resolution actions
Bank bail-in rules put European insurers at risk
The major buyers of bank debt could suffer a domino effect if the bonds are bailed in
Stuck in traffic: EU turf war holds up CCP resolution rules
Unsuitable rules for failed banks could be used to resolve French and German clearing houses
Extra tools needed for bank resolution funding – EU official
Current €55bn fund may not be enough, says senior manager at Single Resolution Board
The price of trust: tackling the risks of ring-fencing
Learning the wrong lesson from Lehman? Ring-fencing hikes risk of bank failure, says Credit Suisse’s Wilson Ervin – he proposes an alternative
Bail-in bond issuance set to climb this year – EBA
Regulatory uncertainty fading as constraint on MREL placements
EU banks get different MREL levels and deadlines
Average bail-in requirement is 28% of RWAs
Nordea plumps bail-in buffers as it moves to Finland
Nordic bank plans €10 billion senior non-preferred debt issue by 2021
SRB denies conflict of interest claim on Banco Popular
Bondholders poised to challenge “no creditor worse off” valuation if compensation is denied
Replacing too big to fail with too small to survive
Subordinated debt requirement will hit smaller banks hardest
Regulators rebuff fragmentation complaints
EC’s Guersent points to Fed hints that it would ease TLAC plans for foreign banks
Funding in the dark: EU banks wait on bail-in bond rules
Issuance strategies clouded by uncertainty over MREL subordination and pre-positioning
EU parliament’s moratorium plan billed ‘recipe for bank run’
Proposal allows pre-resolution stay as well as one during resolution provided bank reopens in between
EC official: focus on bad loans will drive bank consolidation
Supervisory and market pressure to tackle NPLs will force some banks out of market
EU Council aims to limit bail-in debt rules
Leaked BRRD text reveals all Greek and Portuguese banks could escape subordinated debt regime
European banks face forex volatility on bail-in ratios
Use of funding in foreign currencies creates new risk, especially in non-eurozone countries
Going local: Brexit prompts rethink on MREL governing law
One EU regulator has already asked banks to avoid reliance on English law for bail-in
The long march: ECB struggles with supervisory convergence
Anti-money laundering supervision and emergency liquidity assistance still run at national level
Europe’s co-op banks face capital hit from new Basel rules
Sharp increase in risk weight for strategic equity stakes will capture ownership of apex banks