Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive (BRRD)
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
A bridge too far: EBA swap stay to spur mass repapering?
Industry scrambles to avoid duplicating BRRD close-out contract changes across four jurisdictions
The unintended impact of swap stays on financial stability
As swaps leverage shrinks, bankruptcy stay rules are not guaranteed to reduce systemic risk, says economist
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
Yield-hungry investors shirk bail-in bond buffet
Banks fear the buy-side’s appetite for MREL debt is on the wane
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