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The banking sector in the EU continues to show resilience in capital, liquidity and profitability, but geopolitical events could pose significant challenges for the industry
The European Banking Authority (EBA) today released the Spring 2025 edition of its risk assessment report (RAR), which also analyses the funding plans of banks within the European Union/European Economic Area (EU/EEA). This report is supplemented by the Spring Risk Assessment Questionnaire (RAQ).
ESAs launch consultation on how to integrate ESG risks in the financial stress tests for banks and insurers
The European Supervisory Authorities (EBA, EIOPA and ESMA - the ESAs) today launched a public consultation on their draft Joint Guidelines on ESG stress testing, as mandated by the Capital Requirements Directive and the Solvency II Directive. The draft Guidelines set out how competent authorities for the banking and insurance sectors should integrate environmental, social and governance (ESG) risks when performing supervisory stress tests. They aim to harmonise methodologies and practices among supervisors in banking and insurance, to ensure proportionality and to enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of ESG stress testing. The consultation runs until 19 September 2025.
Final Q&As
Question ID: 2024_7106
Should retained/own covered bonds that do not generate liabilities on the bank's balance sheet be reported in the Covered bond liabilities columns 0020-0140?
Question ID: 2024_7127
Does Article 26e (10) (b) of the Amended Securitisation Regulation allow cash collateral to be provided also in the form of a guarantee or letter of credit given by a qualifying third-party credit institution?
Question ID: 2025_7391
Buckets 2 and 11 of Table 4 in Article 325ah refer to the category of multilateral development banks (MDBs) and international organisations (IORGs) referred to in Article 117(2) or Article 118 of CRR. At the same time, paragraph 2 of the same article 325ah, requires the use of a classification that is commonly used in the market for grouping issuers by sector, in order to assign a risk exposure to a sector.
Assuming that such a market wide accepted classification would show a certain counterparty as an MDB, as long as this specific counterparty is not listed in the above listed articles mentioned for buckets 2 and 11 of Table 4 in Article 325ah (as a one to one match) , then this counterparty would need to be assigned to a different bucket, likely 4 or 13.
Can there be a departure from the specific list of MDBs and IORGs, as referred to in Article 117(2) or Article 118 of CRR, for the purpose of Table 4 in Article 325ah of CRR?
Question ID: 2025_7456
C 25.01 Data point intersecting Row 0130 (“Total non-centrally cleared SFTs that are fair-valued for accounting purposes, excluding exempted transactions” and Column 0050 (“Simplified treatment for derivative positions of CIU”) – we do not believe that the template dimensions are correct whereby SFTs are subset of derivatives.