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The European Banking Authority (EBA) launched today a public consultation on its draft Implementing Technical Standards (ITS) specifying uniform reporting templates, instructions and methodology for the identification and transmission, by resolution authorities to the EBA, of information on minimum requirements for own funds and eligible liabilities (MREL). This reporting between resolution authorities and the EBA aims to ensure that the EBA has all the necessary information to understand how MREL is set within member states. The consultation runs until 24 October 2020.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) launched today a public consultation on its draft Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) specifying the methodology to be used by resolution authorities to estimate the Pillar 2 (P2R) and combined buffer requirements (CBR) at resolution group level for the purpose of setting the minimum requirement for own funds and eligible liabilities requirement (MREL) under the Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive (BRRD).The estimation of P2R and CBR is necessary for setting MREL when the resolution group perimeter differs significantly from the prudential perimeter at the level of which own fund requirements have been set by the competent authority. The consultation runs until 24 October 2020.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) launched today a public consultation on draft Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) and draft Implementing Technical Standards (ITS) on the impracticability of contractual recognition of write-down and conversion powers and related notifications as laid down in the Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive (BRRD). These standards aim at promoting the effective application of resolution powers to banks and banking groups and to foster convergence of practices between relevant authorities and institutions across the EU. The consultation runs until 24 October 2020.

Following the publication of its statement on additional supervisory measures in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic, the European Banking Authority (EBA) published today Guidelines that make available to competent authorities a special procedure for the supervisory review and evaluation process (SREP) for the year 2020.  The new Guidelines identify how flexibility and pragmatism could be exercised in relation to the SREP framework in the context of this pandemic.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) launched today a consultation on draft regulatory technical standards (RTS) specifying how institutions should determine exposures arising from derivative and credit derivative contracts not entered directly into with a client but whose underlying debt or equity instrument was issued by a client. These draft RTS will ensure appropriate levels of consistency through different pieces of the regulatory framework for the calculation of exposures for large exposure purposes. The consultation runs until 23 October 2020.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today its Report on benchmarking of remuneration practices in EU banks for the financial years 2017 and 2018 and high earners data for 2018. The data shows that in 2018, the number of high earners in EU banks receiving a remuneration of more than EUR 1 million increased slightly by 1.58%, from 4 861 in 2017 to 4 938 in 2018. Over a longer period of time, the number of high earners increased significantly (+44.09%), from 3 427 in 2010 to 4 938 in 2018. The average ratio of variable to fixed remuneration for all high earners in the EU/EEA increased over time from 127% in 2014 to 139% in 2018. The observed remuneration levels of high earners reached up to EUR 39 million.