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ECB welcomes expert group recommendations on European banking supervision

Expert group finds supervisory practices now sufficiently mature to make processes leaner, recommends enhancing risk-based prioritisation Report recommends ECB focus on qualitative measures tackling weak business models and governance Insights to flow into ECB review of supervisory processes planned for 2024

State aid: Commission approves €1 billion Hungarian scheme to support companies facing increased energy costs in the context of Russia’s war against Ukraine

The European Commission has approved a €1 billion (approximately HUF 379 billion) Hungarian scheme to support companies facing increased energy costs in the context of Russia’s war against Ukraine. The scheme was approved under the State aid Temporary Crisis and Transition Framework, adopted by the Commission on 9 March 2023 to support measures in sectors which are key […]

Suomen Pankki – Finlands Bank Governor Olli Rehn elected as First Vice-Chair of the European Systemic Risk Board

Olli Rehn, Governor of Suomen Pankki – Finlands Bank, has been elected as First Vice-Chair of the European Systemic Risk Board (ESRB) by the national members of the General Board with voting rights for a term of five years, in line with Regulation (EU) No 1092/2010.

The General Board of the European Systemic Risk Board held its 49th regular meeting on 30 March 2023

At its meeting on 30 March 2023, the General Board of the European Systemic Risk Board (ESRB) held its regular discussion on risks to financial stability in the EU. On the positive side, the EU economy has proved to be more resilient than expected in the face of the large negative terms-of-trade shock from Russia’s war […]

ECB publishes supervisory banking statistics for the fourth quarter of 2022

Aggregate Common Equity Tier 1 ratio up to 15.27% in fourth quarter of 2022 (compared with 14.74% in previous quarter and 15.60% in fourth quarter of 2021) Aggregated annualised return on equity up to 7.68% in fourth quarter of 2022 (compared with 7.55% in previous quarter and 6.70% one year ago), driven by increase in […]