Banking in uncertain times
In times of uncertainty, banks must invest in their credit risk management processes, says Supervisory Board member Elizabeth McCaul. Banks need early warning indicators in place to identify possible portfolio deterioration in good time.
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Clear climate deadlines in place for banks
There are clear deadlines for banks to meet supervisory expectations on climate-related and environmental risks, says Executive Board member Frank Elderson. We will enforce these deadlines with periodic penalty payments if necessary.
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Draft guide on financial conglomerate reporting
We’re asking stakeholders to comment on our draft Guide on financial conglomerate reporting of significant risk concentrations and intragroup transactions by 6 October 2023. The draft guide clarifies the ECB’s approach when it acts as coordinator of a financial conglomerate.
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- PUBLIC CONSULTATION
- 27 September 2023
- SPEECHPresentation by Andrea Enria, Chair of the Supervisory Board of the ECB, at the Analysis Forum in Milan
- 20 September 2023
- SPEECHKeynote speech by Frank Elderson, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB and Vice-Chair of the Supervisory Board of the ECB, Springtij Forum
- 20 September 2023
- SPEECHKeynote speech by Elizabeth McCaul, Member of the Supervisory Board of the ECB, at the Supervision Innovators Conference 2023
- 20 September 2023
- SPEECHSpeech by Kerstin af Jochnick, Member of the Supervisory Board of the ECB, at the 28th Annual Financials CEO Conference, hosted by Bank of America
- 19 September 2023
- SPEECHSpeech by Frank Elderson, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB and Vice-Chair of the Supervisory Board of the ECB, at the 10th Conference on the Banking Union organised by Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, the Institute for Law and Finance at Goethe University and the Center for Financial Studies
- 2 October 2023
- Interview with Andrea Enria, Chair of the Supervisory Board of the ECB, conducted by Wim Mijs, CEO of the European Banking Federation on 28 September 2023
- 2 October 2023
- Interview with Elizabeth McCaul, Member of the Supervisory Board of the ECB, conducted by Ricardo Sobrino and Denisse López
- 27 September 2023
- Interview with Frank Elderson, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB and Vice-Chair of the Supervisory Board of the ECB, conducted by Luke Heighton on 22 September 2023
- 18 September 2023
- Interview with Kerstin af Jochnick, Member of the Supervisory Board of the ECB, conducted by Jason Webb
- 13 September 2023
- Article by Edouard Fernandez-Bollo, Member of the Supervisory Board of the European Central Bank, for Eurofi Magazine
- 20 July 2023
- Blog post by Frank Elderson, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB and Vice-Chair of the Supervisory Board of the ECBDetails
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- Effective management bodies are the bedrock of well-run banks, and well-run banks are the bedrock of a stable banking system, writes Supervisory Board Vice-Chair Frank Elderson in The Supervision Blog. We will continue our efforts to strengthen banks’ management bodies.
- 8 June 2023
- Blog post by Frank Elderson, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB and Vice-Chair of the Supervisory Board of the ECBDetails
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- Humanity needs nature to survive, and so do the economy and banks. The more species become extinct, the less diverse are the ecosystems on which we rely. This presents a growing financial risk that cannot be ignored, warns Frank Elderson, member of the Executive Board of the ECB and Vice-Chair of the Supervisory Board of the ECB.
- 26 May 2023
- Blog post by Elizabeth McCaul, Member of the Supervisory Board of the ECB, and Stefan Walter, Director General of Horizontal Line SupervisionDetails
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- How can banks best quantify new, unknown risks like supply chain risks and judge how much capital to set aside for them? Supervisory Board member Elizabeth McCaul and head of horizontal supervision Stefan Walter discuss this in a blog post on IFRS 9 provisioning frameworks.
- 9 May 2023
- Blog post by By Frank Elderson and Elizabeth McCaulDetails
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- Diversity is a matter of sound governance for banks and leads to better decision-making. That is why Frank Elderson, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB and Vice-Chair of the Supervisory Board of the ECB, and Elizabeth McCaul, Member of the Supervisory Board of the ECB, are encouraging banks to improve the diversity of their boards.
- 5 April 2023
- Blog post by Elizabeth McCaul, Member of the Supervisory Board of the ECBDetails
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- Crypto assets can pose a serious risk to financial stability. That is why we need to identify and close gaps in the global supervision of crypto markets. We need better international coordination and stronger consolidated oversight, argues Supervisory Board member Elizabeth McCaul.
- 22 August 2023
- LIST OF SUPERVISED ENTITIESAnnexes
- 22 August 2023
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- 16 August 2023
- NEWSLETTERInterview with Verena Ross, Chair of the European Securities and Markets Authority, Supervision Newsletter
- 16 August 2023
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- 16 August 2023
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- 16 August 2023
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Statistics on supervised banks
Significant institutions (01/03/2023) | 109 | |
Total assets (€ bn) | 26,420.99 | |
Total equity (€ bn) | 1,704.02 | |
Return on equity (%, annualised) |
9.56 |