Speakers
Objectives
An effective and integrated framework for crisis management is essential to maintain confidence in the financial system, prevent further fragmentation and safeguard financial stability.
On 18 April 2023, the European Commission published its proposal to revise the BRDD, the SRMR, the DGSD and the Daisy Chains Directive – the Crisis Management and Deposit Insurance Proposal (CMDI).
The CMDI is likely to bring more banks within the scope of resolution, with the aim of strengthening financial stability and avoiding value destruction (where a transfer strategy is less costly than liquidation). The CMDI modifies the criteria for determining which banks are subject to resolution (i.e. the so-called public interest test), with the aim of strengthening financial stability and avoiding value destruction (where a transfer strategy is less costly than liquidation), but the decision remains at the discretion of the competent resolution authorities.
The European Parliament adopted its first reading opinion on 24 April 2024. The Council agreed on a negotiating mandate for the review of the CMDI on 19 June.
The session will first discuss how to address the funding gap in resolution for small and medium-sized banks, whether or not they fall under the remit of the SSM and the SRB. The session will then focus on the way forward for an agreement on a euro area liquidity facility for banks in resolution.
Points of discussion
- Banking resolution for which banks (large and medium-sized banks only the liquidation of which would generate major issues in a country or in a significant part of it or a much wider range of smaller banks)? Who should finance their resolution (essentially shareholders and creditors or also DGS, etc.)?
- The collapse of Banco Popular (2017) and the banking turmoil of early 2023have highlighted the need for a eurozone liquidity facility for banks in resolution: what are the challenges raised and the success factors in creating such an instrument (e.g. EU government guarantee…)? What should be the respective roles of the ECB, the SRB and the Eurogroup in this respect? How can we break the current political deadlock and move forward?