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    Policy options for investment funds

    We have published an issues note on policy options to address risks in corporate debt and real estate investment funds. It describes how an enhanced EU regulatory framework for investment funds could better prevent and mitigate systemic risk.

Measures taken in response to coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic
3 July 2023 PUBLICATION

2022 ESRB Annual Report

We have published the 2022 ESRB Annual Report, summarising our contributions to the macroprudential policy framework and financial stability from 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023.

29 June 2023 PRESS RELEASE

50th meeting of the ESRB General Board

At its meeting on 22 June the General Board assessed the key systemic risks in the European Union and concluded that financial stability risks remain severe.

15/09/2023
Insurers’ investment behaviour and the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic
04/09/2023
Issues note on policy options to address risks in corporate debt and real estate investment funds from a financial stability perspective
01/08/2023
Quantitative easing, accounting and prudential frameworks, and bank lending
03/07/2023
ESRB Annual Report 2022
01/07/2023
Fear the Walking Dead? Zombie Firms in the Euro Area and Their Effect on Healthy Firms’ Credit Conditions
01/07/2023
The demand for long-term mortgage contracts and the role of collateral
29/06/2023
Corporate credit and leverage in the EU: recent evolution, main drivers and financial stability implications
29/06/2023
ESRB risk dashboard, June 2023 (Issue 44)
06/06/2023
EU Non-bank Financial Intermediation Risk Monitor 2023
25/05/2023
Crypto-assets and decentralised finance
11/04/2023
ESRB risk dashboard, March 2023 (Issue 43)
01/03/2023
The externalities of fire sales: evidence from collateralized loan obligations
01/03/2023
Financial fragility in open-ended mutual funds: the role of liquidity management tools
14/02/2023
Advancing macroprudential tools for cyber resilience
25/01/2023
Vulnerabilities in the EEA commercial real estate sector
24/01/2023
Stabilising financial markets: lending and market making as a last resort
08/12/2022
ESRB risk dashboard, November 2022 (Issue 42)
01/12/2022
The market for short-term debt securities in Europe: what we know and what we do not know
21/11/2022
Fiscal support and macroprudential policy - Lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic
14/11/2022
Bank capital regulation and climate change
29/09/2022
ESRB risk dashboard, September 2022 (Issue 41)
28/09/2022
Corrective regulation with imperfect instruments
28/09/2022
The effect of structural risks on financial downturns
30/08/2022
Issues note on macroprudential aspects of trade credit insurance
15/08/2022
Macroprudential policy and the role of institutional investors in housing markets

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14 September 2023
Opinion of the European Systemik Risk Board of 09 June 2023 regarding Swedish notification of a stricter national measure based on Article 458 of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council on prudential requirements for credit institutions and amending Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 (ESRB/2023/3)
19 July 2023
Opinion of the European Sytemic Risk Board of 31 May 2023 regarding the Estonian notification of an extension of the period of application of a stricter national measure based on Article 458 of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and the Council on prudential requirements for credit institutions and amending Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 (ESRB/2023/2)
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31 May 2023
Adverse scenario for the European Securities and Markets Authority's 2023 central counterparty stress test
17 May 2023
ESRB response to ESMA’s Final Report on Emergency measures on collateral requirements, including draft RTS amending Commission Delegated Regulation (RTS) 153/2013
30 March 2023
Letter from ECB President and ESRB Chair to Ms Mairead McGuinness, European Commissioner for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union, on stress testing
20 March 2023
Letter to Members of the European Parliament on EMIR review
20 March 2023
Letter to the Council Working Party on EMIR review
20 March 2023
Macro-financial scenario for the 2023 EU-wide banking sector stress test (updated on 20 March 2023)

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This version includes correction of specific values in table 4.1.11. Those changes are specified in the corrigendum table.

25 January 2023
Recommendation of the European Systemic Risk Board of 1 December 2022 on vulnerabilities in the commercial real estate sector in the European Economic Area (ESRB/2022/9)
30 November 2022
Adverse scenario for the European Securities and Markets Authority's money market fund stress testing guidelines in 2022
16 November 2022
Letter to the Council Working Party on the Solvency II Review and Liquidity Risk Management
16 November 2022
Letter to Members of the European Parliament on the Solvency II Review and Liquidity Risk Management
15 November 2022
Opinion of the European Systemic Risk Board of 15 November 2022 regarding the existing systemic risk buffer pursuant to Article 133 and the Norwegian notification of the setting or resetting of an O-SII buffer pursuant to Article 131 of Directive 2013/36/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on access to the activity of credit institutions and the prudential supervision of credit institutions (ESRB/2022/8)
29 September 2022
Warning of the European Systemic Risk Board of 22 September 2022 on vulnerabilities in the Union financial system (ESRB/2022/7)
6 September 2022
Opinion of the European Systemic Risk Board of 6 September 2022 regarding Dutch notification of an extension of the period of application of a stricter national measure based on Article 458 of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council on prudential requirements for credit institutions (ESRB/2022/6)
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European Commission decision
28 July 2022
Opinion of the European Systemic Risk Board of 28 July 2022 regarding the existing systemic risk buffer pursuant to Article 133 and the Belgian notification of the setting or resetting of O-SII buffer rates pursuant to Article 131 of Directive 2013/36/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on access to the activity of credit insitutions and the prudential supervision of credit institutions (ESRB/2022/5)
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19 July 2022
Letter on ESRB view on the targeted EMIR review with respect to central clearing in the EU
13 July 2022
Letter on ESRB view regarding data quality issues and risks for financial stability
4 April 2022
Climate scenario for the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority's EU-wide pension and fund stress test in 2022
1 April 2022
ESRB Secretariat’s response to ESMA’s consultation on APC measures for CCPs

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30 July 2023
Notification by the Haut Conseil de Stabilité Financière (France) on Systemic Risk Buffer (SyRB)
29 June 2023
Notification by the Finnish Financial Supervisory Authority (Finland) on Other Systemically Important Institutions (O-SIIs)
5 May 2023
Notification by the Financial Market Authority (Liechtenstein) on Other Systemically Important Institutions (O-SIIs)
30 March 2023
Notification by Finnish Financial Supervisory Authority (Finland) on Systemic Risk Buffer (SyRB)
28 March 2023
Notification by the Central Bank of Malta on Systemic Risk Buffer (SyRB)
9 March 2023
Notification by the Latvijas Banka (Latvia) under Article 124 CRR
8 March 2023
Notification by the Financial Services Authority and Central Bank of Malta under Article 124 CRR
2 February 2023
Notification by Norges Bank (Norway) on borrower-based measures (BBMs)
19 January 2023
Notification by Malta Financial Services Authority (Malta) on other macroprudential measures
13 January 2023
Notification by Polish Ministry of Finance (Poland) on Article 124 CRR
5 January 2023
Notification by Magyar Nemzeti Bank (Hungary) on Mortgage Funding Adequacy Ratio
23 December 2022
Notification by Hrvatska Narodna Banka (Croatia) on Systemic Risk Buffer (SyRB)
23 December 2022
Notification by Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF) (Luxembourg) on Other Systemically Important Institutions (O-SIIs)
22 December 2022
Notification by Financial and Capital Market Commision (FCMC) (Latvia) of Other Systemically Important Institutions (O-SIIs)
22 December 2022
Notification by Komisja Nadzoru Finansowego (Poland) on ten other systemically important instititutions (O-SIIs)
21 December 2022
Notification by the Norwegian Ministry of Finance (Norway) on Other Systemically Important Institutions (O-SIIs)
21 December 2022
Notification by Lietuvos bankas (Lithuania) on Other Systemically Important Institutions (O-SIIs)
16 December 2022
Notification by Finansdepartementet (Norway) on Systemic Risk Buffer (SyRB)
16 December 2022
Notification by Norwegian Ministry of Finance (Norway) on other macroprudential measures
16 December 2022
Notification by Norwegian Ministry of Finance (Norway) on other macroprudential measures
15 December 2022
Notification by Central Bank of Malta (CBM) and Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA) on Other Systemically Important Institutions (O-SIIs)
9 December 2022
Notification by Banca d'Italia (Italy) on Globally Systemically Important Institutions (G-SIIs)
7 December 2022
Notification by Sedlabanki Íslands (Iceland) on Global Systemically Important Institutions (G-SIIs)
2 December 2022
Notification by Central Bank of Cyprus on six other systemically important institutions (O-SIIs)
1 December 2022
Notification by Autorité de Contrôle Prudentiel et de Résolution (France) on seven other systemically important institutions (O-SIIs)

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29 June 2023 PUBLICATION

Report on corporate credit and leverage

The Advisory Scientific Committee looked at the dynamics of leverage and credit of non-financial corporations in the EU over the last twenty years, and the factors explaining them. Based on its findings, it identifies considerations of relevance for financial stability.

National Policy

Interactive map on countercyclical capital buffers

The countercyclical capital buffer (CCyB) is a macroprudential instrument that aims to counter pro-cyclicality in the financial system. The interactive map shows the CCyB rates currently applicable in Europe and is continuously updated.