Results of the 2011 EU-wide stress test
The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today the results of its 2011 EU- wide stress test of 90 banks in 21 countries 1. The aim of the 2011 EU-wide stress test is to assess the resilience of the banks involved in the exercise against an adverse but plausible scenario.
For the 2011 exercise, the EBA allowed specific capital increases in the first four months of 2011 to be considered in the results. Banks were therefore incentivised to strengthen their capital positions ahead of the stress test.
The 2011 EU-wide stress test results show that:
At the end of 2010, twenty banks would fall below the 5% Core Tier 1 Ratio (CT1R) threshold over the two-year horizon of the exercise. The overall shortfall would total EUR 26.8 bn.
Between January and April 2011, a further net amount of some EUR 50 bn of capital was raised.
Taking into account these capital raising actions implemented by end April 2011
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