MREL cut must be paired with more external funding – BIS’s Restoy
Reforms to resolution regime might appear technical but entail political choices, FSI chair argues
Regulators will have to increase other sources of resolution funding if they wish to make cuts to banks’ own loss-absorbing capacity, a senior official at the Bank for International Settlements has said.
Fernando Restoy, chair of the BIS’s Financial Stability Institute, said at an event on June 6 that there had been calls to reduce the minimum requirement for own funds and eligible liabilities (MREL).
The MREL, part of the European Union’s resolution regime, requires banks to hold a minimum amount
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