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Such amendments to the Capital Requirements Directive request the EBA to monitor the range of practices in these areas and and to draw up guidelines in order to ensure convergence of supervisory practices and to secure a level playing field across Europe.
Providing guidance on the Stressed VaR and IRC modelling to credit institutions using the internal model method (“IMM”) for the calculation of the required capital for market risk in the trading book is crucial. The EBA's guidance will be fundamental for identifying and addressing weaknesses in the regulatory capital framework and in the risk management of financial institutions as well as for reducing their reliance on cyclical VaR-based capital estimates and for ultimately contributing to a more robust financial system.
The EBA submits its initial views for a public consultation which starts today and runs until 15 January 2012.