While banks’ capital positions were significantly strengthened under the Eba’s recapitalisation exercise, it is now important to conduct, in a coordinated fashion and on a comparable basis across the Eu, asset quality reviews on major Eu banks, since appropriately reviewed balance sheets are...

In late 2009, the Basel Committee has published two consultative documents to strengthen financial stability after the crisis.They revise significant aspects of Basel 2.The main objectives of the reform are: to raise the quality of regulatory capital, increasing its capacity to absorb losses; to...