Building on previous research, we study banks' balance sheet year-end patterns in the European Union (EU) to assess the impact on supervisory measures of their systemic importance. We find that some global systemically important banks (G-SIBs) in the EU compress their balance sheet at year-end...

Building on previous research, we study banks' balance sheet year‐end patterns in the European Union (EU) to assess the impact on supervisory measures of their systemic importance. We find that some global systemically important banks (G‐SIBs) in the EU compress their balance sheet at...