Global systemically important banks (G-SIBs) have to comply with additional buffer requirements owing to their size and interconnectedness within the banking sector. The buffer level banks are expected to meet depends on their exposures at a certain point in time. A new study shows that G-SIBs reduce their exposures more strongly – twice as strongly, in fact – than other banks at period-end reporting dates. As a result, the buffer level may be too low to cover the additional risk associated with G-SIBs.

Die nied­ri­gen Zin­sen ma­chen den Ban­ken und Spar­kas­sen in Deutsch­land wei­ter­hin zu schaf­fen. „Die Aussicht auf ein anhaltend historisch niedriges Zinsniveau macht einen weiteren Rückgang der Rentabilität sehr wahrscheinlich“, teilten Bun­des­bank­vor­stand Joachim Wuermeling und BaFin-Exekutivdirektor Raimund Röseler mit.