City banking partners welcome common bank supervisor but warn of regulatory burden
City banking partners have welcomed plans to usher in centralised supervision of Europe's biggest banks announced yesterday (13 December) but warned that increased regulation could have a negative impact on liquidity. European finance ministers yesterday agreed to hand over nations' individual responsibility for bank regulation to the European Central Bank (ECB) in Frankfurt, which will supervise up to 200 of Europe's largest banks. It should pave the way for direct recapitalisation of struggling banks by the European Stability Mechanism rescue fund.
December 14, 2012 at 06:20 AM
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City banking partners have welcomed plans to usher in centralised supervision of Europe's biggest banks announced yesterday (13 December) but warned that increased regulation could have a negative impact on liquidity.
European finance ministers yesterday agreed to hand over nations' individual responsibility for bank regulation to the European Central Bank (ECB) in Frankfurt, which will supervise up to 200 of Europe's largest banks. It should pave the way for direct recapitalisation of struggling banks by the European Stability Mechanism rescue fund.
The change, seen as the first step towards a eurozone banking union, will apply to European banks with assets of more than €30bn (£24.3bn) and are expected to take effect from March 2014. Smaller banks will continue to be supervised at a national level. The UK, Sweden and some other countries outside the eurozone will not fall under the single regulator but have won powers to influence some decisions.
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