Malta:
ECB Provides Temporary Relief For Capital Requirements For Market Risk
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The European Central Bank (ECB)
announced (click to view the content) a
temporary reduction in capital requirements for market risk, by
allowing banks to adjust the supervisory component of these
requirements.
The measure aims to:
- Maintain banks' ability to provide market liquidity and to
continue market-making activities
- Temporarily reduce a supervisory measure for banks (the
qualitative market risk multiplier)
This decision will be reviewed after six months on the basis of
observed volatility.
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