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The European Central Bank proposed several amendments to its banking regulations on Wednesday that could force some lenders to build capital more quickly than expected. The ECB said it wants to phase in new definitions of capital by 2018, rather than 2022 and, as part of this change, it will shorten the period it lets banks include deferred tax assets in their capital level.
It will also cut the transition period that allows banks to continue including holdings in insurance subsidiaries in their common tier 1 equity. European authorities have steadily increased their capital demands on banks since the financial crisis, when a number of the continent's banks needed bailing out by the state. Big lenders in the euro area already face another increase as part of the Supervisory Review and Evaluation Process.
Some banking industry figures have expressed concerns about the increases, arguing that the sector has already amassed capital and further demands would hold back lending, countering the ECB's own efforts to boost lending growth. As part of the revised rules, deferred tax assets would have to be deducted from Common Tier 1 equity by the start of 2018 instead of 2022 and the same timeline would be set for phasing out the non-deduction of insurance subsidiaries.
However, the rule change on deferred tax assets will not apply to banks under restructuring, limiting the impact, while the insurance clause will not apply to conglomerates, who are covered by the so-called Danish Compromise and continue to enjoy the exemption. The ECB estimates the CET 1 ratio of the banks supervises is at 12.7 pct percent but would be 11.2 percent if all transitional adjustment were already factored in. Although much of the transition will be done by 2018, there will be lingering effects until 2024.

Copyright Reuters, 2015

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