Sunday, January 31, 2016

Bank of Italy: Visco, well-capitalized banks. Start revision in bail, provided by EU standards – ANSA.it

Italy should ask for the “revision, to be launched before June 2018,” the EU directive that provides the Bail in, or losses borne by the investors in the case of the banking crisis. He asks the governor of the Bank of Italy, Ignazio Visco, that the same rule “contains a clause providing for the review,” “opportunity that should be exploited, building on experience”. Via Nazionale and the Treasury, reminds Visco, had asked in vain when defining the standard and does not retroactively apply a “smooth transition and less traumatic.”

“The Italian banks – said the governor – are well capitalized, also thanks to prudent and compelling watch. ” “Impaired loans – he added – are widely covered by write-downs and guarantees.” Visco recalls well the words of ECB President Draghi that “there will be new demands for higher provisions and capital strengthening.” The Bank of Italy – he continued – asks the Italian banks to create, according to the possibilities offered by European standards a voluntary fund for crisis management “than the systems required additional deposit insurance”. According Visco “cost” on banks “would be offset by the benefits which would derive all banks through enhanced customer confidence.”

The Italian GDP “could grow around 1.5% both in 2016 and in 2017 “. It reiterates the governor of the Bank of Italy, Ignazio Visco at Forex reiterating that estimated by the institute in the economic bulletin. Visco for the scenario “assumes that it further strengthening of domestic demand, especially investment.” “The uncertainty in the international environment and its influence sometimes messy and violent are obvious risk factors,” he added.

The crisis of the four institutions – the supervision of the Bank of Italy has faced over the last 15 years about 100 banking crises and the “sequence of operations” on Cariferrara, Carichieti, Banca Marche and Banca Etruria was performed “as in all other cases.” the Bank of Italy Launches ‘Operation Truth’ on the supervisory actions carried out in these years on 4 banks (and the banking system as a whole) and to reiterate and clarify procedures and timetables established by the rules.

Bank of Italy: in 2012 via dg Banca Marche and increasing pressure – The first problems had already emerged between late 2010 and early 2011, but from 2012 “the interlocutors with the directors and the management of Banca Marche increased progressively and was asked, in particular, to bring the ratio between loans and deposits of more conservative values ​​and to evaluate a capital increase, which was implemented for 180 million in the first months 2012 “. And ‘what writes the Bank of Italy in the documents placed on the website to summarize and clarify the role that eventually led in October 2013 to the commissioner of the institute. “Consob, which was to allow the publication of its prospectus – explains – was informed at the end of December 2011, the outcome of the three inspections. On the basis of, the inspection findings were obtained from the bank, in early January 2012, corrective actions . The emergence, in the context of an inspection of a different broker, of anomalous transactions charged to the Director General, brought to apply to the bank, in June 2012, to accelerate the process of identifying his replacement. In September year he was appointed a new general manager. ” In November 2012 it was sent to a re-inspection to detect the adequacy of provisions for credit risk; judged largely insufficient corrective effort of the bank, the inspection was extended in March 2013 to the other risk profiles, ending in September 2013, with an overall unfavorable (6 on a scale from 1 to 6). Consob received information on the results of inspection. “” In the light of an interim report of the inspectors August 27, 2013 the Bank of Italy, using reasons of extreme urgency in order to ensure continuity of business management, ordered the temporary management of the bank; the commissioner was ordered Oct. 15, 2013, due to serious financial losses and serious irregularities “

The Bank of Italy has sponsored a merger between Vicenza and Banca Popolare Etruria You law in the ‘question and answer’ published on the website of the central bank. “The hypothesis was independently made by the bank in Vicenza. Watch, as is normal, listened to the reasons of both parties to quickly form an opinion prior to their authorization. “” But the negotiations did not continue because the parties eventually agreed and no request for authorization was never formally advanced “

” The Bank of Italy has initiated sanction procedures against all those responsible for business against whom emerged hypothesis of administrative irregularities. “This was written by the central institution in the series of ‘questions and answers’ on the action of supervisory activities on the four banks. Via Nazionale “has also communicated to the Judicial Authority without delay, to the moment they were recorded, all the facts of possible interest emerged in the course of ‘surveillance activities “

” The on-site inspections that have revealed episodes of maladministration at Italian banks were carried out by inspection groups composed entirely or mostly by staff the Bank of Italy. ” And ‘claims as the central institution in the series of’ questions and answers’ published on the website to clarify and reaffirm the powers and limits of supervision. The Bank of Italy rejects cos’ the argument that the cases have emerged only after the transition to the European single supervisor. “Not so,” says the document. “It ‘good to remember that the national supervision is part of the European Surveillance: the single European supervisory mechanism is in fact based on close cooperation between the European Central Bank and the national supervisory authorities. Together, during this first period of operation, They discussed the issues related to individual banks in different countries and the banking system as a whole. They have been made significant efforts to create a single supervisory system able to provide equal treatment to intermediaries “

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