Recapitalisation amount

Bank resolution and recovery - capital adequacy

The recapitalisation amount is the component of a bank's Minimum Requirement for own funds and Eligible Liabilities (MREL) which is considered necessary for recapitalisation after resolution.

MREL itself comprises the total of a bank's:

• Loss absorption amount; and
• Recapitalisation amount.

The recapitalisation amount is most relevant for large complex banks, for which bailin is the likely resolution path.

Such banks would generally have a recapitalisation amount equal to the current minimum capital requirement.

On the other hand, smaller and simpler banks would not normally need any recapitalisation amount - because in resolution they would become insolvent, with no need to continue or resume operations and therefore no need for capital following the insolvency.

See also

• Bailin
• Capital adequacy
• Loss absorption amount
• MREL
• Recapitalise
• Resolution
• Total Loss Absorbing Capacity