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''Bank [[resolution]] and [[recovery]] - capital adequacy.''
''Bank [[resolution]] and [[recovery]] - capital adequacy''


The loss absorption amount is the component of a bank's Minimum Requirement for own funds and Eligible Liabilities (MREL) which is considered necessary to absorb losses up to and in resolution.
The loss absorption amount is the component of a bank's Minimum Requirement for own funds and Eligible Liabilities (MREL) which is considered necessary to absorb losses up to and in resolution.

Revision as of 08:28, 13 November 2016

Bank resolution and recovery - capital adequacy

The loss absorption amount is the component of a bank's Minimum Requirement for own funds and Eligible Liabilities (MREL) which is considered necessary to absorb losses up to and in resolution.

MREL comprises the total of a bank's:

  • Loss absorption amount; and
  • Recapitalisation amount.


See also