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Supervisory Practices, Procedures and Measures
Background

Supervisory Practices, Procedures and Measures

To ensure that the approach to banking supervision is risk-based, proportionate, stringent, coherent and consistent, each year a series of key supervisory activities is set out for monitoring risks and rectifying deficiencies at banks. Planning supervisory activities is a two-stage process, and includes strategic and operational planning.

In its strategic planning Banka Slovenije works with the ECB to define strategic objectives that banking supervision will pursue over the next three years in order to manage the key vulnerabilities identified. On the basis of strategic objectives, the focus of supervisory activities for the next 12 to 18 months, as well as key supervisory activities and their frequency for monitoring risks and rectifying banks' shortcomings, are determined.

Operational planning is carried out by the JSTs, or by Banka Slovenije supervisors in the case of less significant institutions. At the operational level supervisory examination programmes (SEPs) are drawn up to define the key operational tasks and activities, including the approximate timeframes and objectives pursued by the supervisors responsible for supervising individual banks. An SEP is formulated and implemented for each bank, with possible interim changes or adjustments.

Banka Slovenije carries out its supervisory role in conjunction with the ECB as follows:

  • granting and withdrawing authorisations to provide banking services,

  • conducting fit and proper assessments of candidates for management and supervisory bodies,

  • monitoring bank compliance with prudential standards (conducting supervisory reviews, on-site inspections and investigations),

  • assessing the acquisition and disposal of qualifying holdings,

  • setting capital requirements,

  • developing systems and procedures for monitoring activities on the market, and detecting non-compliance by financial service providers,

  • issuing guidance and instructions to improve banking supervision in keeping pace with changes on the financial markets,

  • providing support for the development of domestic legislation and the implementation of EU regulations and international standards.

An integral part of regular supervision is the annual supervisory review and evaluation process (SREP) at an individual bank or savings bank. Within the framework of the SREP, the ECB and Banka Slovenije analyse the business model of each bank, and assess the suitability of its governance structure, the risks inherent in its operations and the effectiveness of its risk management.

The outcome of the SREP is the overall SREP assessment and SREP score, which is the basis for determining the additional capital requirement - Pillar 2 requirement (P2R) in addition to the regulatory capital requirement and any liquidity requirements. As part of the SREP the Pillar 2 guidance (P2G) is also determined each year, based on the results of a stress test. An integral part of the SREP is also the determination of potential qualitative measures that result from the findings obtained from allactivities in the SREP.

More information about the SREP can be found on the ECB website.

Stress tests

In accordance with Article 100 of the CRD IV Banka Slovenije conducts annual bottom-up stress tests, which are part of regular supervisory activities. The findings from the stress tests are one of the input parameters in the annual supervisory review and evaluation process (SREP) for bank or savings bank under the authority of the Banka Slovenije. Risks are assessed at the bank or savings bank on the basis of the SREP, and appropriate supervisory measures are imposed in the event of high exposure to individual or all banking risks.

Article 100
Supervisory stress testing

  1. The competent authorities shall carry out as appropriate but at least annually supervisory stress tests on institutions they supervise, to facilitate the review and evaluation process under Article 97.

  2. EBA shall issue guidelines in accordance with Article 16 of Regulation (EU) No 1093/2010 to ensure that common methodologies are used by the competent authorities when conducting annual supervisory stress tests.

Analysis of bank sensitivity to extreme macroeconomic situations

In stress tests based on theoretical scenarios, banking supervisors assess the sensitivity of banking risks and performance indicators at an individual bank for a future period of operations (generally three years). The overall final outcome of the measurement of sensitivity is expressed as a ratio to the bank’s capital adequacy. Since the outbreak of the last financial crisis, stress tests together with an asset quality review (AQR) have also become a criterion for assessing bank recapitalisation requirements.

EU-wide stress tests

Within the EU, the Committee of European Banking Supervisors (CEBS) began the practice of periodic EU-wide stress tests back in 2009, which was continued by its successor, the EBA. The tests cover selected euro area banks (the most systemically important banks, among which there are no Slovenian banks), i.e. a representative part of the European banking market.

More information about the results of bank reviews by year.

Reviews by year