Sovereign-Debt Test U-Turn Too Late to Save EBA Credibility
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Less than five months after conducting stress tests that found banks needed to raise 2.5 billion euros ($3.4 billion), the European Banking Authority may tell lenders that they need 40 times that amount to defend against losses on sovereign debt.
The regulator may release updated figures on how much capital lenders should raise to absorb losses from euro-area bonds as early as this week, three people familiar with the matter said. The London-based watchdog’s stress tests in July were criticized for failing to include writedowns on sovereign debt held to maturity.