BPER Banca SpA has been informed of new capital requirements with which it needs to comply by the European Central Bank, but stressed that its existing capital ratios are already "significantly higher."
On completion of its supervisory review and evaluation process, the ECB asked the Italian lender to maintain a minimum consolidated common equity Tier 1 ratio of 8.125%, effective Jan. 1, 2018. The increase of 87.5 basis points includes 62.5 basis points attributable to the creation of a capital conservation buffer and 25 basis points for the Pillar 2 requirement.
The bank was also asked to comply with a total capital ratio requirement of 11.625%.
BPER's phased-in CET1 ratio was 14.03% and its total capital ratio was 16.89% as at Sept. 30, the bank said.
