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In order to facilitate the consistent participa-
tion of third-country supervisory authorities
in supervisory colleges, and improve cross-
border cooperation, the EBA assessed the
equivalence of the confidentiality
regimes of
a number of non-EU supervisory authorities.
The assessment resulted in a positive evalu-
ation for six non-EU supervisory authorities
from four countries, allowing the participa-
tion of these authorities in EEA supervisory
colleges.
The EBA’s
training programmes
for EU com-
petent authorities are a key instrument to pro-
mote supervisory convergence. In 2016, the
EBA organised 26 training courses, of which
18 were sectoral, four online, two cross-sec-
toral and two on soft skills.
Monitoring key risks in the
banking sector across Europe
The EBA plays an important role in monitor-
ing and assessing o market developments, as
well as identifying trends, potential risks and
vulnerabilities across the EU banking system.
In 2016, the EBA continued to produce a regu-
lar
Risk Assessment Report (RAR)
. The RAR
describes the main developments and trends
that have affected the EU banking sector dur-
ing the year and provides the EBA’s outlook on
the main microprudential risks and vulner-
abilities for the future. In 2016, the RAR was,
for the first time, complemented with the EU-
wide transparency exercise.
The EBA conducted an
EU-wide transparency
exercise
during the second half of 2016. This
exercise is part of its work to promote market
discipline and foster consistency in banks’ dis-
closures, which the EBA has been carrying out
since 2011, either linked to concurrent stress
tests or as stand-alone exercises. The exer-
cise comprised 131 banks, from 24 EU Mem-
ber States and Norway, and was published on
2 December 2016 in parallel with the RAR. The
EBA published on its website an extensive col-
lection of bank-by-bank data that was in line
with past exercises.
The
Risk Dashboard
is another important
product in the EBA’s regular risk assessment
toolkit. It summarises the main risks and vul-
nerabilities in the banking sector by means of
the development of a set of risk indicators. It
was published on a quarterly basis in 2016.
The
Risk Assessment Questionnaire (RAQ)
is a semi-annual exercise, conducted among
banks and market analysts, providing a deep-
er understanding of the market participants’
views and outlook on challenges ahead. With
the first-time publication of a booklet cover-
ing the whole set of the results in June and
December, the EBA expanded its set of risk
assessments provided to the general public.
Figure 2:
Increase in number of training programmes and participants from 2012 to 2016
trainings
paricipants
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
0
200
400
600
800
1000
1200
1400
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
Number of participants
Number of trainings