11/12/2019
The European Central Bank (ECB) has set the bank-specific capital requirements for Commerzbank following the 2019 Supervisory Review and Evaluation Process (SREP). The amount of the additional capital requirement for Pillar 2 (P2R) as defined in the SREP is unchanged to the previous year at 2% CET1.
Based on the risk weighted assets (RWA) as of 30 September 2019, the CET1 requirement as of 1 January 2020 is 11.36% overall. This requirement corresponds to the so-called maximum distributable amount (MDA) threshold above which Commerzbank is not subject to any legal restrictions regarding dividend payments, interest payments to holders of AT1 securities and variable remuneration.
The requirement consists of the CET1 Minimum of 4.5%, the Pillar 2 Requirement (P2R) of 2.0%, the capital conservation buffer of 2.5%, the buffer for otherwise systemically important institutions (O-SII) of 1.5% and the countercyclical capital buffer of currently 0.13%. This results in a pure CET1 requirement of 10.63% (2019: 10.11%). Furthermore 0.73% of the Tier 1 requirement is covered by CET1 capital (AT1 shortfall). The AT1 shortfall had been reduced by the successful AT1 issuance in July 2019. The planned sale of mBank increases the chances that the German O-SII buffer will fall again by 50 basis points in the future.
The CET1 ratio of Commerzbank of 12.8% as of 30 September 2019 was well above regulatory requirements.
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About Commerzbank
Commerzbank is a leading international commercial bank with branches and offices in nearly 50 countries. The Bank’s two business segments – Private and Small Business Customers and Corporate Clients – offer a comprehensive portfolio of financial services precisely tailored to their customers’ needs. Commerzbank transacts approximately 30% of Germany's foreign trade and is the market leader in German corporate banking. The Bank offers its sector expertise to its corporate clients in Germany and abroad and is a leading provider of capital market products. Its subsidiaries, Comdirect in Germany and mBank in Poland, are two of the world’s most innovative online banks. With approximately 800 branches going forward, Commerzbank has one of the densest branch networks in Germany. The Bank serves more than 11 million private and small business customers nationwide and over 70,000 corporate clients, multinationals, financial service providers, and institutional clients worldwide. Its Polish subsidiary mBank S.A. has around 5.6 million private and corporate customers, predominantly in Poland, but also in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. In 2018 Commerzbank generated gross revenues of €8.6 billion with approximately 49,000 employees.
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