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On the regulatory discretion to write off AT1 capital
In the wake of the receivership of Silicon Valley Bank and the Signature Bank failures, Swiss regulators brokered a deal to stabilise Credit Suisse (CS). The acquisition of CS by UBS was the first use of the tools designed to end too big to fail. The write off of CS’s AT1 capital highlights the discretion available to regulators to deviate from the hierarchy of claims when a bank is distressed.
1 MAY 2023
