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Abstract: The three big European systemic bank crises of the GFC were resolved in remarkably different ways, whether one looks at it from the perspective of bail-in, of liquidity support, or of capital controls. These contrasts are partly explicable by the contrasting initial conditions: especially the scale of the banking insolvency; they are also explained by the evolution of international thinking on how to deal with such problems.
(Luxembourg) – The European Stability Mechanism (ESM) welcomes the decision by S&P Global Ratings (S&P) to assign the entity with a long-term AAA rating, a short-term A-1+ rating, and a stable outlook.
S&P's decision is based on the ESM's extremely strong enterprise risk profile and financial risk profile. This underlines the ESM's uniquely robust capital structure and strong shareholder base, consisting of the 19 euro area member states. The ESM also enjoys very high long-term ratings by Fitch (AAA) and Moody’s (Aa1).
The result of the auction of 11 August 2020 for the 12-months Bills of the ESM was as follows:
Total Bids € 7,385.00 mn
Competitive bids € 1,716.00 mn
Non-competitive bids € 5,669.00 mn
Allotment / Issue volume € 1,499.65 mn