On July 1, 2015, the BoE published its Financial Stability Report which identifies the main current risks in the UK financial system. The report sets out recommendations made by the Financial Policy Committee on Additional Tier 1 capital for the purposes of the minimum leverage ratio requirement. The report recommends to the PRA that AT1 capital should be counted towards Tier 1 capital only if the relevant capital instrument specifies a trigger event that occurs when the Common Equity Tier 1 capital ratio of the institution falls below 7%. The report also directs the BoE, PRA and FCA to work with firms to complete cyber-attack resilience assessments (also known as CBEST tests), adopt cyber-resilience action plans and establish arrangements for CBEST tests to become regular cyber resilience assessments within the UK financial system. The report also refers to recommendations on the new UK leverage ratio framework which are discussed in further detail below.

The report is available at: http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/publications/Documents/fsr/2015/fsrfull1507.pdf.

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