The European Banking Authority has published its final draft Implementing Technical Standards amending the Implementing Regulation on the benchmarking of credit risk, market risk, and IFRS9 models for the 2025 exercise. The EU Capital Requirements Directive requires competent authorities to conduct an annual assessment of the quality of internal approaches used for the calculation of own funds requirements. To assist competent authorities in this assessment, the EBA calculates and distributes benchmark values to competent authorities that allows a comparison of individual institutions' risk parameters. These benchmark values are based on data submitted by institutions as laid out in Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/2070 which specifies the benchmarking portfolios, templates and definitions to be used as part of the annual benchmarking exercises. Proposed changes for the 2025 benchmarking exercise include the expansion to all asset classes of the alternative standardised approach validation portfolios. Only minor changes are proposed in relation to credit risk. The EBA notes that the templates based on the alternative internal model approach have not been implemented because of the postponed implementation of the Fundamental Review of the Trading Book in the EU. The EBA has submitted the draft ITS to the European Commission for endorsement.
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