{"id":16941,"date":"2025-08-01T18:22:53","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T22:22:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sharewatch.com\/wp\/2025\/08\/01\/stress-test-shows-aib-boi-could-withstand-economic-shock\/"},"modified":"2025-08-01T18:22:53","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T22:22:53","slug":"stress-test-shows-aib-boi-could-withstand-economic-shock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sharewatch.com\/wp\/2025\/08\/01\/stress-test-shows-aib-boi-could-withstand-economic-shock\/","title":{"rendered":"Stress test shows AIB, BOI could withstand economic shock"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"maincontent\" role=\"main\">\n<div data-equalizer-watch id=\"main\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Article\" data-equalizer data-equalize-on=\"large\" data-equalize-by-row>\n<header>      <\/header>\n<div>\n<p><span>                                                   Updated \/ Friday, 1 Aug 2025 20:27                               \t\t<\/span>     <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<figure id=\"main-article-image\">\n<p>                                  <img decoding=\"async\" itemprop=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rte.ie\/images\/001f4bb7-800.jpg\" alt=\"The European Banking Authority exercise was conducted on a sample of 64 banks from 17 EU and EEA countries\">             <\/p><figcaption data-epic-field=\"thumbnail_caption\">The European Banking Authority exercise was conducted on a sample of 64 banks from 17 EU and EEA countries<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<section itemprop=\"articleBody\" data-epic-field=\"content\">\n<p>An EU wide bank stress test has found that the country&#8217;s two largest banks currently hold enough capital to withstand an economic shock.<\/p>\n<p>The European Banking Authority exercise was conducted on a sample of 64 banks from 17 EU and EEA countries, covering 75% of EU banking sector assets.<\/p>\n<p>The results indicate that the largest EU banks would be resilient to a severe hypothetical stress scenario over a three-year period from 2025 to 2027.<\/p>\n<p>It assumes a simultaneous and prolonged recession across the EU and other advanced economies, driven by severe global disruptions.<\/p>\n<p>Under the scenario, the disruptions are caused by escalating geopolitical tension, particularly in the Middle East, and a rise in protectionist trade policies worldwide, including tariffs.<\/p>\n<p>It concluded AIB&#8217;s transitional Common Equity Tier 1 (CET1) capital ratio &#8211; an important measure of a bank\u2019s financial strength &#8211; would stand at 13.4%.<\/p>\n<p>While the CET1 capital ratio for Bank of Ireland would stand at 13.9% under the adverse stress test scenario.<\/p>\n<p>Both are above the average 12% CET1 capital ratio, which is up from the avearge 10.4% in the 2023 exercise.<\/p>\n<p>AIB\u2019s Chief Financial Officer, Donal Galvin, said the bank\u2019s result of 13.4% fully loaded CET1 in the EBA\u2019s hypothetical adverse scenario &#8220;demonstrates our high capital base and capital resilience in the EBA adverse scenario&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;AIB continues to be very well-capitalised with a CET1 ratio of 16.4% (1) at H1 2025 which remains substantially in excess of regulatory requirements,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt src=\"https:\/\/www.rte.ie\/images\/001dfd30-614.jpg?ratio=1.78\"><\/p>\n<p>The EBA said the strong performance of the EU banks in the 2025 stress test &#8220;is reassuring, nonetheless, this should not lead to complacency among banks or supervisors&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The Director of Banking &#038; Payments Supervision at the Central Bank, Domhnall Cullinan said: &#8220;On balance, the scenario in use for the EU area is broadly aligned with the 2023 exercise but the impact of the stress test is milder than the results from that exercise.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is mainly due to banks entering the exercise with stronger profitability, and stable asset quality,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Cullinan said despite prevailing uncertainty, &#8220;the benefits of resilience built up in recent years are evident, with banks having sufficient capital to absorb the impact of the severe scenario.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Given the uncertainty, there remains a need to maintain and continue to build resilience, both financial and non-financial.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<div>\n<h4>More stories on<\/h4>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>                             <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rte.ie\/images\/0022da69-300.jpg\" alt title=\"Fergal O'Brien\">                                              <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Updated \/ Friday, 1 Aug 2025 20:27 The European Banking Authority exercise was conducted on a sample of 64 banks from 17 EU and EEA countries An EU wide bank stress test has found that the country&#8217;s two largest banks currently hold enough capital to withstand an economic shock. 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