The Bank of England’s policy on valuation capabilities to support resolvability

Responses to Consultation and Statement of Policy

Published on 13 June 2018

One area where a barrier to resolvability may arise is where the Bank is unable to obtain sufficiently timely and robust valuations to support the effective use of resolution tools. Timely and robust valuations are critical to ensuring that resolution action is sufficient to address the full extent of losses, that creditors are treated fairly through resolution, and that risks to public funds are minimised.

The Bank’s Statement of Policy on valuation capabilities to support resolvability includes principles for the data, information, models, governance, documentation, and assurance firms will need to have in place to support timely and robust resolution valuations. The deadline for compliance with the policy was Thursday 1 April 2021.

Current version

Published 28 May 2021. Effective from 28 May 2021.

The Bank of England’s Statement of Policy on valuation capabilities to support resolvability (pdf)

- following ‘Updates to the Bank of England’s approach to assessing resolvability’

Update 7 May 2020

The Bank and PRA announced on 7 May 2020 measures to alleviate operational burdens on firms in response to the Covid-19 outbreak. Among these measures, the Bank announced the compliance deadline for the Bank’s Statement of Policy on Valuation capabilities to support resolvability has been extended by three months from 1 January 2021 to 1 April 2021. Firms should be compliant with the Valuations Statement of Policy by 1 April 2021 unless otherwise communicated by the Bank.

Update 19 November 2018

The Bank (as the UK’s resolution authority), sent a letter to CFOs of relevant firms regarding the Bank’s policy on valuation capabilities to support resolvability, published in June 2018.

The purpose of these letters is twofold. First, they provide illustrative and non-binding guidance to support firms’ implementation of the Bank’s policy. Second, they ask for firms to complete an informal survey on how they intend to comply with the policy. The policy comes into effect on 1 January 2021.

Past version published 13 June 2018. Effective from 1 January 2021 (superseded on 28 May 2021 by May 2021 version).

This version also discusses responses to the consultation paper published in August 2017.
- The Bank of England’s policy on valuation capabilities to support resolvability (pdf)