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Recommendation (FMSB/7/2024): guidance on applying the countercyclical capital buffer

The latest recommendation of Austria’s FMSB to the Financial Market Authority (FMA) is to leave the countercyclical capital buffer (CCyB) unchanged at a rate of 0% of risk-weighted assets.

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43rd meeting of Austria’s Financial Market Stability Board

The 43rd meeting of Austria’s Financial Market Stability Board (FMSB) took place on December 2, 2024. Systemic risks from debt-based financing of residential real estate were at the top of the agenda. Furthermore, the FMSB reaffirmed its recommendation for keeping the countercyclical capital buffer at 0% and adopted its work program for 2025.

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Recommendation FMSB/6/2024: guidance on applying the sectoral systemic risk buffer

The FMSB recommends that the FMA prescribe a systemic risk buffer for the subset of risk exposure amounts stemming from commercial real estate lending in the amount of 1% of these risk exposure amounts as of July 1, 2025.