The Capital Requirements (Capital Buffers and Macro-prudential Measures) Regulations 2014

Identification of O-SIIs

This section has no associated Explanatory Memorandum

31.—(1) In order to assess whether a particular body (“the relevant body”) is an O-SII, the PRA must base its assessment on the systemic importance of the relevant body on an individual, sub-consolidated or consolidated basis.

(2) The assessment of systemic importance must include a consideration of one or more of the following criteria—

(a)the size of the relevant body;

(b)the importance of the relevant body to economy of the United Kingdom or the European Union;

(c)the significance of the relevant body’s cross-border activities; and

(d)the interconnectedness of the relevant body, or the group to which it belongs, with the financial system.