Publication - 25/10/2017 - Bank resolution framework - Executive summary
Taxpayer-funded bailouts of banks considered too big to fail were a defining characteristic of the Great Financial Crisis. In the intervening years, international standard setters and national authorities have taken steps to reduce both the probability and impact of the failure of such systemically important firms. Key among those steps was the development of an international framework for more effective resolution, which directly targets the impact of the failure of systemically important financial institutions. This Executive Summary provides an overview of the main elements of that framework as it applies to banks.