VTB Bank Austria has Passed the European Central Bank’s Stress Tests

BusinessEconomic Policies ♦ Published: November 16, 2015; 18:54 ♦ (Vindobona)

To meet these requirements, VTB Bank (Austria) AG boosted the capital, raising its consolidated capital ratio from 9.3% as of the end of 2014 to 13.7% as of the end of September 2015.

VTB Headquarters in Moscow / Picture: © Wikipedia / Chesnok

The ECB’s stress-tests assume a three-year model (2015-17) with two stress scenarios – basic and adverse.

The starting point is the balance sheet as of the end of 2014.

VTB Bank (Austria) AG successful passed the basic stress test for all three years.

In the adverse scenario, the bank achieved the capital requirements for the first two years of the model, with a…

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