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Recommendation (FMSB/2/2025): 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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45th meeting of Austria’s Financial Market Stability Board

The 45th meeting of Austria’s Financial Market Stability Board (FMSB) took place on June 4, 2025. The FMSB recommended to keep the countercyclical capital buffer (CCyB) at a rate of 0%. Investment funds rely on leverage only to a limited extent, but for real estate funds, liquidity risks remain high.

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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.