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Regulatory Capital & Basel/FRTB

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Prudential Reporting Team

Regulatory Capital Group

Multi-Jurisdiction Reporting

Basel III/IV, CRR3/CRD VI, UK PRA and local regulator variant reconciliation across the group

Entities Covered

6

Regulatory Frameworks

5

Entities in Variance Review

2

Largest Local-to-Group Variance

0.7pp

EntityLocal FrameworkCET1 (Local Basis)CET1 (Group Basis)VarianceStatus
Meridian Bank UK plcBasel 3.1 / UK PRA12.4%12.6%0.2pp Reconciled
Meridian Capital Markets LtdCRR3 / EBA16.7%16.5%0.2pp Reconciled
Meridian Bank (Ireland) DACCRR3 / CBI15.1%14.6%0.5pp Variance Review
Meridian Singapore BranchMAS Notice 63717.9%17.2%0.7pp Variance Review
Meridian US IHCUS Basel III (Fed)13.8%13.5%0.3pp Reconciled

About This Agent

Data on This Page

Each legal entity's local regulatory framework alongside its CET1 ratio computed on both a local-rules basis and a group (home-regulator) basis, with the resulting variance and a reconciled/variance-review status. Stat tiles cover entities covered (6), distinct frameworks in use (5), entities under variance review, and the largest local-to-group ratio variance.

What This Agent Does

Runs each subsidiary's capital calculation twice — once under its local regulator's rulebook (PRA, EBA/CRR3, MAS, Fed) and once translated onto the group's home-regulator basis — then reconciles the two, explaining every material variance (national discretions, transitional arrangements, local add-ons) so Group Risk can sign off a single, defensible group-wide capital position.

Worked Examples

  • Meridian Singapore Branch shows the largest variance (0.7pp) driven by MAS's higher standardised risk weight for residential mortgages versus the CRR3 basis used at group level.
  • Meridian Bank (Ireland) DAC's 0.5pp variance stems from a national discretion on unrealised sovereign bond gains not recognised under CBI transitional rules.
  • Meridian US IHC reconciles cleanly at 0.3pp variance, mostly timing differences in the Fed's stress capital buffer versus the group's own CCyB assumption.