A stable, well-functioning financial market for allA stable, well-functioning financial market for allFI extends the risk weight floor for Swedish mortgage exposures
FI has decided to extend the risk weight floor by one year, from 30 December 2020 to 30 December 2021.
FI makes the assessment that the risks posed by high real estate prices and highly leveraged households – which were the original motivation behind initially introducing the measure – have remained largely the same and the measure is still needed.
The decision applies to the firms that apply the internal ratings-based (IRB) approach to calculating risk-weighted exposure amounts for credit risk and issue mortgages in Sweden.
On 16 September 2020, through Article 458 of the Capital Requirements Regulation, FI informed the European Parliament, the European Council, the European Commission, the European Systemic Risk Board (ESRB), and the European Banking Authority (EBA) of the authority's intention to extend the current risk-weight floor of 25 per cent for Swedish mortgages. The European Commission approved FI's proposed measure on 12 November.
