The need for international consistency in such valuations is highlighted by the current initiatives by financial regulators to put in place common regimes for the recovery and resolution of financial institutions in accordance with the Financial Stability Board’s “Key Attributes of Effective Resolution Regimes for Financial Institutions”. The FSB’s “Key Attributes” include provisions for the valuations as part of the recovery and resolution process.

The Standards Board has commenced a project to develop guidance on valuations for resolution and recovery. The initial focus will be on the assets typically found in financial institutions, as this is the area of greatest current need given the emerging new regulations in various jurisdictions. However, the Board intends this to be a broad scope project, as the underlying principles should be common to most types of asset and industry. The Board’s initial view is that the project will probably lead to a new Application Standard setting out common principles for the valuation of failed or likely to fail businesses, with accompanying guidance for specific applications, of which the resolution of financial institutions will be an example.