On May 8, 2018, the European Central Bank published a report on the thematic review on effective risk data aggregation and risk reporting. The ECB launched the thematic review in 2016 to carry out an in-depth assessment of credit institutions' governance, data aggregation capabilities and reporting practices. The thematic review was based on 25 Eurozone significant institutions and took into account the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision's principles for effective risk data aggregation and risk reporting.

The ECB has ascertained that implementation of the Basel Committee's principles is unsatisfactory and that the issues are mostly as a result of a lack of clarity around responsibility for data quality. The ECB considers that further efforts are needed to enhance the effectiveness of risk data aggregation and risk reporting.

The report is available at: https://www.bankingsupervision.europa.eu/ecb/pub/pdf/ssm.BCBS_239_report_201805.pdf?3a832ee84c8bc90496b943aa76a76bc4.

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