These institutions play a vital role in the Dutch financial system and real economy. In order to tackle the SIFI problem the Basel Committee together with the Financial Stability Board are working on additional measures for systemic banks. These measures first involve more intensive supervision and a higher loss absorbing capacity, primarily to reduce the probability of a default of a systemic bank.
This will mean that possibly systemic banks will be required to hold larger capital buffers. Secondly, the measures involve improving the resolution capacity of national authorities and the requirement for systemic banks to develop recovery and resolution plans.