Business model analysis
Competent authorities should analyse the TCB’s business model and strategy to understand the key drivers of its risks. They should use the guidance provided in Title 4 as the basis for the assessment and seek to apply the principles contained in a manner proportionate to the TCB. Competent authorities should verify that the strategy for the third-country branch and a separate assessment of the associated risks is adequately documented along with evidence of its review and scrutiny by branch management.
Competent authorities should pay specific attention to the outreach of the TCB activities, to assess whether it complies with the territorial scope of the authorisation granted by the competent authority where the TCB is established. Attention should also be paid to any cross-border business activity carried out upon reverse solicitation.
Competent authorities should consider how the head undertaking’s strategic priorities for the TCB impact its risk profile. They should pay attention to any earnings or strategic targets set for the TCB branch and whether these are supported by the TCB’s resourcing and risk management capabilities. They should also assess the nature of the services and activities offered by the TCB and how, if at all, these diverge from the offering of the wider group and whether this results in any increased risks or go beyond the scope of services and activities authorised to be carried out by the TCB, which cannot be more extensive than that of the direct head undertaking in the third country.