Banking Resolution
Tier 2

Tier 2 instruments

Tier 2 instruments are subordinated bonds that count as gone-concern capital: they have a fixed maturity of at least five years, rank below all senior creditors, and are written down or converted after Additional Tier 1 has been exhausted.

Tier 2 absorbs losses after equity and AT1, and before senior non-preferred debt. Unlike AT1 it has no contractual trigger — it is reached through the resolution authority's powers. Full definition in the glossary.

Live instruments
870
Source: ESMA FIRDSUpdated 2026-07-25
Issuers
60
Source: ESMA FIRDSUpdated 2026-07-25
Notional (EUR lines)
EUR 290,520m
Source: ESMA FIRDSUpdated 2026-07-25
EUR lines with notional
528of 870
Source: ESMA FIRDSUpdated 2026-07-25

Notional is summed over EUR-denominated lines that report an amount. FIRDS carries no exchange rates, so amounts in other currencies are counted but never converted.

By issuer country

CountryInstrumentsNotional (EUR)
FRFrance279EUR 119,756m
ITItaly153EUR 41,059m
ESSpain82EUR 40,862m
GBUnited Kingdom75EUR 16,485m
DEGermany60EUR 8,059m
ATAustria42EUR 9,821m
NONorway37EUR 2,900m
NLNetherlands29EUR 16,000m
FIFinland26EUR 4,550m
SESweden21EUR 7,250m
BEBelgium18EUR 9,660m
DKDenmark13EUR 4,000m
IEIreland13EUR 3,744m
PTPortugal10EUR 3,471m
GRGreece7EUR 1,902m
CHSwitzerland5EUR 1,000m

Largest issuers

By number of live instruments. Issuance count is not issuance volume — a bank running a large medium-term note programme shows many small lines.

Most recently issued

Source: ESMA FIRDSUpdated 2026-07-25

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