The SSM empowers the ECB to carry out banking supervision in the eurozone There are three reasons why, if done correctly, the AQR can be a potential game-changer, putting the eurozone crisis behind us. Philipp Hildebrand, Financial Times blog, September 20, 2013 The Single Supervisory Mechanism, approved last week by the European Parliament, presents an , Europe’s politicians must support him with a credible and binding route to capital-raising for those eurozone banks that are viable but remain undercapitalised. The SSM, which empowers the ECB to carry out banking supervision in the eurozone, is not some arcane piece of financial market infrastructure. Before taking banks under its supervision, the ECB will – in tandem with stress tests that the European Banking Authority is undertaking – conduct an asset quality review of eurozone banks. There are three reasons why, if done correctly, the AQR can be a potential game-changer, putting the eurozone crisis behind us. Full tex...