1.   Where an investment firm is part of a group, competent authorities shall assess the risk posed by an excessive concentration of liquidity resources among the entities of the group.

2.   Competent authorities shall assess whether there are mechanisms in place that request an investment firm to transfer part or all of its liquidity resources to any parent undertaking or to any other entities of the group.

3.   Competent authorities shall assess the mechanisms used within the group to provide the investment firm with access to market or funding liquidity or to mitigate the investment firm’s liquidity risk, and in particular, the effectiveness of such mechanisms, based on whether those mechanisms are formal pre-arranged agreements.