Sector’s post financial crisis bounce back has been largely overlooked
Tag: Banks
Blacklisted banks to handle debt products again
EU has been forgiving of banks that once contained cartels
How to separate the banking wheat from the chaff
Valuations reached all-time lows in 2020 on a price/book value basis
Santander ups investment banking ambitions
‘Our European clients want to see European banks with them’
Pandemic tests resiliency of European banks
While balance sheets mostly remain strong, profitability was already weak going into the current crisis
European banking sector set to attract swathe of investors
Unlike 2008, they are a key part of the solution to this crisis rather than the cause of the problem
Distressed leveraged finance ratios hit 2011 high
As banking sector is largely exposed to leveraged loans and marginally to high yield bonds
EU auditors say 2018 bank stress tests not stressful enough
The European Court of Auditors suggests tests were too easy on some banks with others left out altogether
Global regulator concerned at high yield fire sale in downturn
Bank for International Settlements concerned low grade credit makes up 45% of issuance in Europe.
‘Opportunities in European banks favour debt over equity’
Capital levels are five times higher than before the financial crisis, according to Merian’s Lloyd Harris
