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Top 1000 World Banks – Western Europe's global standing diminishes again

A patchy economic performance in western Europe in 2015 saw its lenders slide further down the global rankings. HSBC is clinging on to its global top 10 position, however, while there is some good news for Greek and Italian lenders.
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The global importance of western European banks is continuing to decline after the overall Tier 1 capital in the largest 25 institutions fell for a second year running.

Data for the 2016 ranking saw a reduction in capital in the top 25 and while eight institutions increased their capital base year on year, this only amounted to a combined total of $15.23bn – Deutsche Bank alone, the top lender with the highest reduction in capital, saw its level fall by $14.26bn and by one position in the European ranking to seventh. This comes on the back of heavy losses of $6.63bn in its fiscal 2015 data and a 14.6% reduction in assets.

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