The latest ranking of EU banks shows balance sheets and capital have shrunk for most on the back of a weakening euro, while Spanish banks managed to increase their profitability and specialised banks emerged with the highest returns.
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Irish banks bounce back
August 24, 2015
The half-year results for 2015 confirm the recovery of Ireland's lenders.
London tops western Europe FDI tables
August 2, 2015The UK capital leads in both inflows and outflows of FDI among western European IFCs, while Madrid, Milan and Dublin show strongly.
Trinidad and Tobago banks continue to lead Caricom ranking despite oil price hits
August 2, 2015Weak economic growth has lowered profitability across the Caribbean Community and Common Market, but the strong Trinidadian banking market and good results elsewhere offer some good news in the region.
The obscured view from Venezuela
July 24, 2015
Measuring local bank performance is a challenge when a country relies on four different exchange rates.
Crisis in Greece: the credit impact on south-eastern Europe
July 13, 2015
The turmoil in Greece is having an impact on financial markets throughout the eurozone, but this impact may be felt greater in its five neighbours where Greek banks have a particularly large presence: Albania, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Romania and Serbia.
G-SIBs threatened with higher leverage ratio
July 2, 2015
A higher leverage ratio requirement would prove a challenge to 13 global systematically important banks.
Shanghai tops Chinese ranking of finance centres for inward FDI
July 1, 2015Shanghai is China’s biggest international financial centre in terms of inflows of foreign direct investment, while Beijing tops the table for outflows.
Top 1000 World Banks – Capital ratios fall among soundest banks
June 30, 2015As capital adequacy ratios show a decrease, Nederlandse Waterschapsbank unseats Banco Original at the top of the BIS ratio table, while Franklin Resources takes the capital assets ration leading position from National Reserve Bank.
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