This year’s Top 1000 World Bank ranking shows that the banking sector’s profits are returning to pre-crisis levels, with Asia-Pacific leading the way. Click here to read more.
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Average Tier 1 growth in 2010
July 29, 2011
The Top 1000 World Banks ranking shows Tier 1 levels increasing and highlights the growing strength of banks in Asia-Pacific. Click here to read more.
Exposed to Italy
July 19, 2011
The European Banking Authority stress test highlights banks' huge holdings of Italian debt. Click here to read more.
Should Basel III worry more about risk weighting?
June 1, 2011
Are Tier 1 ratios a good measure of leverage? Click here to read more.
UK lending lags while loan write-offs rise
May 23, 2011
UK banks still face big loan write-offs. Click here to read more.
Lloyds forced to rethink provisions
May 12, 2011
US banks' lending levels begin to recover
May 5, 2011
Fed data suggests that US banks' lending levels are back to pre-crisis levels. Click here to find out.
Boom and bust in CIS banking
April 21, 2011
The huge increase in bank capital for the largest markets in the Commonwealth of Independent States has not always been sustainable. Click here to see more.
Who is the most exposed to Spain?
April 13, 2011
With some predicting that Spain might ultimately be forced to go to the EU for a bailout, which country has the biggest exposure to Spanish public or private sector debt?
Japanese banks continue to shrink in relative terms
April 7, 2011
The tentative revival in profits for Japanese banks in the middle of the last decade has melted away. Click here to find out more.
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