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29/11/2023 Research EN
The Wide Angle: Supervision – the overlooked strength of Europe’s banking systems
European banks are displaying strong and stable financial and business fundamentals due to the effectiveness of the supervisory regime and practices successfully pursued since the aftermath of the global financial crisis a decade and a half ago.
28/11/2023 Research EN
Credit Lines: might COP 28 be a boon for green bonds?
As COP 28 starts, investors are once again grappling with the need to make their views count when assessing the feasibility of net-zero strategies, especially in the energy sector. This may be good news for green-bond issuance.
23/11/2023 Research EN
Swedish banks brace for subdued lending, poorer asset quality next year, buffered by strong earnings
Earnings growth puts Swedish banks in a strong position to confront shrinking volumes, higher funding costs and the risk of higher provisions in the year ahead amid a gloomy economic outlook, says Scope Ratings.
20/11/2023 Research EN
Commerzbank's updated strategy promises profitable future; implementation will be challenging
Commerzbank’s new three-year growth plan is reliant on durably favourable interest rates, ambitious revenue gains in private and corporate banking, plus benign banking-sector competition and buoyant activity in Germany, leaving room for disappointment.
13/11/2023 Research EN
Italian Bank Quarterly: growing resilience despite uncertainties
Italian bank profitability has settled at high levels thanks to wide interest margins and low provisions. Financial fundamentals are robust and banks are well placed to face a softer economic outlook and uncertainties around lending and deposit dynamics.
8/11/2023 Research EN
Italian NPL collections: volumes for first nine months of 2023 lag average of previous two years
Italian NPL collections doubled month-on-month in September to EUR 137m from EUR 69m. But they were 25% and 42% below September 2022 and 2021 volumes. Collections for the first nine months of 2023 are well below the two previous years for the same period.