Exclusive: Bank of Cyprus kicks off review of restructuring plans
NICOSIA (Reuters) - Bailed-out Bank of Cyprus is reviewing its restructuring plans in a move that could result in billions of euros of its troubled assets being put into a...
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Exclusive: Bank of Cyprus kicks off review of restructuring plans
NICOSIA (Reuters) - Bailed-out Bank of Cyprus is reviewing its restructuring plans in a move that could result in billions of euros of its troubled assets being put into a...
Data dumps and pig farms; Inside Europe’s stress tests
LONDON (Reuters) - In his youth, Barrie Wilkinson studied how to stress test bridges. Now he is stress testing the euro zone's biggest banks. The European Central Bank's year-long review...
Banks trim risk but fail to raise provisions ahead of EU review
LONDON (Reuters) - Most of Europe's big banks shed risky assets in the quarter to September, but they have yet to take extra provisions against doubtful loans to show they...
EU banks may not produce stress test data in time: Moody’s Analytics
LONDON (Reuters) - Some EU banks might not be able to provide accurate data and meet the deadlines for next year's bumper series of regulatory reviews, Moody's Analytics warned in...
Post-bailout Ireland turns focus to banking hangover
DUBLIN/LONDON (Reuters) - With liberation from Ireland's three-year bailout getting closer by the day, the banks which drove the country into the arms of the EU and IMF are once...
EU bank bailout roulette awaits Monte dei Paschi investors
LONDON (Reuters) - Investors awaiting the finer points of Monte dei Paschi's restructuring plan could soon find themselves wishing their bank had run aground at another time and place in...
The battle to secure German shipping lender HSH
HAMBURG (Reuters) - Once the beacon of a brave new future for Germany's publicly-owned regional banks, HSH Nordbank is now a focal point of concern over the sector. The Hamburg...
Navigating the financial labyrinth of Germany’s Landesbanken
HAMBURG (Reuters) - To the casual observer, the Landesbanken's results for the first half of this year might suggest Germany's publicly-owned regional banks are in rude financial health. But the...
Analysis: Low rates pledge buys time but builds risk for fragile banks
LONDON (Reuters) - A determination by Europe's most powerful central bankers to keep interest rates low might save the continent's fragile banking system from short-term pain but undermines long-term profitability...