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Bank Industry Risk Analysis: Croatian Banks Boosted By Foreign Support, Despite Credit Growth Mar 07
Standard & Poors, March 2007
Abstract
Beneficial support from foreign strategic shareholders Well-developed retail banking Strengthened bank regulation and supervision Favorable macroeconomic environment Strong momentum in reforms driven by medium-term EU accession Asset quality vulnerable to rapid credit growth Medium foreign-currency lending risk Capitalization under strain given fast balance sheet growth In a global context, Standard & Poor's Ratings Services considers the Croatian banking sector to have an above-average risk profile, as denoted by its Bank Industry Country Risk Assessment (BICRA) ranking. The system occupies group six (out of 10, one representing the strongest) in the BICRA rankings, which reflect the strengths and weaknesses of a country's banking system relative to other countries. (For more information, see 'Banking Industry Country Risk: These Are The Good Old...
Companies mentioned in this report are: Societe Generale,Bayerische Landesbank,UniCredit SpA,UniCredit Bank Austria AG,Croatia (Republic of),Zagrebacka banka dd,Erste Group Bank AG,UniCredit Bank AG
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Research Type: Commentary
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