Industry Report Card: European Bank Rebound Falters Amid Slowing Economies And Market Turmoil Sep 11

Standard & Poors, September 2011

Abstract
The European banking industry's moderate rebound from the 2008-2009 financial crisis is stalling because of dimming growth prospects in the eurozone and volatile, risk-averse wholesale funding markets. Standard & Poor's Ratings Services believes that the further recovery of the industry will hinge on restoring order to the sovereign debt market, shoring up confidence in bank funding markets, and avoiding a double dip into recession in the large European economies. The funding premiums that European banks pay over the risk-free rate began to widen again starting in the second quarter of 2011, and U.S.-dollar funding for them has tightened as worries about the impact of European sovereign risk on banks grow. Slowing economic growth and political tensions surrounding successive support plans...

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- Credit Agricole S.A.
- Deutsche Bank AG
- Cooperatieve Centrale Raiffeisen-Boerenleenbank B.A. (Rabobank Nederland)
- BNP Paribas
- Danske Bank A/S
- Landesbank Hessen-Thueringen Girozentrale
- Norddeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale (Unsolicited Ratings)
- Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (publ)
- Societe Generale
- Swedbank AB
- Portigon AG (Unsolicited Ratings)
- Barclays Bank PLC
- Bank of Ireland
- Commerzbank AG
- Pohjola Bank PLC
- Svenska Handelsbanken AB
- DNB Bank ASA
- UniCredit SpA
- Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA
- Dexia Credit Local
- Standard Chartered Bank
- Allied Irish Banks PLC
- Banco Santander S.A.
- The Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC
- Raiffeisen Zentralbank Oesterreich AG
- Credit Suisse Group AG
- Nationwide Building Society
- ING Bank N.V.
- Banco Espirito Santo S.A.
- Caixa Geral de Depositos S.A.
- Banco Comercial Portugues S.A.
- HSBC Holdings PLC
- Caisse Centrale du Credit Mutuel
- Banco de Sabadell S.A.
- Intesa Sanpaolo SpA
- National Bank of Greece S.A.
- Banco Popular Espanol S.A.
- DZ BANK AG Deutsche Zentral-Genossenschaftsbank
- UBS AG
- Erste Group Bank AG
- Belfius Bank SA/NV
- KBC Group N.V.
- Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria S.A.
- Nordea Bank AB
- Lloyds Banking Group PLC
- Unione di Banche Italiane Scpa
- Banco Popolare Societa Cooperativa SCRL
- CaixaBank S.A.
- BPCE
- ABN AMRO Bank N.V.
- Bankia S.A.

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