Banks in Europe and America are under pressure again to add to capital, with further stress rests, in order to withstand any potential, future credit problems.
Risk-weighted assets can be assumed to be as high as 70% of total assets in the large U.S. banks. The stress figure in Europe is half that for various accounting reasons; which are not that strong.
In other words, the assessments are pretty much subjective.
Furthermore, it’s all nonsense. As panic=driven problems will negate supposed cushions, as will a tendency to have mark-to-market accounting.
Much of what goes on is political maneuvering and posturing.
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