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Markets 19th September 2011

Santander: "EU banking stress tests will consider default scenarios with haircuts in trading and maturity portfolios"

Banco Santander analysts today chose a discouraging headline for the Ecofin event hosted last week in Eastern European territory: “Little progress in the Ecofin summit in Poland. It was not possible to release the next tranche of the loan to Greece, nor there was any progress regarding the EFSF, nor was the Finnish collateral difficulties unblocked. In fact, it seems that everything will be delayed until at least October.” The…

Markets 19th September 2011

Santander: “EU banking stress tests will consider default scenarios with haircuts in trading and maturity portfolios”

Banco Santander analysts today chose a discouraging headline for the Ecofin event hosted last week in Eastern European territory: “Little progress in the Ecofin summit in Poland. It was not possible to release the next tranche of the loan to Greece, nor there was any progress regarding the EFSF, nor was the Finnish collateral difficulties unblocked. In fact, it seems that everything will be delayed until at least October.” The…

aggregation line 7th September 2011

"BBVA, Santander up with the four most solvent European banks"

In a report that analyzed the fifty largest financial groups in Europe, the risk agency Standard & Poor’s (S&P) ranking highlights credit grades awarded to each of them. In the classification, the two Spanish giants BBVA and Santander appear in the top positions. El Economista informs that “They occupy third and fourth steps respectively, based on the quality of their rating.” Of course, both still face the threat of a downgrade if the…

aggregation line 7th September 2011

“BBVA, Santander up with the four most solvent European banks”

In a report that analyzed the fifty largest financial groups in Europe, the risk agency Standard & Poor’s (S&P) ranking highlights credit grades awarded to each of them. In the classification, the two Spanish giants BBVA and Santander appear in the top positions. El Economista informs that “They occupy third and fourth steps respectively, based on the quality of their rating.” Of course, both still face the threat of a downgrade if the…