Deutsche Bank Needs To Reassure Markets: IMF Official
Rukhshan Mir (@rukhshanmir) Published October 05, 2016 | 10:00 PM
WASHINGTON, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 05th Oct, 2016 ) - A senior IMF official said Wednesday that Germany's troubled Deutsche Bank should act to reassure markets that its business model is viable, and warned about broader weakness in European banks.
The remark came as the International Monetary Fund said European banks face thin margins and high levels of bad loans, a gathering threat to global financial stability in the medium term. The International Monetary Fund in June said the German lender could be Europe's largest contributor to systemic risk.
Facing billions in US settlement costs over its sales of toxic mortgage-backed securities, which could erode its capital foundations, Deutsche Bank this year has seen its shares fall by more than 40 percent.
In addressing reporters on Wednesday, Peter Dattels, the IMF's deputy director for monetary and capital markets, said Deutsche Bank was among the banks which needed to adapt and "to convince investors that its business model is viable going forward and that it's addressed the risks" of litigation.
"In that context, we're confident that European and German authorities are monitoring the system to make sure the financial system remains resilient," said Dattels. - Need to clean up books - ========================== In a new review of risks in the global financial system, the IMF said dangers in the near-term have lessened since April, as commodity and asset prices rise and markets adjust to the shocks of Britain's vote to secede from the European Union.
But the global crisis lender said that more broadly, banks, retirement funds and insurance companies need to clean their portfolios and adjust to an era of low growth and low rates. In advanced economies, 25 percent of banks, holding $11.7 trillion in assets, would remain weak even in a cyclical recovery, it said.
The solvency of many life insurance companies and pension funds is threatened by the prolonged period of low interest rates intended to stimulate recovery from the Great Recession. Weak credit demand in advanced economies, in addition to low rates, is also hindering profitability, according to the IMF.
"Since the start of the year, the market capitalization of advanced economy banks has fallen by almost $430 billion, increasing the challenge of addressing banking system vulnerabilities, particularly for weaker European banks," the report said.
Bank balance sheets are significantly stronger than before the global financial crisis, but returns on assets have only partially recovered, with eurozone lenders reaping less than half their average profits of 2004-2006, according to the IMF.
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