List of European banks in risk - by P/B-ratio (price-to-book ratio)
Saturday, 8 October 2011 | 
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Wikipedia: The price-to-book ratio, or P/B ratio, is a financial ratio used to compare a company's book value to its current market price. Book value is an accounting term denoting the portion of the company held by the shareholders; in other words, the company's total tangible assets less its total liabilities. The calculation can be performed in two ways, but the result should be the same each way.
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Tags: Alpha Bank, Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena, Banco Comercial Portugues, Banco Espirito Santo, Banco Popolare Societa Cooperativa, Barclays, Commerzbank, Crédit Agricole, Dexia, EFG Eurobank Ergasias, European banks, Intesa Sanpaolo, KBC Groupe, National Bank of Greece, Natixis, Royal Bank of Scotland Group, Société Générale, UBI Banca, Unicredit
Visual of the 5yr CDS for BoA, MS, Dexia, Soc Gen, Banco Popular and Unicredit
Tuesday, 4 October 2011 | Finance - Banki...
Credit default swaps are contracts designed to insure creditors against a bank (or indeed any company) going bust.
A CDS is a contract issued by big City firms or fund that guarantees the holder will be covered if a particular company defaults on its debts. It is basically a type of insurance used by large investing institutions.
FT reports: Siemens parked 4 to 6 bn euros at ECB - withdrew 500 million+ from either SocGen or Credit Agricole 2 weeks ago
Monday, 19 September 2011 | European Affairs
FT reports that Siemens withdrew more than half-a-billion euros in cash deposits from a large French bank two weeks ago and transferred it to the European Central Bank, in a sign of how companies are seeking havens amid Europe’s sovereign debt crisis.
In total, Siemens has parked between €4bn ($5.4bn) and €6bn at the ECB’s facilities, mostly through one-week deposits, this person said. Only a handful of large companies have the banking licences that allow them to deposit cash directly with the ECB.
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Moody's downgrades French Banks: Credit Agricole and SocGen, BNP Paribas on review
Wednesday, 14 September 2011 | Finance - Banki...
- Credit Agricole cut to Aa2
- SocGen cut one level to Aa3
- BNP Paribas still on review
BNP Paribas (BNP) SA, Societe Generale SA and Credit Agricole SA Poised for Moody’s Downgrade
Sunday, 11 September 2011 | Finance - Banki...
BNP Paribas (BNP) SA, Societe Generale SA and Credit Agricole SA (ACA), France’s largest banks by market value, may have their credit ratings cut by Moody’s Investors Service as soon as next week because of their Greek holdings, two people with knowledge of the matter said.
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