LCRs of big EU banks rebound faster than smaller rivals in Q2

G-Sibs bolster ratios 19 percentage points in three months to end-June

European banks boosted their aggregate liquidity coverage ratio by 19 percentage points through Q2, with the bloc’s giants replenishing buffers at a faster clip than their smaller counterparts.

The LCR across the 112 institutions included in the European Central Bank's (ECB) supervisory data sample surged past 165% as of end-June, up from just under 147% three months prior and 146% at end-2019.

The bloc’s eight global systemically important banks (G-Sibs) added four percentage points to their

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