CaixaBank awash with liquidity in 2018

Spanish lender's LCR rose 11 percentage points in the 12 months to December 2018

CaixaBank stocked up on high-quality liquid assets in 2018, helping to boost its liquidity coverage ratio by 11 percentage points.

The bank’s LCR – calculated by dividing its stock of HQLA by projected net cash outflows over a 30-day stress period – climbed to 196% from 185% over the 12 months to end-December, and rose three percentage points in the last quarter of 2018 alone.

Total HQLA stood at €57.1 billion ($64.8 billion) at year-end, up €1.2 billion (2%) quarter-on-quarter, and €3.5

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