Appetite for corporate credit risk grows at EU banks

Total credit RWAs increase 3.2% from end-September 2018 to end-June 2019

European Union lenders built up risk exposures to corporations and retail clients between September 2018 and June 2019, while cutting those to financial institutions.

Total credit risk-weighted assets (RWAs) across banks included in the EU-wide transparency exercise stood at €9.3 trillion ($10.3 trillion) at end-June, of which 59.7% were calculated using internal ratings-based (IRB) approaches and 40.3% using the regulator-set standardised approach.

This makes for a 3.2% increase in total

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