The most recent domino to fall is Austria's arrangement of banks, the Volksbanken. There are around 40 Volksbanken, which by and large possess an "umbrella bank", Volksbank AG, known as VBAG.
VBAG was initially made as a focal clearing "center point" for its Volksbanken part proprietors. It turned into a private organization in 1974 and a business bank in 1991, after which it built up an existence of its own, giving all records and gaining premiums inside Austria as well as in Central and Eastern Europe. It quickly developed a considerable arrangement of dangerous resources sponsored by inadequate value.
Critical rebuilding took after. In 2010, VBAG sold its harried land arm Europolis to the Austrian land organization CA -1.24% Immobilien Anlagen AG. It additionally sold its 25% stake in Victoria VolksbankVersicherung to ERGO protection. After impressive transactions, the vast majority of VBAG's CEE resources were sold to the Russian bank Sberbank in 2012 at a greatly decreased value, however VBAG's misfortune making Romanian arm was excluded in the exchange.
From that point forward, VBAG has diminished its benefit base from 41.1bn Euros to 15.9bn EUR, an astounding drop. Yet, it is still indebted. In May 2014, Moody's minimized VBAG to one indent above garbage, furthermore made the strange stride of caution that the entire Volksbanken system – which Moody's does not rate – would require more capital. Be that as it may, further backing from the Austrian government was not expected. In October 2014, appropriating expected disappointment of the ECB/EBA anxiety tests, VBAG reported that it would split itself up.
At the same time, I ponder. Immigon's value is shockingly low, at just 30m EUR in connection to a benefit base of 7.1bn EUR. Honestly, revaluating misfortunes of 550m EUR have as of now been acknowledged, which has added to VBAG's 887m EUR entire year’s misfortune for 2014 (the rest is because of misfortunes on the offer of the Romanian auxiliary). Yet, are these adequate? The Heta debacle demonstrates that introductory resource valuations in an "awful bank" can be uncontrollably hopeful. In the event that the same mix-up has been made once more, then Immigon also could fizzle grievously. I fear this may not end well.
What's more, shouldn't something be said about the Volksbanken? All things considered, they too will experience rebuilding. They will be united into 8 territorial cooperative banks, therefore improving utilization of their constrained capital. Volksbank Wien-Baden will get to be "first among equivalents", going about as a territorial cooperative bank in its own privilege and giving liquidity and clearing administrations to the next seven banks. The times of a progressive structure in the Austrian agreeable bank system are over.
References:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/francescoppola/2015/04/30/the-traumatic-restructuring-of-austrias-cooperative-banking-system/
http://www.forbes.com/sites/francescoppola/2015/04/30/the-traumatic-restructuring-of-austrias-cooperative-banking-system/2/
VBAG was initially made as a focal clearing "center point" for its Volksbanken part proprietors. It turned into a private organization in 1974 and a business bank in 1991, after which it built up an existence of its own, giving all records and gaining premiums inside Austria as well as in Central and Eastern Europe. It quickly developed a considerable arrangement of dangerous resources sponsored by inadequate value.
Critical rebuilding took after. In 2010, VBAG sold its harried land arm Europolis to the Austrian land organization CA -1.24% Immobilien Anlagen AG. It additionally sold its 25% stake in Victoria VolksbankVersicherung to ERGO protection. After impressive transactions, the vast majority of VBAG's CEE resources were sold to the Russian bank Sberbank in 2012 at a greatly decreased value, however VBAG's misfortune making Romanian arm was excluded in the exchange.
From that point forward, VBAG has diminished its benefit base from 41.1bn Euros to 15.9bn EUR, an astounding drop. Yet, it is still indebted. In May 2014, Moody's minimized VBAG to one indent above garbage, furthermore made the strange stride of caution that the entire Volksbanken system – which Moody's does not rate – would require more capital. Be that as it may, further backing from the Austrian government was not expected. In October 2014, appropriating expected disappointment of the ECB/EBA anxiety tests, VBAG reported that it would split itself up.
At the same time, I ponder. Immigon's value is shockingly low, at just 30m EUR in connection to a benefit base of 7.1bn EUR. Honestly, revaluating misfortunes of 550m EUR have as of now been acknowledged, which has added to VBAG's 887m EUR entire year’s misfortune for 2014 (the rest is because of misfortunes on the offer of the Romanian auxiliary). Yet, are these adequate? The Heta debacle demonstrates that introductory resource valuations in an "awful bank" can be uncontrollably hopeful. In the event that the same mix-up has been made once more, then Immigon also could fizzle grievously. I fear this may not end well.
What's more, shouldn't something be said about the Volksbanken? All things considered, they too will experience rebuilding. They will be united into 8 territorial cooperative banks, therefore improving utilization of their constrained capital. Volksbank Wien-Baden will get to be "first among equivalents", going about as a territorial cooperative bank in its own privilege and giving liquidity and clearing administrations to the next seven banks. The times of a progressive structure in the Austrian agreeable bank system are over.
References:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/francescoppola/2015/04/30/the-traumatic-restructuring-of-austrias-cooperative-banking-system/
http://www.forbes.com/sites/francescoppola/2015/04/30/the-traumatic-restructuring-of-austrias-cooperative-banking-system/2/
