Banks across Europe braced for more heavy loan-loss charges26 Jul 2020 20:01
“It is a universal consensus that given the headwinds, investing in banks is as stupid an activity as investing in oil majors,” said Richard Buxton, head of UK Alpha strategy at Jupiter Asset Management. “It is unlikely that anything revelatory emerges from this reporting season to change that.”
“The economic downturn clearly means a big pick-up in bad debts,” he added. However, “I am extremely confident that whatever the damage to [profit and loss accounts] from the crisis, it does not mean they need to raise additional equity capital.”
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