By Nicholas Brautlecht
Jan. 18 (Bloomberg) -- French banks show biggest gap of
EU285b, followed by German banks with as much as EU200b,
Sueddeutsche Zeitung reports, citing study by academics at
European School of Management and Technology in Berlin and New
York University.
• Increased risk seen among banks in Germany, France, Italy: Sueddeutsche
• Particularly high risks among German state-owned banks, or Landesbanken, that have above avg bad loans in portfolios, incl. to crisis hit shipping industry: Sueddeutsche
• Authors of study don’t rule out that some banks notably in Cyprus, Belgium, Italy and Spain may again need state aid, which could trigger budget problems in Italy, resurgence of euro crisis: Sueddeutsche