Capital Shortfall at Austrian Banks Could Decrease

Capital Shortfall at Austrian Banks Could Decrease / Picture: © FMA Österreichische Finanzmarktaufsicht

Last year, EBA obliged systemic banks from EU-member states to raise their tier-1 capital ratio up to 9.0%. Hence, Erste Group and Raiffeisen have to raise their equity base by € 2.8bn until June 2012. Both banks are convinced to achieve that target in time. Raiffeisen´s shortfall amounts to € 2.1bn, Erste Group must increase equity by € 750m.

The main reason for the high…