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2016-10-31 — bloomberg.com
Anemic economic growth across the region is making it harder for lenders to off-load toxic assets, hurting profitability while banks also come under pressure from tougher capital rules and fines for misconduct, London-based KPMG said in a report published Monday. Firms could take "decades rather than years" to reduce their exposures, hampering profitability.
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The total value of toxic loans in Europe has surged since 2008 from about 1.5 percent of lending to more than 5 percent since 2013, according to the report. This has a negative impact on profitability from unpaid interest, raising provisions against impaired assets and realizing losses when disposing bad debts, according to KPMG.
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