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Bank profitability continued at record highs in the first quarter, according to the Bank of Spain

Capital and doubtful loan ratios fell slightly.

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Bank profitability continued at record highs in the first quarter, according to the Bank of Spain

Capital and doubtful loan ratios fell slightly

MADRID, 20 Jul. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The annualized return on equity of Spanish financial institutions continued at historical highs, standing at 10.56% at the end of the first quarter of the year, excluding the impact of the recognition, in the first quarter of 2021, of goodwill at as a result of the merger process between CaixaBank and Bankia, which generated a "very high" return value.

This is reflected in the supervisory statistics of credit institutions corresponding to the first quarter of 2022 published this Wednesday by the Bank of Spain.

The publication also highlights that the ratio of doubtful loans for all credit institutions fell slightly compared to the previous quarter, standing at 2.84%. By type of institution, the doubtful ratio of significant institutions fell to 2.95%, and that of less significant institutions remained relatively stable, standing at 2.00%.

On the other hand, the capital ratios of all credit institutions decreased slightly in the first quarter of 2022: the ordinary level capital ratio (CET1) stood at 13.36%; the Tier 1 ratio, at 14.92%, and the total capital ratio, at 17.08%.

By type of entity, the total capital ratio of significant entities stood at 16.75% and that of less significant entities at 22.65%.

The cost of risk increased to 1.09% in the first quarter of 2022, from 0.97% in the previous quarter.

The aggregate leverage ratio fell, standing at 5.75% between January and March, compared to 5.81% in the first quarter of 2021), a decrease that was a consequence of the increase in the amount of total exposure, as explained by the Bank of Spain.

In this sense, the supervisor explains that the amount of this exposure will register an increase in the second quarter, since the European Central Bank has not extended beyond March 2022 the supervisory measure that allowed credit institutions to exclude from their ratios of leverage exposures to central banks.

"Therefore, as of April 1, 2022, entities will again include exposures to central banks in the leverage ratio, causing a decrease in it," he adds.

The loan-deposit ratio remained stable, standing at 100.66% in the first quarter of 2022, compared to 100.01% in the previous quarter, remaining at its lowest levels since the first quarter of 2017.

The Bank of Spain also collects data on the total loans and advances subject to measures related to Covid-19 from significant institutions. In this regard, it indicates that in the first quarter, the volume of these loans stood at 113,800 million euros, compared to the 116,200 million euros registered in the previous quarter.

This decrease had its origin, to a large extent, in new loans and advances subject to public guarantee programs in the context of the Covid-19 crisis, which fell to an amount of 102.1 million euros, which represents 4.48% of the total loans and advances of these entities, from 103,600 million euros in the fourth quarter of 2021.

As for the less significant entities, the amount of new loans and advances subject to public guarantee programs in the context of the COVID-19 crisis stood at 5,600 million euros, which represents 4.52% of the total loans and advances from these entities.