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European banks’ fourth-quarter earnings, releases of which are clustered around early February, have been surprisingly optimisti
European banks’ fourth-quarter earnings, releases of which are clustered around early February, have been surprisingly optimisti
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2022-11-01
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European banks’ fourth-quarter earnings, releases of which are clustered around early February, have been surprisingly optimistic. Yet the chronic illness that has dogged the industry for years remains. Interest rates are rock-bottom, compressing lending margins. Lenders must set aside lots of capital to reassure watchdogs, which depresses returns. And Europe has too many banks, which constrains scale and profits. UBS forecasts the European sector’s return on tangible equity (ROTE) will hit 8% by 2022—above last year’s 5.6%, but still below its cost of capital of 10%. Its price-to-book ratio hovers around 0.5, below its lowest point in 2009.
Much of that has been outside bosses’ control. The current bosses, drafted in to restore lenders to health in the 2010s, has also managed to lift core capital ratios. But reviving profits and valuations requires a strategic rethink that "wartime" CEOs have shown little will or skill for. A growing chorus of investors and board members want fresh faces to embrace the mission.
One problem is that the pool of candidates is drying up. When Mary-Caroline Tillman of Russell Reynolds Associates, a headhunter, worked on bank CEO searches ten years ago, her shortlists included 15-20 qualified candidates. Today she typically finds five or six. A lot of industry stars are now too old; a few others have lost their prime. Many suitable executives do not want the top job, which comes with more scrutiny from the press than elsewhere. It is also less richly rewarded. Last year James Gorman, who runs Morgan Stanley, an American bank, was paid $33m. ING faced public criticism in 2018 when it proposed raising its boss Ralph Hamers’s pay to €3m ($3.6m).
Recruiting outsiders is also hard. Aspiring CEOs must be closely examined by European regulators, implying a ton of banking experience, says Elena Carletti of Bocconi University, who also sits on UniCredit’s board. In America Wells Fargo is the only big bank subject to such rules. Language can create barriers, too. After falling out with Jean Pierre Mustier, its French boss who is due to step down in April, UniCredit’s board is said to have favoured Italian-speakers.
There is hope, however. Industry veterans praise a class of bankers climbing up the ranks. Headhunters, meanwhile, are considering bright executives in adjacent industries, such as payments or insurance.
Whether they make it to the top or not largely depends on banks’ boards, many of which pay lip service to transformation but choose boring candidates. That partly reflects their own conservative position. To cure ailing banks, boards too need new blood.
Which of the following would be the best title for the text?
选项
A、Chronic disease dogged the banking industry
B、CEOs with little will or skill in strategy
C、Europe’s banks need new chiefs
D、Boards need to introduce fresh blood
答案
C
解析
本文主要探讨了欧洲银行发展缺少领导者的问题。首段描述现象:欧洲银行第四季度财报公布,营收喜人,但多年来的问题依然存在:利润太低,回报太少。第二段指出现有银行经理人在战略思考方面缺乏意愿和技能,只能寻求新人解决问题。接下来,第三、四段说明了招募新人的困难。最后在第五、六段说明希望仍然存在,但董事会也需要更新思想。选项[C]“欧洲的银行需要新的领头人”符合整体文意,故为正确答案。
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