Below are key European banking risk monitors, which are included as part of Josh Steiner and the Financial team's "Monday Morning Risk Monitor". If you'd like to receive the work of the Financials team or request a trial please email .
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European Financial CDS - European bank swaps were broadly tighter again last week, declining by an average and median of 5 bps. One of the few outliers was Banco Espirito Santo of Portugal where swaps rose 10 bps W/W and are up 69 bps M/M, currently at 569 bps. This reflects the overall deterioration in the Portuguese sovereign market.
Sovereign CDS – Portuguese sovereign swaps should be monitored closely as they have risen 95 bps in the past month, to 533 bps. In the last week, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese sovereign swaps widened by 6, 2 and 22 bps, respectively. Meanwhile, French, Irish and Japanese swaps tightened 1, 3 and 3 bps, respectively. The US and Germany were unchanged. All the countries we track now have swaps higher on a M/M basis.
Euribor-OIS Spread – The Euribor-OIS spread was unchanged last week at 13 bps. The Euribor-OIS spread (the difference between the euro interbank lending rate and overnight indexed swaps) measures bank counterparty risk in the Eurozone. The OIS is analogous to the effective Fed Funds rate in the United States. Banks lending at the OIS do not swap principal, so counterparty risk in the OIS is minimal. By contrast, the Euribor rate is the rate offered for unsecured interbank lending. Thus, the spread between the two isolates counterparty risk.
