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 - Europe's banking system continues its winning ways. Swaps across European financials tightened another 14 bps, on average, last week, bringing the median EU bank to 140 bps, as compared with 101 bps for the US Financials.
Sovereign CDS – Sovereign swaps tightened around the world last week on rising expectations that the US will find a solution and avert default. US swaps tightened 7 bps, falling to 34 bps. Portugal, Italy and Spain saw their swaps tighten by 48, 20 and 8 bps, respectively.
Euribor-OIS Spread – The Euribor-OIS spread tightened by 2 bps to 12 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.