En un informe, el Royal Bank of Scotland dice que los grandes bancos británicos son "técnicamente insolventes" si se valora a precios de mercado sus activos (marked-to-market). Bueno, me imagino informes como este, junto a batacazos como los que se ha dado el Barclays esta semana, preludian otra ronda de rescates en el Reino Unido.

Tiene gracia lo de "técnicamente insolventes". Es como estar "un poco preñada". Desde luego, "bien jodidos".

British banks are 'technically insolvent' - Business News, Business - The Independent


British banks are 'technically insolvent'


By Ben Russell and David Prosser
Saturday, 17 January 2009

Britains biggest banks are "technically insolvent", Royal Bank of Scotland said yesterday, as the global banking industry was rocked by another day of turmoil, including the announcement of $23bn (£16bn) of new losses from Merrill Lynch and Citigroup, the giant US institutions.

Analysts working for RBS, one of several British banks to have received emergency funding from the UK Government last year, told the City that "the domestic UK banks are technically insolvent on a fully marked-to-market basis".
The warning does not mean British banks are about to go bust, because the assessment is purely theoretical, and RBS said the position was "not unusual at this stage in the economic cycle".
However, it will add to pressure on the Government to provide more support for the country's banks. Treasury officials are now set to spend this weekend in talks about a fresh round of measures, which could be unveiled as early as next week, to free up lending to households and major corporations hit by the credit crunch.
The value of Barclays fell by a quarter in stock market trading yesterday, amid a series of wild rumours about its finances, although the bank said it saw no need to comment on the drop.
City analysts said the bank had been targeted by traders after regulators lifted a ban yesterday on the short selling of financial stocks. Barclays' share price, along with the value of other British banks, was also hit by dismal news from the international markets, including the announcement on Thursday night that the Irish government was nationalising Allied Irish Banks. In the US, Bank of America announced yesterday that it was taking a $20bn injection of emergency funding from the US government, subsequently revealing that Merrill Lynch, the investment bank it rescued last year, had lost more than £15bn in the final three months of last year.
Citigroup, once the world's largest bank, announced more than $8bn of losses for the final quarter of last year, and revealed plans to split itself in two.
Treasury officials were still discussing plans to help British banks last night but the proposals are likely to include up to £100bn of new guarantees for the wholesale markets that underpin mortgage and other loans.
Other possible measures being considered include state support to help Britain's largest companies raise their own funds. Another option is to launch a "bad bank" to remove tainted assets from the banks' balance sheets, though while this policy is under consideration, it is thought to remain some way off.
Other proposals include ring-fencing the toxic assets within bank balance sheets. Lord Mandelson, the Business Secretary, has also talked of easing the terms of the Government's £37bn bank bailout in order to kickstart lending. Downing Street made it clear yesterday that the Government remained committed to doing "whatever is necessary to help British businesses and families get through this global financial recession".

eso es porque la banca británica no cuenta con un intrépido y políglota pseudopresidente del bobierno,sr botín,que preside el banco más solvente del planeta

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Mira como les va a los bancos ingleses este año...

http://www.burbuja.info/inmobiliaria...ea-2009-a.html

Barclays llegó a estar hace dos años a 800, hoy a menos de 100... no te digo más...



Saludos...

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Prácticamente toda la banca mundial es insolvente, por una burbuja que ellos mismos han creado. Ahora a tirar de rescates y que los gobiernos canceles los gastos innecesarios en estos bancos , fuera bonus, stock options, indemnizaciones, sueldos excesivos, etc. menuda han liado como para que encima salgan ganando.


Y puesto que las acciones preferentes y demas bonos generan un alto coste en cuanto las puedan vender que las vendan y amorticen deuda cuanto antes. Porque los planes de rescate tienen un coste alto e importante y si se prolongan mucho en el tiempo la crisis se agravará aun mas.

Pues si vienen a valorar los activos de los bancos españoles ni les cuento, jajaja, iban a flipar....





Es como cuando la parienta acusa a su marido de infidelidad y el replica: -Pero si sólo le metí la puntita-.

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Por cierto, y hablando del interesado...



Como pueden ver, les va muy bien... De más de 700 a 34...

Saludos...

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La verdad que por UK la cosa no pinta nada bien. RBS es un banco muy muy grande y podemos ver su castañazo bestial, el de barclays tb por el estilo.

Se aproximan tiempos oscuros, y sinceramente creo que con los billetitos nos vamos a poder limpiar el cerete

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pues basicamente como los usanos.... y aqui viene mas tarde.... este año?

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¿El RBS no fue uno de los que tuvo que ser rescatado por el bobierno de su muy británica majestad el año pasado?

Que no le vaya a pasar lo que a Fortis, que sacaron la lengua a pasear y luego cayeron ellos antes que ningún otro.

pero aquí no era en el 2008?????????

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