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The article discusses efforts by European banks such as Spain's Banco de Sabadell SA, Spain's Caixabank SA, and British bank Lloyds Banking Group PLC, to cut costs as of early November 2015 due to sluggish economic growth, low interest rates, and increasing regulatory costs. The article presents comments from Sabadell director of institutional policy and market relations Albert Coll.

The article reports that like their U.S. counterparts, many European banks suffered from declining trading revenues during the first quarter of 2014, and compares the divergent results of UBS AG and Barclays PLC. UBS, which has scaled back its trading activities in favor of a greater focus on wealth management and private banking, slightly exceeded analysts' profit expectations for the quarter. Barclays has yet to downsize its securities operations and missed analysts' profit forecasts.

The article reports that a number of large European banks are recalculating the risks in loan their portfolios and trading records in order to increase their capital ratios. It states that banks such as Deutsche Bank, UBS AG, and Banco Comercial Português SA have altered their risk models which has impacted the value of risk-weighted assets. In response, the authors note that financial regulators in Europe are considering issuing a standard set of guidelines to control the practice.

The article reports on the impact of the European financial crisis on Barclays PLC, which posted a significant drop in revenue despite a 7 percent increase in profit in September 2011.

The article reports on the announcement by Banco Santander SA that its net profit fell by 4.6% in the fourth quarter of 2010 because of lower income from Europe.

The article reports that European banks and insurers are proving to investors that they are financially healthy by lessening dependence on state aid. According to Commerzbank AG chief executive Martin Blessing, the bank will not include government guarantees for its new bonds. Lloyds Banking Group PLC is looking to get new capital from shareholders.

The article reports that hedge funds' fast selling of stock in their funds to the public could fill the market and decrease enthusiasm for their shares. It is said that hedge funds are increasingly turning to European public markets to list funds, offering investors in Europe and the U.S. an opportunity to purchase shares in individual funds.

The article reports on the problems in the Irish banking sector which include the pretax loss posted by the Bank of Ireland for the first half of 2010 which, according to Andy Chaytor and Nick Matthews of the Royal Bank of Scotland, have triggered concerns that the stress tests among European banks failed to contain the crisis.

The article focuses on the possibility that Goldman Sachs Group Inc. will lose its political ties with policymakers in Europe and the U.S. that it established for over two decades after governments called for ending relationships with the bank due to alleged fraud by withholding information on mortgage-related securities.

Reports the rise in junk bond defaults in Europe in July 2002.