Back to the Future: Prospective Bank Risk Management in a Financial Analysis Perspective

The growing deleveraging of European banking system is a given. Recent managerial and supervisory concerns concentrate on credit risk by means of consistent allowances and impairments. The analysis is aimed at verifying this focus perception and to verify as well if the supervisory suasion can be effectively regarded as proactive within the European banking. Results confirm the attention and the widespread trend suggesting the opportunity for authorities to broaden key risk indicators in order to avoid potential myopia and future unsustainability.