Was the impact of IFRS 9 as negative as predicted? Hear how leading European banks performed under the new standard, in this executive summary of the BankFocus research.

Banks in Central Europe showed strong performance in the past year—but profitability remains under pressure. Hear an executive summary of the BankFocus research.

The leading Nordic banks are expected to shift their focus from international to domestic markets in the coming year. Hear how this could impact their risk and profitability profiles, in a summary of the Moody's Analytics BankFocus research. 

The 5 leading Israeli banks have strong asset quality and provisioning coverage. But capitalization and profitability ratios are lower than those of their Middle Eastern peers. This is an executive summary of the Moody's BankFocus research report.

The majority of emerging market banks faced declining capitalization ratios due to high growth in assets and loan books in 2018. Listen to this executive summary of the Moody's Analytics BankFocus research report.

European banks reported modest but sufficient return on average equity (ROAE) in light of low growth of risk-weighted assets (RWAs) for 2018, but capitalization ratios have declined. This is an executive summary of the Moody's BankFocus research report.

The leading banks in Ireland reported improved asset quality with solid capitalization and low wholesale funding dependence. Yet profitability remains constrained with a decline in provisioning coverage. Listen to this executive summary of the Moody's Analytics BankFocus research report.

Capitalization in Greek and Cypriot banks remains vulnerable to a high stock of unprovisioned loans, despite improved asset quality and enhanced provisioning coverage. This is an executive summary of the Moody's Analytics BankFocus research report.

Net profitability ratios of leading global banks improved in 2018 compared to the 3-year average, but significant performance variations are likely to persist in 2019.

Listen to this executive summary of research from Moody's Analytics BankFocus.

Analysis of the latest financial statements suggest that net profitability ratios of the top five Chinese banks remained unchanged in 2018 compared to the three-year average. Hear executive highlights of this Moody’s Analytics BankFocus research from senior research analyst Irakli Pipia.