Ratings worry adds to capital woes

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Ratings worry adds to capital woes

The perilous capital position of the European banking sector in the event of another economic shock was hammered home by a stream of pessimistic reports this week. Standard & Poor’s led the apocalyptic tone with an estimate that European banks would need to find up to Eu250bn over the next five years.

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