The Czech Financial Sector,Brief Overview

Jiří Rusnok CNB Board member

Czech National Bank

China Investment ForumPrague, 28 August 2014

The Size and Structure of the Czech Financial Sector

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Bank deposits, incl building societies

68,8%

Mutual funds5,7%

Pension funds6,0%

technical reservs of insurance

9,9%

cash in circulation9,7%

Funds for Use in the Financial Market, end of 2012, in %

Source: Zpráva o vývoji finančního trhu v roce 2012, Ministry of Finance of the CR

At the end of 2012, the Total Amount of the Funds = 4 574bn CZK = 182bn €

A little of History….

• In early 90‘s Czech- and state-owned banks dominated the market and the number of licenses was growing sharply.

• The number of banking licenses peaked in 1995 (54 active banks of 55 licences). • The accumulation of non-performing loans to the corporate sector triggered a banking crisis in

the 2nd half of 90‘s (at least 10 smaller banks collapsed, the biggest four banks were later taken over by foreign investors after the government had cleared up their balance sheets).

• As a result, the number of banks was reduced to 37 in 2002 and has been remaining almost stable since then (currently 44 active banks). 3

Czech banking sector: development of ownership structure

Source: CNB

31%

4%

45%

14%

24%

82%

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100%

end of 1995 end of 1H 2014

foreign ‐ controlled czech ‐ controlled state ‐ owned

# active bank licences 54

# active bank licences 44

• The estimated costs of banks‘ rescue package are ranging from CZK225bn (CNB) to CZK370bn (Finance Ministry); i.e. approximately 1/3 of public debt in 2007.

• The ‚toxic‘ assets were transferred to state-owned „bad bank“(Czech Consolidation Bank) and sold with a discount (selling price somewhere between 15% to 40% of book value) in tenders.

• The impact on public finance was not as much destructive as the initial public debt had been relatively low.

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Public debt (consolidated)

The Costs of Banking Sector Rescue

Source: Accumulated losses in 2007 based on estimate of Finance Ministry

Foreign Ownership of Domestic Banks

• Foreign capital with a direct share in domestic banks (i.e. direct foreign shareholders holding shares directly) has gradually increased to 79% (in 2012) of total banking-sector equity.

• This share would be even higher, if domestic financial institutions, controlled by foreign-owned subsidiaries, were also included.

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Breakdown of Banks according the Size

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• large banks - total assets of more than CZK250bn (€9bn),

• medium-sized banks - total assets of between CZK50bn (€2bn) and CZK250bn,

• small banks - total assets of less than CZK50bn

• the other groups are foreign bank branches and building societies

Source: CNB

58,520,6

3,28,6

9,1

Assets

59,715,8

3,8

8,5

12,2

Clients deposits

large banks

medium‐sized banks

small banks

foreign bank branches

building societies

Large Banks

Name (Group) Assets (end of 2013; in bn CZK)

ČSOB (KBC) 921

Česka Spořitelna(ERSTE)

857

Komerční Banka (SoGe)

774

UniCredit Bank CZ/SK (UniCredit)

466

Breakdown of Bank Loans

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Structure of bank loans Nominal growth in bank loans (YoY%)

Source: Czech National Bank

• Czech banks maintain relatively conservative business model, i.e. providing loans to non-financial corporations and to households.

• The share of banking loans to households (mainly mortgages) has been gradually increasing.

Financing Activities and Profit Structure

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Loan-to-deposit ratio (%) Key components of profit from financial activities (CZKbn)

Source: Czech National Bank

• Bank business activities are mainly financed from domestic deposits, which is well illustrated with relatively stable loan-to-deposit ratio around 75%.

• The key profitable financial activities remain interest income and fees, which makes Czech banks less vulnerable to financial-market turmoil.

Non-Performing Loans

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• Despite the previous protracted recession, the share of non-performing loans shows gradual declining trend since end-2010.

NPLs in the Czech banking sector(CZK billions; right-hand scale in % ; client loans to residents)

Source: CNB

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Quarterly change in stock of NPLs

NPLs as % of total loans (rhs)

Capital Adequacy

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• Capital adequacy ratio (CAR) has been gradually increasing.

Capital adequacy(% )

Source: CNBNote: Assets of sector = assets of banks excluding branches of foreign banks. Banks active at the end of 2013.

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Capital adequacy ratio

Tier 1 capital adequacy ratio

Banks with Tier 1 CAR < 8 % (share in sector assets, rhs)

Profitability of Czech Banks

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Return on assets (RoA)(%)

Source: CNBNote: The classification of banks by asset size relates to the year for which the RoA value is reported. The horizontal line depicts the RoA value for the banking sector as a whole for 2013.

-1,0

-0,5

0,0

0,5

1,0

1,5

2,0

2,5

Large banks Medium-sized banks

Small banks Foreign bank branches Building societies

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

• Return on assets (RoA) of almost 90% of the Czech banks exceeds 1% (which is supposed to be relatively sound level in banking sector).

Profitability of CZ banks (cross-country comparison)

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• Both main profitability indicators (RoA and RoE) of the Czech banking sector significantly outperform not only the Eurozone‘s average but Western-European regional peers as well.

Return on Assets (in %) Return on Equity (in %)

Source: European Central Bank

‐2.0

‐1.5

‐1.0

‐0.5

0.0

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

2012

2013‐8

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2013‐90

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Financial stability reports and stress tests

• The Czech National Bank presents the results of its financial stability analyses primarily in the Financial Stability Report, which is published once a year.

• The objective of the Report is to identify the risks to the financial stability of the Czech Republic in the near future on the basis of previous and expected developments in the real and financial sectors.

• For evaluation of the resilience of the financial system as a whole the CNB uses the instrument of stress testing. The stress tests results are published in the annual Financial Stability Report.

• Since mid-2012 the CNB publishes stress tests twice a year – once in the annual Financial Stability Report in June and once in the form of a short report at the turn of November and December.

• The methodology of stress testing has been regularly amended and published in the individual Financial Stability Report, usually as thematic articles or boxes.

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June 2014 - Alternative Scenarios

• Baseline Scenario• based on the CNB’s May forecast published in Inflation Report (IR) II/2014,• assumes a recovery of the domestic economy in 2014, continuing growth

in 2015 and a gradual decrease in unemployment over the scenario horizon.

• Europe in Deflation• the return of a V-shaped recession,• a fall of the economy into deflation,• a jump in government bond yields,• a surge in unemployment and a drop in wages leads to exhaustion of the

financial reserves of some households and corporations, • the adverse developments cause growth in credit risk and high credit

losses in the banking sector.

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Bank stress test results confirm resilience of this sector

• In the Baseline Scenario only two banks fall below the 8% level of CAR:• These are small banks with assets below 1% of the sector’s total assets,• According to the stress tests, their business models are unsustainable.

• In the Europe in Deflation scenario 11 banks would fall below the 8% threshold:

• They account for about 17% of the sector’s assets.

• To get their CARs back up to 8% they would need capital injections totaling around CZK 12 billion (0.3% of GDP).

• The sector’s total CAR does not drop below 12%.

Source: CNB, CNB calculations

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Capital adequacy ratios of the banking sector depending on scenarios

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Baseline Scenario Europe in Deflation

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Overall Assessment of Risks and Position in Financial Cycle

• CNB assesses the risks to financial stability as being mostly low.• A potential deterioration of the credit portfolio resulting from renewed

adverse developments in the real economy remains the main risk to the Czech banking sector.

• Persisting very low long-term yields worldwide are also a source of risks – the Czech financial sector could be adversely affected by bond market volatility.

• The absence of unhealthily optimistic expectations due to the weakened domestic activity is discouraging strong lending activity and excessive risk-taking.

• The financial cycle in the Czech Republic • is in a phase of modest credit recovery, • so the CNB currently does not regard a non-zero countercyclical

capital buffer as necessary.

Equity Market

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• Equity market has been playing relatively insignificant role in the Czech economy.

• This is well illustrated with the long-term underperformance of Czech equity index vs. its regional peers, as well as with the gradually declining traded volumes on the Prague Stock Exchange or only scarce IPOs.

Regional equity indices Prague Stock Exchnange – traded volumes (6M moving totals)

Source: Bloomberg

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Thank you for your attention.

Jiří RusnokCzech National Bank

Na Příkopě 28115 03 Praha 1

Jiri.Rusnok@cnb.czTel: 224 412 000