All figures taken from respective annual reports.
Banks were chosen from the leading European banks by total assets Some figures have been converted from other currencies. date of currency conversion used for calculations was 31st December 2021:
1 USD = 0.883203 EUR 1 GBP = 1.19211 EUR
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Risk-weighted assets of leading European banks 2021
Among the largest ** European banks in terms of total assets, HSBC had the highest risk-weighted assets (RWA) as of 2021. Risk weighted assets (RWA) are used to calculate the minimum amount of capital that must be held by a bank to reduce the risk of insolvency.
It is unsurprising that the larger European banks in terms of assets also had higher RWA, with HSBC Holdings reporting risk-weighted assets valued at approximately billion euros in 2021.
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