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BBVA: An Unloved And Undervalued Spanish Global Banking Giant, Part 3 - Key Risks, Shareholder Remuneration, And Valuation
Caiman Valores • Tue, Oct 16, 2012 • 13 Comments
BBVA: An Unloved And Undervalued Spanish Global Banking Giant, Part 2 - Performance Metrics, Profitability, And Growth Outlook
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Sector: Financial

Industry: Foreign Regional Banks

Country: Spain

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Friday, May 17, 9:35 PM Of the €208.2B in non-performing loans Spanish banks have refinanced (in order to avoid recognizing them as NPLs), nearly half are treated as though they are not distressed, dubiously eliminating the need to take provisions against them, FT says. These banks have until September to reclassify restructured loans under tougher guidelines, a mandate that will likely necessitate fresh provisioning at some institutions. Between them, Santander (SAN), BBVA, and Caixabank (CAIXY.PK) had €76B in refinanced debt on their books at the end of last year. 11 Comments [Financials, Global & FX]
Friday, May 3, 2:38 PM Spain's Banco Bilbao (BBVA +0.6%) gives up a the better part of its gains for the day after a downgrade to sell from Citigroup. No details yet, but it could be a valuation call on a stock that's risen more than 80% since last summer. Comment! [Financials, On the Move]
Friday, April 26, 6:44 AM Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA): Q1 Net profit of €1.73B (+72.6% Y/Y). (PR) Comment! [Earnings, Breaking News, Financials]
Monday, March 18, 5:10 AM European bank shares slide following news of the levy on deposits in Cyprus, which has prompted concerns of a run on banks elsewhere in the eurozone. The Stoxx Europe 600 Banks index -2.1%. In Madrid, BBVA -3.7%; in Milan, Banca Popolare di Milano -3.9%, Intesa Sanpaolo -3.3%, Mediobanca -4.6%, Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena -3.8%. In Paris, SocGen -4.2%, Credit Agricole -2.9%, BNP Paribas -3.3%. In Frankfurt, Deutsche Bank (DB) -2.8%. Comment! [Financials, Top Stories, Global & FX, On the Move]
Thursday, February 14, 7:31 AM Spanish bank borrowing from the ECB fell to €298.7B in January from €313.1B previously, and from an all-time high of €388.7B in August. Money-market funds in search of returns are tiptoeing back into Europe, giving Spanish lenders a source of funds other than the central bank. Comment! [Financials]
Monday, February 11, 7:34 AM Spanish banks and the economy catch a break as EU officials waive a condition of last summer's bailouts which would have forced another wave of loan-loss set-asides. Officials say Spain should be allowed to have the same risk controls as the rest of the EU. In truth, the last thing the economy needs is even more credit tightening. 3 Comments [Global & FX, Financials]
Friday, February 1, 11:12 AM More on MetLife's (MET +2.2%) acquisition of Chile's Provida: The all-cash deal will boost the share of Met's operating earnings from emerging markets to 17% from 14%, and lift overall operating earnings by $0.05/share in 2013 and $0.15 in 2014. As previously mentioned, the move means investors need to ratchet down expectations for capital returns. (PR) 2 Comments [Financials, M&A]
Friday, February 1, 2:57 AM Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA): Q4 net profit €20M vs €139M loss a year earlier and consensus of €11M, with profitability limited by need to provision close to €1.5B for soured property loans in Spain. Net interest income +12% to €3.91B. To book capital gain of €500M in H2 on sale of 64.3% stake in Chilean pension fund administrator Provida to MetLife. (PR) Comment! [Earnings, Financials]
Friday, February 1, 2:47 AM MetLife (MET) has agreed to acquire Chilean pension fund administrator AFP Provida for $2B in a deal that is part of the U.S. company's strategy of expanding in emerging markets. Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA) will sell its 64.3% stake in Provida to MetLife, which will carry out a tender offer for the other shares. (previous) (PR) 1 Comment [Financials, M&A, Top Stories]
Thursday, January 3, 2:23 PM European bank funding issues are no more as Spain's BBVA draws €5B in bids for an auction of €1.5B in 5-year senior unsecured notes. The spread of 2.95% over mid-swaps proved irresistible to yield-starved investors who came not just from Spain, but from Northern Europe, which accounted for 70% of the bids. Comment! [Financials, Global & FX]
Wednesday, December 19, 2012, 9:36 AM MetLife (MET) is reportedly in advanced talks to by the Chilean pension-management unit of Spain's BBVA, with sources putting the business' value at more than $2B. The deal's a natural as MetLife is looking for its growth abroad and BBVA is looking for cash to deal with problems back home. Comment! [Financials, M&A]
Wednesday, December 19, 2012, 7:10 AM Following a 5-month 43% move higher in the EUFN, the European financial sector is upgraded to Neutral from Sell at Credit Suisse. Earlier this week, Meredith Whitney turned bull on the U.S. financial sector after its torrid 2012 run. 3 Comments [Financials]
Monday, November 26, 2012, 12:33 PM BBVA takes advantage of investors demand for some sort of safe yield, offering a covered bond at more than a full percentage point less than what the Spanish government is paying for a similar maturity. "There is huge appetite from investors at the moment," says one banker. Order books for the issue were said to top €2B by mid-morning. 1 Comment [Financials]
Sunday, November 18, 2012, 3:27 AM Santander (SAN) intends to invest in Sareb, the bad bank created to clean up Spain's banking industry of toxic real-estate assets. BBVA (BBVA) and Sabadell (BNDSF.PK) are considering investing in Sareb but have yet to make a decision. The bad bank will have an initial equity of €3.9B, with the government hoping that the private sector - including foreign investors - will provide €2.2B. 3 Comments [Financials, Global & FX]
Friday, November 2, 2012, 5:32 AM Citigroup (C), Deutsche Bank (DB), HSBC (HBC) and JPMorgan (JPM) will have to hold an extra 2.5% of Tier 1 Capital on top of the 7% minimum required under Basel III rules, regulators said yesterday. Barclays (BCS) and BNP Paribas will need an extra 2%, while eight banks, including BofA (BAC) and Goldman Sachs (GS), will need 1.5%. Overall, 28 banks are considered "global systemically important" and have to hold extra capital. Lloyds (LYG) has dropped off the list but BBVA (BBVA) and StanChart have joined it. 2 Comments [Tech, Consumer]
Friday, October 19, 2012, 3:20 AM EU leaders agree to a deal that will give the ECB oversight of eurozone banks starting from next year, a critical step that will allow the ESM to begin recapitalizing troubled institutions and that will lead to the creation of banking union. The ECB will begin by supervising banks that received state aid and then large cross-border firms, with all of the eurozone's 6,000 banks set to come under its aegis by 2014. 3 Comments [Top Stories, Global & FX, Financials]

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Lets short: APOL BBVA CNTF DSX ESI GNW HL IES.DE IRE, ITMN, JDSU, KWT, MTL, MXWL, NOG, SAN, VCI, VVUS, WPRT Long: JO, NFLX, BZQ, EEV, FXP
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Tack: I must be buying your SAN shorts.
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Michael Clark: Must be. Did you notice VVUS dropped 10% last night. Another one of my shorts from yesterday.
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David White
When 18 spanish banks are downgraded by Fitch, you knwo the momentum traders are playing their game when SAN and BBVA are up.
6/12/12
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weed: I was tempted to ride the weekly rumor roller coaster.
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vireoman: That may be, but SAN ain't the other 17.
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David White
Fitch just downgraded SAN and BBVA (Sp. banks) from A to BBB+ with a negative outlook. Bailout euphoria this is not!
6/11/12
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Michael Clark
Lets short: APOL BBVA CNTF DSX ESI GNW HL IES.DE IRE, ITMN, JDSU, KWT, MTL, MXWL, NOG, SAN, VCI, VVUS, WPRT Long: JO, NFLX, BZQ, EEV, FXP
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Tack: I must be buying your SAN shorts.
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When 18 spanish banks are downgraded by Fitch, you knwo the momentum traders are playing their game when SAN and BBVA are up.
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."Current economic conditions may make it more difficult for us to continue funding our business on favorable terms or at all." -BBVA
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Papaswamp: I couldn't fit the link in: http://bit.ly/Kf0zdA
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golfitobob: PSEC has insider buying ! And, the DOW an S&P might go muck lower and then yields will be much higher. You say wait or buy now ? I wait! gb
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