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Tuesday, 01 April 2025 12:25

Bagrie bags banks

Written by  Milking It

OPINION: Noted economist and self-promoter Cameron Bagrie took one look at KPMG's recently released Financial Institutions Performance Survey on banks and zeroes in one key number that suggests banks are so risk averse in this country that they are probably stifling growth and innovation.

That number is 0.08%, the ratio of impaired asset expense to average gross loans and advances.

Bagrie says this is incredible considering the economy is supposed to have experienced the worst economic climate since the global financial crisis.

"What risk have banks been taking?" he asks.

The low impairment charges and lift in banks' profitability tells a fundamentally different story relative to the economy's performance.

"We are not going to get an appetite to take risk in this economy - which is desperately needed - if the banking sector is not on board taking risk."

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