Among the largest 15 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 740.4 billion euros in 2021.
Risk-weighted assets (RWA) of Europe's largest banks in 2021
(in billion euros)
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:
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