The lender expects a higher capital impact and lower return on investment than initially projected for its acquisition of AXA ...

The Danish Compromise was devised as a temporary arrangement aimed at easing the introduction of international banking rules known as "Basel framework" which the EU adopted through the CRR.

BNP Paribas SA said that an opinion expressed by the European Central Bank could increase the impact from the lender’s ...

The European Central Bank has taken a negative view on applying a rule that might have reduced the impact on BNP Paribas SA’s ...

BNP Paribas , France's biggest bank, has cut its forecast for the return on invested capital on its 5.1 billion euro ($5.8 ...

The ECB has declared itself against the French group's use of the favorable capital treatment, known as the Danish Compromise ...

Plans for higher defence spending and a more relaxed supervisory attitude to matters such as M&A are fuelling optimism in European banks’ ability to thrive, even with thinner interest margins.

(Bloomberg) -- The European Central Bank has all but shut down a regulatory loophole heralded as a potential catalyst for a deal wave in asset management.

BPM had previously said its offer was subject to the application of the so-called Danish Compromise rules, which allow acquisitions of asset managers by banks to be carried out through insurance ...

MILAN (Reuters) - The European Central Bank on Wednesday gave a negative opinion on the possibility for Banco BPM to use more favourable capital rules known as the "Danish Compromise" in its proposed ...