Annual Report on EU banking structures

The European Central Bank (ECB) publishes today its annual report on EU banking structures. The report, which has been published every year since 2002, reviews the main structural developments in the EU banking sector in 2007 and the first half of 2008. It also contains two special features on the incentive structure of the 'originate and distribute' model of financial intermediation and the on a survey of EU banks on major risks on the year ahead (covering the period from spring 2008 -spring 2009.