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Corporate Banking in France

RAROC profiles and pricing benchmarks for 5 France banks, sourced from Pillar 3 disclosures.

Banks tracked
5
Headquartered in France
Total corporate EAD
EUR 1.0tn
Combined exposure
Avg cost-to-income
60.9%
Operating efficiency
Avg corporate PD
2.89%
Probability of default

Overview

OpenRAROC tracks 5 banks headquartered in France with a combined corporate credit exposure of EUR 1.0tn. The average France bank in our dataset has a cost-to-income ratio of 60.9% and an average corporate probability of default of 2.89%. On a representative BBB+ EUR 25M 5-year term loan, these banks generate an average RAROC of 7.43%.

Cheapest vs most expensive in France

On the standard sample deal, Credit Agricole is the cheapest lender in France, requiring just 243bp to hit a 12% RAROC hurdle. The most expensive is BNP Paribas at 257bp — a difference of 13bp on the same deal. For a EUR 25M facility, that's EUR 33,605 per year in interest expense.

All 5 banks ranked by RAROC

RAROC computed on a representative BBB+ rated, 5-year, EUR 25M term loan at 150bp spread. Click any bank for its full profile.

#BankC/IAvg PD LGDEADRAROCMin spread
1Credit Agricole55.7%2.14%40.0%EUR 184bn7.67%243bp
2Credit Mutuel55.3%3.84%38.0%EUR 112bn7.66%243bp
3Societe Generale63.6%3.21%34.8%EUR 176bn7.31%246bp
4BPCE (Natixis)68.0%4.29%34.0%EUR 161bn7.31%252bp
5BNP Paribas61.8%0.98%37.0%EUR 375bn7.19%257bp
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