Banks' RWA rose 1.50% to EUR 9.88 bil in Malta in second quarter of 2016

Banks' risk-weighted assets reached 9.88 EUR bil in second quarter of 2016 in Malta, according to the National Central Bank. This is 1.5 % more than in the previous quarter.

Historically, banks' risk-weighted assets in Malta reached an all time high of 10.3 EUR bil in first quarter of 2015 and an all time low of 7.83 EUR bil in first quarter of 2010. When compared to Malta's main peers, banks' risk-weighted assets in Greece amounted to 188 EUR bil and 2,062 TRY bil in Turkey in second quarter of 2016.

Malta has been ranked 94th within the group of 99 countries we follow in terms of banks' risk-weighted assets.

Risk-weighted assets are a bank's assets or off-balance sheet exposures, weighted according to risk.