To judge by some of its financials, Barclays looks in as good shape as a pandemic can allow in late 2020. Before credit provisions, pre-tax profits were up 65% in the first nine months of the year.
Parts of the investment bank, like its markets businesses, are flying. Its core equity tier-1 ratio is at a high of 14.6%.
But group revenues only rose 3%, and the same period in 2019 saw litigation and conduct charges of £1.5
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