Structural changes and evolution of the solvency in the spanish banking sector

Abstract

Owing to the financial crisis which starts at the beginning of 2008, the Spanish banking sector has been one of the most affected in our country. This has been evaluated with stress test, whose aim is to value the solvency of the entities, since they have suffered a process of banking restructuring. This provoked that the society lost the confidence in the banks and saving banks. Such evaluation are carried out by means of the analysis of the ratio Tier 1 and his indicators. This can allow to know the level of capital of maximum quality (core capital), and if in a future the banking entities could to cope with another period of economic slowdown. The objective of this work is to analyse if there are differences in the solvency level, taking like a measure some banking ratios including the Tier 1, and which the differences owe. These differences will be analysed taking as reference the year 2008, before the effects of the crisis are put into feel, and the year 2014, after the restructuring of the banking sector.