Fitch puts BPER Banca on positive outlook
Main drivers:
• Continued improvement in business profile, good diversification and sound operating environment in Italy.
• Impaired loans ratio to stay <3%
• Structurally improved OpInc/RWA to remain >3% on wealth growth, efficiency and lower impairments
• An upgrade would following Impaired loans falling <3% and OpInC/RWA >2.5% while CET1 >14.5
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