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From Growth to Capital Discipline: What 4Q2025 Earnings Reveal About Qatari Banks
4Q2025 earnings from Qatari banks highlight a clear pivot from growth to capital discipline. Domestic franchises delivered stronger profitability and payouts, while banks with international exposure generated revenue but faced weaker returns due to provisioning, volatility, and limited capital efficiency.
U.S. Banks 4Q 2025 Earnings: Late-Cycle Stability, Capital Strength
Most major U.S. banks delivered 4Q25 earnings beats, driven primarily by stronger-than-expected trading and capital markets revenues rather than interest income. While results varied by business line, the overall pattern reinforced sector resilience and a constructive earnings backdrop despite a maturing cycle.
Bank Fundamental Analysis: Why Traditional Corporate Models Fail
Bank fundamental analysis is constrained not by data availability, but by a lack of comparability. Divergent accounting standards, inconsistent reporting, Basel regimes, RWA models, and disclosure practices make global bank analysis time-intensive and inconsistent.
Reshaping Bank Capital: The Evolving Role of Additional Tier 1 Instruments
Post–Credit Suisse, regulators are reassessing bank capital frameworks. Australia is phasing out AT1/CoCos from 2027, while ECB proposals to simplify rules and potentially reduce AT1’s role add uncertainty—likely shifting issuance toward Tier 2 and keeping banks cautious on new AT1 until clarity emerges.
U.S. Banks – 3Q 2025 Earnings Panorama
Seven major U.S. banks (JPM, BAC, Citi, WFC, GS, MS, USB) reported robust 3Q 2025 earnings between October 14 and 16, surpassing EPS and revenue estimates due to resilient consumer spending and heightened market volatility. Sector revenue grew 10.6% YoY on average (5-20% range), with net income up over 20% YoY.
Impact of Dutch Pension Reforms on Long-Dated Bonds
Dutch pension reforms, moving toward defined contribution, will sharply reduce demand for ultra-long government bonds (30+ years) from Germany, France, and the Netherlands due to lower long-term hedging needs. This is expected to push yields higher, steepen the yield curve, and increase volatility, with effects becoming prominent from early 2026 as funds shift toward shorter-duration assets and alternatives.
