We move to Underweight from Neutral on MONTE (5yr CDS, 660bp)
given the bank still maintains a capital deficit in the €1.1-€2.4bn range
relative to the EBA 2011 Capital Exercise recommendation when we
consider the reduction of the “sovereign buffer” and expected asset quality
deterioration in the first semester of 2013. As a result of the EBA 2011
Capital Exercise, MONTE requested state aid which prompted the
presentation of a restructuring plan to the EC before June 2013. As the
primary objective of the public support was to address the weak capital
position of the bank in the context of the EBA 2011 Capital Exercise, we
believe that the EC's review will demand this recommendation is met.
The array of options for MONTE to strength its capital position could
potentially include organic capital generation, RWAs optimization,
additional LME, and/or launching a rights issue. However, we think that the
success of these measures will be limited. Acute asset quality deterioration
leaves little income to replenish solvency ratios and low RWAs/Assets ratio
implies that there is no further room for RWAs optimization. We think that
it is unlikely that the regulator will authorized LME in a bank with
substantial state aid (€4.1bn) while we consider that the Fondazione lacks
the financial flexibility to provide additional capital to MONTE.
In the event that the bank exhausts these alternative measures to cover the
capital shortfall, we think that the viability of the bank could be called into
question, precipitating a potentially resolution outcome. If the latter event
materializes we think that additional state aid could be possible along
with a resolution outcome, such as the asset separation tool or the bridge
institution tool as outlined in RRD. In this context we also think that
bondholders could suffer losses through the implementation of these
resolution outcomes.
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