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Head of Raiffeisen retail: Loan write-downs, impossible to rule out

Autor: Razvan Voican

19.04.2011, 23:44 25

In around six months, the banking industry will be facing amoment of truth: it will have to decide whether it will erase ornot part of the book value of some packages or personal loans whoserestructuring period is expiring and for which there are no chancesof recovery within a reasonable timeline and worse, which willblock the market, states Vladimir Kalinov, who has recently takenover the position of retail executive vice-president withRaiffeisen Bank, the third largest bank on the market in 2010.

"There will be a part of loans, which will have to be writtendown. It's impossible not to do this. We're speaking of personalloans in the case of which it's absolutely clear that if we were toinsist for them to be paid, we'd take the repayment period to over10-12 years. The indebtedness degree of clients involved is highand I do not know how and by how much their salaries could grow toallow for a smoother receivables recovery," says Kalinov, a formerrisk executive vice-president.

From clients' perspective, a write-down operation means part ofthe debt is wiped out so that the borrower can further pay the sumthat is left.

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