The purpose of the tutorial paper is to present a model to value banks. Three traditional models are summarized briefly first. Next, a ‘fundamental' bank valuation model is introduced. Based on sound economics and finance principles, it allows to identify the various sources of value and to...

The paper starts with an evaluation of the banks' solvency information disclosed in the 2018 and 2016 EU-wide stress tests, asking do they add value to the information available in the bank capital ratios observed at the start of the stress exercise? It argues that information from...