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Crédit Agricole S.A.Update of the 2011 registration document - A03Recent trends and outlookRecent eventsRecent events subsequent to the closing date are reported in note 9 of the appendices of the interimcondensed financial statements at 30 June 2012.Outlook for the second half of 2012The decisions made during the EU summit in late June paved the way for further action by the ECB. On 5July, it further cut its key rates – the refinancing rate to 0.75% and the deposit facility to zero – and extendedthe eligibility criteria for collateral in order to ensure at all costs refinancing for banks excluded from thewholesale liquidity market.With every breach that closes, another one opens. While banking risk in Spain appears to have beencontained, investors are now worried about the sustainability of Spain’s public finances, particularly those ofthe autonomous regions that have no choice but to ask for central government aid to meet their financialcommitments. This then gives rise to doubts concerning the capacity of EU firewalls, considering their limitedsize, to cope with the challenge of bailing out one or several major eurozone states. This fear was furtherconveyed by Moody’s, which decided in late July to put the sovereign ratings of Europe’s creditor states,including Germany, on negative watch.The ECB is currently the only institution with sufficient ammunition to block contagion. In the short term, itshould show more flexibility, agreeing to reactivate its Securities Market Programme (SMP) and/or opting foranother long-term refinancing operation (LTRO) to stabilise market expectations and relax global financialconditions. In any case, we expect a final rate cut in September.Economic statistics released over the summer give a bleak picture of the economic situation. Eurozone GDPfell by 0.2% in the second quarter, with a persistent gap between central countries, which almost seem to bemarking time (Germany +0.3%, France 0.0%), and southern countries, which are failing to find their way outof recession (Spain -0.4%, Italy -0.7% and Portugal -1.2%). Survey data remain unfavourable, with recoveryin the eurozone looking set to be laborious, still curbed by fiscal austerity. In the United States, recentindicators point towards weakening of the economic climate. The acute question therefore arises ofconsolidating the country’s public finances, a challenge that will have to be tackled by the new Presidentelected in November. In order to accommodate the cycle, the Fed may decide in September to introduceanother round of quantitative easing (QE3).This very accommodating policy is likely to curb the rise in the dollar, with a target of 1.26 against the euro atthe end of the year. The implementation of the European Stability Mechanism, aggressive action by theECB, the gradual application of agreements reached during the EU summit in late June and steps towardsgreater EU integration (firstly in banking, then fiscal and political) could help to calm the markets. The returnof risk appetite – even to a limited extent - is likely to result in an upward trend in bond yields for the topquality sovereign issuers (1.75% for the German bund in December) and the gradual deflation of riskpremiums for countries with weak finances.Page 108 sur 237
Crédit Agricole S.A.Risk factorsUpdate of the 2011 registration document - A03CREDIT RISK 110MARKET RISK 112SENSITIVE EXPOSURES BASED ON THE FINANCIAL STABILITY BOARDRECOMMENDATIONS 114ASSET/LIABILITY MANAGEMENT 118OPERATIONAL RISKS 122LEGAL RISKS 123COMPLIANCE RISKS 124Management of the risks inherent to banking activities lies at the heart of the Group’s internal control system.All staff involved, from the initiation of transactions to their final maturity, play a part in that system.The organisation, principles and tools for managing and monitoring these risks are described in detail in the2011 registration document in the section dealing with risk factors (pages 185 to 224).The main categories of risks to which the Crédit Agricole S.A. group is exposed are: credit risk, market risk(interest-rate, exchange-rate and price risk), and structural asset/liability management risk (global interestraterisk, exchange-rate risk and liquidity risk).The description of these risks and the main changes in the first half of 2012 are described below, excepteurozone sovereign risks considered as significant, the evolutions of which are presented in Note 5.5 to theconsolidated financial statements.In accordance with the recommendations of the Financial Stability Board, the specific risks arising from thefinancial crisis are presented in a separate section. This information is an integral part of Crédit AgricoleS.A.'s interim condensed consolidated financial statements for the six-month period ended 30 June 2012. Assuch, it is covered by the auditors' report on interim financial statements.Additional information is provided about operational risks, legal risks and compliance risks.Page 109 sur 237
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