In the third  BIS central bankers’ speeches  1  quarter of 2010, the aggregate figure was 10.8%, compared with 11.5% in the case of the other large German banks. Among Landesbanken, the longstanding trend decline in risk-weighted assets continued last year, which means they were de-risking.
But not only that: they continued to reduce their total assets – unlike the other large banks, whose total assets increased. These differences are primarily the result of EU state aid control procedures, which aim for the restructuring of government-supported banks.