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The topic of efficiency in the field of banking activity is widely debated because it is perceived as being a leading factor, with impact on banks’ financial performance and soundness. Paper’s theme is in line with current concerns expressed by European and national regulators and supervisory bodies, which are strengthening supervisory practices for best assessing the risk profile and potential exposure to shocks of large, systemic banks. Paper’s focus is on a sample of representative Romanian banks, which are cla...

The paper fills the gap of the scarce economic literature devoted to the investigation of systemic banks’ prudential features. The statistical analysis gravitates around those banks designated by the Basel Committee of Banking Supervision as global systemically important banks (G-SIBs). It had been considered a comprehensive sample of 28 European systemic banks whose key financial indicators (capital adequacy, profitability, liquidity, and asset quality) became inputs for the peer analysis performed. The explorato...