Santander
Big EU banks’ Level 3 assets up 25% in 2018
Hard-to-value assets rise €35 billion year-on-year
Lower interest rate risk pushes Santander’s VAR down 16%
South American portfolio accounts for largest chunk of trading risk
UK banks shun short-term funding
Flighty sources of cash make up less than 4% of UK bank balance sheets
Eurozone G-Sibs’ op RWAs fall €8.1bn in Q1
Deutsche Bank led the charge with €6.4bn reduction
Corporate loan exposures weigh on EU banks
Risk density across EU G-Sibs stood at 93% for corporate loan exposures
SME loans more capital intensive for big eurozone banks
Corporate loans to smaller enterprises attract high risk weightings
Eurozone G-Sibs’ swaps notionals fall €9.6trn in 2018
Deutsche Bank’s portfolio shrinks 16% year-on-year
Level 3 assets at eurozone G-Sibs swell to €82bn in 2018
IFRS 9 likely contributor to first increase in Level 3 inventories since 2014
US banks’ liquidity buffers thinnest among G-Sibs
Mean LCR of US banks hits 122.5% in Q1
Banco Santander’s CVA charge drops 20% in Q1
Three EU G-Sibs cut capital requirements, three increase them
European and UK leverage ratios fall in Q1
UK banks had leverage ratios on average 26bp higher than their continental European peers
Banco Santander hit hard by IFRS 16
Average capital depletion across seven G-Sibs was 11bp
UK systemic risk buffer capital cost over £7bn
The Bank of England set the buffer amounts on May 1
Nordic, UK banks have highest countercyclical buffers
Nordea, Lloyds and RBS had the largest add-ons of banks surveyed
Santander's pivot to LatAm hikes trading risk
Interest rate risk in Brazil pushes average VAR higher
HSBC led EU G-Sibs on collateralisation in 2018
UK bank posted €908 billion for derivatives and SFTs as of year-end
Credit risk concentrations vary across big EU banks
The median G-Sib had roughly 60% of its credit portfolio exposed to counterparties outside its domicile
Foreign banks stockpile HQLA in US branches
Median FBO has 48% of total HQLA in branches, but only 31% of total assets
Two banks dominate EU securitisations
Banco Santander and Deutsche account for over one-third of total securitisation exposures among G-Sibs
EU G-Sibs add €2.7bn of op RWAs in 2018
Op risk charge anticipated to jump €21.5 billion under Basel III
One-fifth of EU G-Sibs’ equity ineligible as capital in 2018
Goodwill and intangibles made up €114 billion of pre-adjusted equity
EU G-Sibs' CCP exposures topped €223bn in 2018
Societe Generale, BNP Paribas and HSBC made up over half of all exposures
European and US G-Sibs' LCRs diverge in 2018
The average LCR at the 13 European and Swiss G-Sibs stood at 145% at end-December, 42 basis points higher than at end-2017
European banks adjust capital mix
Additional Tier 1 totals climb, CET1 and Tier 2 dips