Articles by Joshua Walker
Top US banks’ secured funding outflows grow to record $1.6trn
Stressed cash outflows hit new highs at all eight G-Sibs in Q2
Cross-border credit to the US hits highest since 2008
Milestone of crossing a fifth of GDP represents culmination of decade-long trend
Saudi CCyB hike lands as economy contracts
Three banks face SAR17 billion increase in countercyclical buffers
Japan Post’s unrealised losses surge to new record in Q2
Markdowns on HTM book account for nearly a sixth of face value
Cross-border credit posts biggest rise since Covid
Derivatives claims on overseas NBFIs rise 16% to $2 trillion
Mizuho bucks trend with ¥5.7trn JGB build-up
Valuation losses ease as those at SMFG and SMTG climb
UBS VAR nearly doubles to hit decade high
Hedging activity behind spike as equity markets withstood Iran turmoil
Digital deposits blunt India’s LCR overhaul
Higher run-off rates drive up stressed outflows at HDFC and ICICI, offsetting relief for wholesale funding
Qatar National Bank write-offs hit $1.8bn in Q2
Stage 3 clean-up eclipses previous quarterly high set at end-2025
Have CCPs got better at absorbing shocks?
Data suggests most CCPs weathered the Iran-war disruption, but shock frequency is starting to bite
SEB model shifts nearly treble standardised RWAs
Baltic portfolio transfer lifts credit RWAs and shaves 16bp from CET1 ratio
Risk density and capital requirements inversely related – FSI
Report says jurisdictions could be choosing between higher capital requirements or model restrictions