Abdool Fawzee Bhollah
Abdool is a former London-based reporter for Risk Quantum.
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Capital overhaul depresses Crédit Agricole’s solvency ratio
Wind down of “Switch” mechanism may have come at a bad time for the French lender
Banks stride towards BCBS 239 implementation
No G-Sib was non-compliant with any key data management principles
BBVA trims capital target following ECB relief measures
Spanish lender targets 225-275bp CET1 management buffer
Bond embrace may help emerging markets withstand Covid-19
Annual growth rate of debt issued by non-bank borrowers averages 11%
US regional banks put $18bn aside for credit losses in Q1
Huntington, Citizens, Truist saw provisions increase over 400% on Q4 2019
Systemic US banks put aside $25bn for credit losses in Q1
JP Morgan took a $8.3 billion provision, the most of the eight G-Sibs
Output floor cliff edge effects threaten EU banks
Capital measure to have uneven impact across five-year phase-in
Wells Fargo loan book swells $48bn in Q1
San Francisco-based bank clears space on balance sheet for increased lending
Many EU banks have dollar LCR shortfalls
Twenty-two surveyed banks had USD LCRs below 100% as of June 2019
CCPs built up liquidity buffers heading into 2020
LCH SA grew qualifying liquid resources 49% year on year
ECB data spotlights credit risk-weight disparities
Weightings applied to standardised approach exposures far exceed those for IRB equivalents
How the Fed’s asset cap changed Wells Fargo
Lender has expanded repo book and cut cash since Q4 2017
Entering 2020, most CCPs had bigger default funds than a year ago
Majority of back-up funds to handle member defaults saw more pre-funded resources flow in
Fed’s leverage ratio relief puts foreign banks on the back foot
European banks cannot – yet – exempt US Treasuries from their exposure measures
CECL delay grants mid-sized US banks a capital windfall
Synchrony, Huntingdon and Citizens among those to reap most CET1 relief
EU banks eye bad loan relief from state guarantees
ECB move should prevent rickety loans counting as NPLs
Countercyclical buffer releases may free €6bn at top EU banks
Banco Santander and BNP Paribas could free €1.1 billion each