Abdool Fawzee Bhollah
Abdool is a former London-based reporter for Risk Quantum.
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Morgan Stanley unruffled by VAR model update
Quiet last quarter of 2019 saw average VAR down to $38 million
At Goldman Sachs, loan-loss provisions top $1bn
Loans up 11% in 2019, but provisions for credit losses surge 59%
Legal woes dent Wells Fargo’s earnings
Of total operational losses in Q4, legal costs accounted for 79%
Trading’s share of EU bank income shrinks in Q3
French banks boasted highest share of income from trading, at 24%
Cyber risk tops EBA poll of operational risks
Bank analysts say money laundering, conduct and legal risk are pressing challenges, too
Loosening ties, pt 2: how US G-Sibs cut intra-system liabilities
Citi and Goldman expelled huge amounts of deposits in Q4 2017
How US G-Sibs shrink down at year-end
Derivatives exposure reductions make up bulk of year-end savings
EU banks pare back commodities risk
Risk-weighted assets for commodities trading positions under standardised approach fall almost 30%
SocGen leads EU banks on trading asset gains – EBA
Almost three-quarters of H1 2019 income came from gains on trading assets at French bank
Own-country risk makes up 42% of EU bank sovereign exposures
Polish, Estonian and Romanian banks most exposed to home governments
Loosening ties, pt 1: how US G-Sibs cut intra-system assets
Goldman Sachs reduced links with other financial firms the most in Q4 2018
Four UK banks improve resilience to stress tests compared with 2018
Aggregate CET1 capital ratio headroom over hurdle rate improves by 50 basis points
EU life insurers’ solvency ratios decay in first half
Aggregate SCR ratio for life undertakings down 9%, Q2 2018–Q2 2019
EU banks cut toxic loans, but pace of improvement slowing
Cypriot and Greek banks improve NPL ratios the most in nine months to end-June
Over five years, swaps plummet, options climb at US banks
Swap notionals down $45 trillion since Q2 2014
Loan-loss provisions climb C$40m at Scotiabank
Canadian lender reports provisions 28% higher than in Q3 2018
ECB favours higher countercyclical buffers
Releasable buffers only make up fraction of required capital