
Joshua Walker
Joshua is a London-based reporter on the Risk Quantum desk at Risk.net. He graduated from the University of Oxford in 2022 with a bachelor’s degree in history and politics.
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Annual update ratchets up op RWAs at European banks
DNB, RBI and Swedbank post double-digit RWA rises for second year running ahead of Basel III implementation
Barclays, RBC end 2024 with record-high swaps margin
Both dealers see double-digit increases, but year sees least growth in at least a decade
SEB’s RWAs hit record high on upcoming requirements
Add-on of Skr9 billion helps drive CET1 ratio to lowest since pandemic
Cross-border lending to shadow banks spiked in Q3
Non-bank financial institutions record fastest annual growth since Covid-19 pandemic
UBS’s FCM allocates record-low own funds relative to client margin
Residual interest equivalent to just 1.9% of customer contributions for futures and options in November
US regionals predict prolonged AOCI burndown
Six banks adjust capital projections amid rising unrealised losses in Q4
EU bond funds’ debt securities see largest increase since pandemic
Holdings up €102 billion in November, driven by funds in Luxembourg, Ireland and France
Morgan Stanley overtakes BofA as third-largest FCM by margin in 2024
Marex and Deutsche see sharpest upticks in required client margin for F&O, while Wedbush and Mizuho fall furthest
Clearing members favour domestic sovereign bonds for IM in Q3
Secured cash at commercial banks and central bank deposits also on the rise as part of collateral diversification
CPMI-Iosco report highlights gaps in CCPs’ variation margin practices
Survey finds only a third implement VM pass-through, just 15% net client and house accounts
Regions Bank swells HTM book to curb AOCI volatility
In strategic shift, bank aims to bolster HTM holdings to 25% of securities portfolio
JPM’s AFS holdings surge $72bn amid doubling unrealised losses
AOCI falls to its lowest in a year despite rate cuts
Member contributions propel six default funds to new highs
Skin in the game unchanged at four CCPs amid $3bn rise in default resources
BMO sets aside record C$1.5bn for loan losses
Net write-offs reach highest level in over two decades, exceeding early pandemic levels
Estimated stressed losses rise at OCC, LCH and JSCC
New stress scenario boosts worst-case loss at Options Clearing Corporation by half
Initial margin requirements hit record highs at major CCPs
Tumultuous third quarter sees $94bn surge across 14 CCPs
SGX suffered five-hour op failure from CrowdStrike outage
First major service disruption at CCP’s Central Depository service in nine years
Margin breaches skyrocket at JSCC amid market volatility
August turmoil led to record initial margin shortfalls at six clearing divisions
Global banks boost Level 3 assets to new highs
European lenders and UBS-Credit Suisse merger fuelled rise in hard-to-value instruments in 2023
People: All shook up at the SEC, Krens succeeds Litvack at Isda, and more
Latest job changes across the industry
OTC derivatives hit $730 trillion peak in H1 2024
Interest rate and FX derivatives drive notional spike
G-Sib cross-border risk drops to four-year low
Two-thirds of systemic banks saw systemic indicator decrease in 2023
Thirteen EU banks face loan losses of more than 16% from green switch
Climate stress test predicts overall bank losses of 6%, rising to 11% under adverse scenarios
Post-UBS takeover, Switzerland sees biggest regional G-Sib score spike
Credit Suisse acquisition pushes UBS’s complexity category to all-time high, driving up country’s overall score