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LCH issued highest cash call in more than five years
Largest same-day payment obligation triples in Q4 2023
JSCC, FICC lead VM spike across CCPs
BoJ decision to allow 10-year yields above 1% contributed to JSCC spikes
Wells Fargo’s F&O client margin reached new high in January
Required funds up $380m, pushing FCM’s month-end figure past pandemic peak
LCH UK units experience diverging IM requirements
EquityClear and RepoClear drop by half while SwapClear hits record high
BTFP shutters with loans at near-record high
Program saw last-minute $3bn dash for loans in final three days of operation
Record rise in concentration at top CCPs leads to all-time high
Median top-five member open position concentration rises 2.4pp in Q4
Nasdaq liquidity risk jumps 15% on increased settlement flows
Maximum amount owed to CCP by single member in stress scenario rises in Q4
LME had four-hour operational failure in Q4
First outage on record caused by connectivity issue at LMEmercury
NSCC issued record $45bn cash call in Q4
Worst-case scenario estimate up 22% from previous quarter
People: Citi snags Raghavan, SocGen bags Estrada, all change at NYCB, and more
Latest job changes across the industry
SVAR updates push Barclays’ modelled market charges up 9%
Trading portfolio regulatory risk gauge up 52% over the second half of 2023
Euro area funds’ debt securities surged 13% in 2023
Investments vis-a-vis euro area issuers rebound after 2022 slump, driven by bond funds
Canadian banks’ market RWAs spike on FRTB switch
CIBC, TD Bank and Scotia saw end-January charges jump amid overall ditching of internal models at Canada’s big five
Higher revenue pushes HSBC’s op risk up 14%
Increased net interest income over 2023 major driver behind six-year high figure
ECB raised Pillar 2 charges for just three CRE-heavy banks in latest SREP
Pfandbriefbank and Luminor saw largest increases across 106 banks subject to 2023 assessment
Capital One’s credit exposure riskiness set to rise post-merger
Discover acquisition would push share of assets with 100% risk-weight to six-year high, pro forma analysis shows
Interbank lending plummets at major European banks
Reduced repo operations and TLTRO repayments among drivers
Capital One’s purchase of Discover would triple its Treasury holdings
Record UST boost would propel combined company past six US lenders
IM requirements for interest rate swaps up $30bn in December
Latest figures from CME, Eurex and LCH show a trend reversal from previous six months
Nordea writes off €130m of intangibles after accounting change
Fourth quarter impairment charges fourteen times larger than year prior
Shinhan, Kookmin set aside record reserves amid real estate worries
Kookmin provisions account for 38% of income; 23% for Shinhan
ING’s op risk jumps 10% on model updates
Other European AMA users report moderate hikes
UBS predicts RWA cuts hampered by Basel III, model updates
Planned wind-down of unwanted Credit Suisse assets to be offset by $25 billion in add-ons
Latest FDIC special assessment tougher than 2009 version
Most US banks face higher toll under new methodology