Articles by Joshua Walker
At US banks, paper losses on HTM securities hit new high
Bank of America leads way as mortgage-backed securities drive aggregate rise in Q3
KBC takes €8.2bn RWA add-on post ECB model review
Regulatory intervention and share buyback contribute to sink bank’s core ratio to lowest point since 2016
Risk density edges higher at UBS’s legacy unit
New division established post Credit Suisse acquisition partly responsible for $785m quarterly loss
Ping An’s LCR hovers above regulatory minimum after Q3 plunge
Lowest ratio in at least four years driven by plummeting HQLAs
PacWest leads banks on NII growth decline
Deutsche Bank bucks positive European trend while NatWest leads UK negative growth in Q3
Discover, Capital One credit card delinquencies surpass pre-pandemic levels
Seven credit card lenders see delinquency rates accelerate after slowing in Q2
Adjusted for AOCI, ratios at five regional banks fall short
Impact of reinclusion on CET1 capital ratio would trip up Truist, Ally and others
Northern Trust rejigs funding as deposit costs rise
Net interest income drops 10.5%, cash at central banks falls by a quarter
State Street suffers largest loss from securities sale since 2010
$294 million hit drives net income down 45% to six-year low
Non-performing CRE loans surge 61% at three US banks
NPL ratio for commercial real estate up to 2.3% across trio, highest since at least 2019
JP Morgan, BofA say Basel III plan could wipe out capital cushion
Banks forecast $82 billion cumulative hike in capital requirements from Fed proposals
Five US banks add $7bn in unrealised losses in Q3
Deductions at JP Morgan and Wells Fargo surge by more than $2 billion each
Riskless assets hit three-year low at top US banks
JP Morgan drives shift, shedding more than $65 billion in risk-free exposures
Client margin up 8% at Barclays’ swaps clearing unit
UK bank bucks trend and overtakes Wells Fargo to become sixth FCM by share in August
Share of op risk modelling falls at European banks
Less than half of analysed dealers rely on the AMA, as introduction of new standardised approach looms large
US banks’ RWA density dwarfs that of European peers
Truist, Capital One and PNC Bank lead with risk density above 65%
BNP Paribas’s default contributions hit record high in H1
Requirements from CCPs up 19% across 13 EU and UK banks
Morgan Stanley’s default fund contributions jump $1.9bn in Q2
Aggregate increase across US clearing banks pushes requirements to highest point since 2021
BTFP becomes top source of Fed funding
Emergency lending programme accounts for over 54% of loans extended to US dealers by the central bank
CME, DTCC lead CCPs on operational failures
Analysis of 15 clearing houses shows outages lasting 34 hours in the past year – highest figure since 2019
LCH SA’s default funds hit record highs
CCP’s own contributions account for less than 1% across three clearing services
OCC skin in the game down by nearly a third
Hike in capital expenditures and tax payments drives decrease
Liquidity risk hits multi-year highs at both CME divisions
Changes to clearing member exposures and portfolio composition drive increases
OCC liquidity risk doubles to all-time high in Q2
Concentration of activity around June expiration responsible for record rise