Articles by Lorenzo Migliorato
BoE revision may ease MREL load for UK challenger banks
Monzo, Starling, Metro posed to benefit from long-awaited asset threshold hike
JPM’s reserves on undrawn loans rise 32% as Trump tariffs loom
Allowance on commitments nears $3bn as bank braces for stress among corporate borrowers
Collateral cushions swell as US hedge fund borrowing tops $5.6trn
Top 10 funds’ borrowing becomes 3.7% over-collateralised amid record Q1 leverage
Foreign dealers still lag US banks in stress tests
IHCs’ CET1 depletion triples that of domestic participants, despite improved performance since 2024 exercise
UniCredit’s market RWAs would inflate 75% under FRTB
Pro forma figures for capital floor give first look at de-modelling impact on a major EU dealer
Softer DFAST market shock favours Goldman but confounds comparability
Tweak to trading book test reveals widening gap between bank and Fed loss forecasts
JP Morgan’s loan losses loom ever-larger in Fed stress test
$90 billion in projected markdowns accounts for almost a fifth of total across 22 banks
US banks’ VAR shortfalls are wrapped in a black box
Public disclosures only allow crude approximations of loss size and timing
US G-Sibs set to reclaim $6.6trn in leverage room under eSLR reform
Replacement of fixed 2% buffer with variable add-on could cut requirements by up to 150bp
US banks’ FX notionals hit record $66trn on forwards frenzy
JP Morgan leads record derivatives surge amid Q1 market volatility
The VAR-centric models that never were
Often spotlighted, rarely dominant – VAR plays a surprisingly small role in most IMA stacks
Bucking Japan megabank trend, Norinchukin’s market RWAs spike 41%
Latest surge underscores challenge of adapting to FRTB