Articles by Louie Woodall
Severe Covid recession could topple some EU banks
One-quarter of lenders would see CET1 ratios fall below 6.8%
Mark-to-model assets spiked at eurozone banks in Q1
Level 3 derivatives assets increased 52% quarter-on-quarter
Top US banks reined in RWAs in Q2
Credit exposures fall after a wild first quarter
Global banks’ derivatives assets hit $4.4tn in Q1
Market values leapt 43% over the first three months of the year
Following Fed relief, SLR bonds loosen for top US banks
Billions of Tier 1 capital freed by tweak to ratio’s denominator
Trading risks lurched higher at top US dealers in Q2
Bank of America and Morgan Stanley saw VAR levels surge over 50%
BNY Mellon strengthens capital stack
CET1 capital increased 9% quarter-on-quarter
Loan-loss provision charges nearly triple at Wells Fargo
Loss reserves for credit cards spike to 10.49% of outstanding loans
Advanced approaches continue to bind Citi in Q2
Modelled RWAs fall slower than standardised over the three months to end-June
JP Morgan posts $510m XVA gain
Benefit reverses some of the previous quarter’s record loss
Citi’s default fund contributions climbed $2bn in Q1
US bank sees requirement hike 27% quarter-on-quarter
One-quarter of Libor FRNs to mature after benchmark’s death
One-third of outstanding notes issued out of non-Libor countries
Clearing banks show they’ve learned lessons of the past
CCP members were able to meet massive margin calls in March. But could they do it again?
Lawmakers have to sort ‘tough legacy’ Libor products – survey
Challenges agreeing contract amendments and lack of term rates for the risk-free alternatives are also barriers to transition
Top clearing houses bolstered default funds over Q1
NSCC reported its guaranty resources grew 231%
Ice Europe’s CDS unit hit by almost 1,000 IM breaches in Q1
Peak breach was €100 million in size
Initial margin models of top CCPs slipped in Q1
Achieved coverage levels declined quarter-on-quarter
LCH SA incurs record number of margin breaches in Q1
Largest initial margin shortfall amounted to €100 million
Initial margin held by JSCC swelled 65% in Q1
Largest IM call for JGB index futures and options unit was ¥443.9 billion
DTCC’s mortgage unit hit by $1.5bn margin breach in Q1
A large, directional portfolio $100 billion in size was to blame
OCC made $32bn initial margin call in Q1
Clearing house reported peak margin breach of $273 million
Fourteen margin breaches at CME’s swap unit in Q1
The peak breach was almost $80 million in size
Foreign banks and Fed at odds on stress test impacts
HSBC North America predicted a loan-loss rate of 2.7%, well below the Fed’s 6% estimate
SwapClear incurred a $558m margin breach in Q1
Liquidity and concentration add-ons covered 41% of mark-to-market exposure