Articles by Louie Woodall
EU banks most exposed to French, German, US sovereign risk
French bonds make up 17% of all EU bank sovereign exposures
IFRS 9 hits standardised banks harder than IRB peers
Capital wallop over eight times greater for SA banks than IRB
US life insurers switch to FHLB loans from Fabs
Borrowings from government-backed banks triple in 10 years
Italian banks hold most of Europe's loan reserves – EBA
Italy accounts for €84 billion of stage 3 allowances alone
Brexit may spur higher op risk losses – EBA
Largest five op risk losses in 2018 cost equivalent of 2.1% of EU bank's average CET1
What’s Finnish for ‘too big to fail’?
Strange case of Nordea highlights flaw in G-Sib assessments
G-Sib leverage makeups differ by region
Median US G-Sib has higher share of exposure measure made up of derivatives and repo than EU peer
EU G-Sibs outpace rivals in growing repo books
Large European banks' increase exposures by €230 billion
UK bank securitisation exposures on the rise
Originate-to-distribute engine revs up
US banks’ CDS books shrink $2 trillion in two years
Wells Fargo only major bank to grow credit portfolio year-to-date
US banks bolster quality of short-term funding
Eight US G-Sibs increase share of total borrowings made up of well-collateralised repo
Canadian lenders resilient to oil rout
Just 1.7% of 'Big Five' total loans exposed to energy producers
UK bank misconduct charges dwindle
Six of seven stress-tested banks report 50% fall in legal and regulatory reserves
IFRS 9 transition eases UK banks’ path through stress tests
Aggregate CET1 ratio 130bp lower without transitional relief
Too-big-to-fail resolution regimes found wanting
Fourteen of 24 member countries do not have bail-in powers
Leverage ratio unpopular among non-Basel countries
Few jurisdictions use measure to backstop risk-based capital frameworks
Costs deter clearing clients from using back-up dealers
End-users say using more than one clearing broker doesn't make economic sense
Global banks shrink systemic footprint
The big banks trimmed total leverage exposure by €2.9 trillion (4%) in 2017
RBS, Nordea escape G-Sib cuffs, BPCE joins the club
The once-largest bank in the world is no longer considered a systemic threat
US banks continue to lop back market risk
Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley shrink requirements by over $1 billion year to date
US G-Sibs cut $36bn of HQLA
Wells Fargo clears out $27 billion of HQLA in first nine months of 2017 alone
French banks loaded with Italian risk
Six French dealers hold €47 billion of sovereign exposures
Fed finds more risk failings at FBOs than at US firms
FBOs attract hundreds more matters requiring attention than domestic banks
Four in 10 big banks fail Fed’s supervisory expectations
42.5% of largest banks branded less-than-satisfactory by RFI ratings