Articles by Louie Woodall
HSBC to reallocate $100bn of RWAs in shake-up
Global banking and markets division to take brunt of cuts
Systemic EU banks’ bail-in requirements vary
One G-Sib resolution group has an MREL requirement of 32.8% of RWAs
EU banks short €178bn of MREL requirements
117 resolution entities report bail-in bond and capital shortfalls
Tax windfall at Crédit Agricole to fund capital shake-up
Relief for Emporiki sale bolstered CET1 capital ratio +40bp
RBS takes axe to NatWest Markets
Bank plans to slim trading operation to 10% of total RWAs
Op RWAs tumble €3bn at Commerzbank in Q4
Op risk capital requirement the lowest for at least nine years
Credit Suisse may slip leverage capital bind
Swiss bank has risk density of 32%
Barclays to shrink capital buffer
Bank targets excess capital over regulatory minimum of 100 basis points by year-end
SA-CCR barely dents Commonwealth Bank’s capital ratio
Twelve basis point hit to CET1 capital ratio exceeds 7bp estimate
FCMs’ required client margin up 29% in 2019
Citi still far and away the largest FCM
Spanish, Italian big banks purged bad loans in 2019
Top lenders outclass their host banking systems on NPL ratios
Grand designs? Time to rein in the Pillar 2 project
Pillar 2 capital add-ons are becoming increasingly elaborate
CCAR more severe than EU stress tests
Real GDP decline greater for US banks under Fed tests than for EU firms grilled by the EBA
Lower risk-weights for real estate free up Nordea’s capital
ECB cut risk-weights for Swedish and Norwegian commercial real estate to 50% at year-end
UniCredit to liberate capital on Pillar 2 change
Bank targets 50% payout ratio
Fed’s stress tests to gauge banks’ leveraged loan risks
CLOs to suffer “severe corrections” under 2020 scenario
Model review adds €13bn to ING’s RWAs
Trim effects projected to raise CET1 requirement by at least €600m
SocGen squeezes investment bank in RWA purge
Global banking division sees RWAs fall –17% in 2019
Corporate defaults push Danske Bank’s NPLs up 16%
Single-name exposures caused bulk of Q4 impairments
BNPP faces €67bn RWA hike under Basel III
Executives say ongoing capital generation and Pillar 2 changes will help keep CET1 ratio stable
VAR models at odds on forex, commodities, credit risks – EBA
Interquartile distribution of VAR outputs highest for small banks, watchdog finds
Intesa Sanpaolo cut €2.4bn of bad loans in 2019
Non-performing loan ratio falls to 3.6%
Six EU banks need to fix market risk models – EBA
Nineteen firms underestimated capital requirements versus benchmarks
Some EU banks can’t explain lowball credit model outputs
Negative unjustified deviations in capital requirements most widespread for corporate portfolios