Risk Quantum/Bank for International Settlements (BIS)
Lenders favour eurozone non-bank borrowers
Cross-border claims on the euro area grow for the first time since Q2 2016
Cross-border euro lending rebounds in Q3
Intra-euro area cross-border claims accounted for 40% of the annual increase
Overseas lenders back eurozone, shun UK and US
Cross-border loans to eurozone increase $93 billion in third quarter of 2018
Interest rate ETD volumes tick up in Q3
Longer-dated contracts push total open interest higher
Basel and Fed G-Sib methods pose dual test to US banks
Different emphasis of rival frameworks could frustrate bank efforts to reduce systemic risk
Leverage ratio unpopular among non-Basel countries
Few jurisdictions use measure to backstop risk-based capital frameworks
Global banks shrink systemic footprint
The big banks trimmed total leverage exposure by €2.9 trillion (4%) in 2017
Rate rises, structural reforms transforming swaps market – BIS
Interest rate derivatives notionals up 13% in first half of 2018, but values collapse 12%
Basel Committee names and shames regulatory laggards
Mexico, China, and US yet to implement key rule changes
Cross-border loans to the US dip in Q2
Coss-border borrowings expressed as a percentage of the region’s GDP fell from 15.3% to 14.3%
Global bank equity dips $230 billion in Q2
UK banks post the largest dollar declines
Cross-border loans to eurozone show signs of life
The increase seen in Q1 2018 interrupted a downward trend that began at the start of 2016
Interest rate ETD open interest drops in Q2
Open interest in options and futures contracts combined dropped 12%