Risk Quantum/Bank of America
Top US banks released $18.5bn of credit reserves in 2021
JP Morgan reversed over $6bn of PCLs, the most of the group
Led by BofA, US banks doubled distributions in 2021
Stock buybacks and dividends hit $117.7 billion last year
Bank of America’s VAR drops 19% in Q4
Average one-day trading VAR falls to lowest point since Q1 2020
Credit Suisse’s US clearing unit cuts client margin by over 40%
Required segregated customer funds for swaps, futures and options down sharply since Archegos default
Mizuho’s F&O clearing unit boosts client margin by $1.05bn
In contrast, Morgan Stanley reports largest drop over same period
Client margin up 7% at Bank of America’s swaps unit
Aggregate required client margin across all FCMs at highest point since second quarter of 2020
SMFG reports highest power sector emissions intensity
Across all systemic banks, only eight dealers disclose their GHG emissions for this field
TLAC buffers up at all but three systemic US banks
BNY Mellon, Citi and Wells Fargo saw their headroom shrink from a year ago
Risks building at Goldman and Wells Fargo
RWA density edged higher at two dealers in the third quarter
Systemic risk: Fed methodology out of sync with Basel’s
Different inputs and calculator formulae pose dual test to US banks
JP Morgan, Goldman lead US banks in cutting VAR-based charges
On aggregate, requirements connected to commodity positions fell the most, down 28% from end-June
Morgan Stanley cleared swaps jump 9% in Q3
Latest quarterly increase, alongside that of Bank of America and State Street, bucks the trend across top US banks