Risk Quantum/Barclays
Barclays to shrink capital buffer
Bank targets excess capital over regulatory minimum of 100 basis points by year-end
FCMs’ required client margin up 29% in 2019
Citi still far and away the largest FCM
Four UK banks improve resilience to stress tests compared with 2018
Aggregate CET1 capital ratio headroom over hurdle rate improves by 50 basis points
UK banks could withstand leveraged loan crisis
Losses projected to hit overall CET1 capital ratios by 40 basis points
At UK stress test banks, loan-loss estimates up £8bn in 2019
Impairments estimated to cut 5.7% off of the banks’ aggregate CET1 capital ratio
UK banks pass BoE stress tests
Dividend and AT1 bond coupon cuts needed to clear minimum requirements
G-Sibs in US grow leverage exposures faster than EU rivals
HSBC saw exposures fall 2.81% in Q3
JP Morgan usurps Deutsche as world’s largest derivatives bank
US bank increased notionals 5.9% in year to end-2018
StanChart’s CVA charge jumps 39% in Q3
CVA accounts for an ever-increasing portion of the bank’s total counterparty credit risk
UK bank LCRs fall again in Q3, led by StanChart
Buildup of net cash outflow amounts erode liquidity coverage ratios
IFRS 9 capital relief saves Lloyds £768m
Phase-in measures ameliorate CET1 hit of higher loan-loss provisions
Morgan Stanley’s swaps clearing unit boosts client margin by $4.8bn
In total, FCMs see required client margin increase 18% quarter on quarter