Risk Quantum/Barclays
LCRs show US banks run more risk than European peers
The gap between the two averages has widened over the past three quarters to 250bp from 212bp
EU G-Sibs cut $14 billion in op risk
Banco Santander posted the largest decline – at 7% – with op RWAs falling to $70 billion
Capital sharing caps hit over half of EU stress test banks
Capital conservation measure saves 25 banks €52 billion over stress-test period
Deutsche, Barclays breach leverage ratios in EBA stress tests
Five banks fall below 3% regulatory minimum level
UK banks gain capital edge through IFRS 9 transitionals
Four big lenders claim £3 billion CRR-mandated relief
Big UK banks have £278 billion exposure to ‘junk’ loans
Non-investment grade exposures make up 31% of total corporate exposures
Modelled market risk falls for UK banks as standardised risk rises
Barclays had the lowest percentage of market RWAs calculated under IMA, at 49.6%, and Lloyds Banking Group the highest, at 86.1%
BNP Paribas grows SFT assets 36%
French bank has overtaken Barclays to become the largest European SFT dealer
EU bank leverage increases in H1
Average leverage ratios degrade 19 basis points in six months to June
UK leverage ratios stray from EU measures
Bank of England changes exempt central bank claims from UK measure, causing discrepancies with CRR version
European banks junk op risk modelling
Barclays and BNP Paribas move to standardised approach in the second quarter
CVA capital at top UK banks falls £260m in H1
HSBC led the way with a 38% reduction, followed by RBS with a fall of 35%
'No-deal' Brexit would add risk weights to EU government bonds
HSBC has most sovereign exposures that could attract higher capital charges among big UK banks
Capital structures vary across EU banks
Median lender's capital stack is 75% CET1, 10% AT1, and 15% Tier 2
BNP Paribas VAR breaches trigger capital hike
French bank's IHC reports four backtesting exceptions
Top four EU banks have shed €1.5 trillion in assets since 2013
Barclays, HSBC, BNP Paribas, and Deutsche Bank slim the most in five years
Top European banks shed $32 billion in op risk
5% average drop across 16 European banks reported quarter to quarter
IFRS 9 eases impairment charges, softening Barclays' profit drop
Total credit impairment charge stood at £571 million, a 46% decline year-on-year
Barclays, Credit Suisse stress test estimates stray from Fed’s
The two banks miss the mark on stressed capital ratio by 290bp and 460bp, respectively
Foreign bank IHCs shed US assets in 2017
Barclays, Credit Suisse and Deutsche Bank shrunk balance sheets by $166 billion
Ring-fencing to starve investment banks of deposit funding
BoE data estimates non-ring-fenced banks will have access to just 4% of household deposits
European banks vague on settled-to-market switch
UBS reported a cut in gross derivatives assets and liabilities attributable to STM of Sfr11.4 billion in 2017
Take-up of credit modelling varies at European banks
Percentage of credit RWAs calculated using IRB approaches ranges from 42% to 91% across large dealers
Fraud makes up bulk of UK bank op risk loss events
Internal and external fraud on average equalled 64% of all op risk events in 2017 across four large dealers