Risk Quantum/Commerzbank
Big EU banks lost €22bn capital on IFRS 9 switch
Italian banks saw the largest capital depletion, losing €9 billion (8.9%) of CET1 capital on the transition
European credit model outputs vary wildly
Risk densities range widely and out-of-sync with average probabilities of default
Standardised market RWAs on the rise at EU banks
Standardised approach-generated RWAs increase €4.7 billion across 12 banks
EU bank leverage increases in H1
Average leverage ratios degrade 19 basis points in six months to June
European banks junk op risk modelling
Barclays and BNP Paribas move to standardised approach in the second quarter
Top European banks shed $32 billion in op risk
5% average drop across 16 European banks reported quarter to quarter
Commerzbank VAR jumps on Italian turmoil
Sovereign bond yield spike hits public finance portfolio
European banks op risk losses dominated by business failures
Losses relating to accident and neglect account for 38% of op risk losses at eight big dealers
Over one-quarter of EU bank credit exposures overseas
Spanish banks exhibit highest level of overseas risk, Nordic banks the lowest
G-Sib swap portfolios reveal transatlantic divide
EU banks record 16% fall in non-cleared swaps, while US dealers see 9% growth
Italian banks hardest hit by IFRS 9 transition
Risk Quantum analysis of 36 banks from 11 European Union countries found that capital declined on average by 34bp between December 31, 2017, and March 31, 2018
Commerzbank cuts loan charges in wake of IFRS 9
German lender posts “risk result” – costs associated with changes to loan-loss provisions and remeasurement of assets – of €77 million in March