Risk Quantum/Credit Agricole
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
European credit model outputs vary wildly
Risk densities range widely and out-of-sync with average probabilities of default
Corporate loan RWAs doubled by standardised approach
RWA densities for corporate loans under standardised approach stand at 94%, for A-IRB just 43%
Deutsche Bank's risky corporate loan pile towers over peers
German lender has one-quarter of all high-risk corporate loans reported by EU big banks
Standardised market RWAs on the rise at EU banks
Standardised approach-generated RWAs increase €4.7 billion across 12 banks
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
Top European banks shed $32 billion in op risk
5% average drop across 16 European banks reported quarter to quarter
French banks’ leverage ratios rally on EU court win
Improvements of 10 to 30 basis points follow change to leverage measure
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
Crédit Agricole and Groupe BPCE hardest hit by countercyclical buffer
Minimum capital requirement will rise around 20 basis points at BPCE; 16 at Crédit Agricole