Risk Quantum/Crédit Agricole
EU banks racked up VAR breaches in 2021
Crédit Agricole and ING Bank hit with higher multipliers after exception count rises
HSBC leads systemic banks in cutting derivatives exposures
On aggregate, the top 30 banks shrunk notionals by 7% year on year
Most G-Sibs fail to disclose financed emissions
None of the world’s top 30 banks disclose climate impact of their whole portfolio
EU banks’ derivatives exposures jumped 36% in H1
Top banks added €235bn since December, amid switch to SA-CCR and a new leverage ratio template
BNP Paribas leads EU banks on repo exposures
French bank increased securities financing transactions by €66bn in the first half of the year, the most among the bloc’s top lenders
Santander’s CVA charge jumps 94% in Q2
Among the other EU systemic banks, higher capital requirements also at SocGen, ING, Crédit Agricole and UniCredit
Level 3 assets at global systemic banks down 36% since 2014
Hard-to-value holdings down sharply over the past six years, but pandemic threw spanner in the works at some banks
Cleared portfolios surge at EU G-Sibs
Systemic banks post highest share of cleared trades in seven years, as IM phases five and six approach
Crédit Agricole grew OTC derivatives notionals 17% in 2020
Bank pulls ahead of SocGen as third-largest European derivatives bank but risks incurring a higher G-Sib score
EU banks get first taste of new stress test-driven buffer regime
Of the 50 stress-tested lenders, three would fall into the highest Pillar 2 Guidance bucket
CRR II pulls Crédit Agricole’s leverage ratio both ways
New capital requirements offset by ECB exposure relief
Deutsche leads eurozone banks on exempted exposures
German bank increased central bank reserves currently excluded from leverage ratio the most in Q1
UniCredit cut RWAs the most of EU systemic banks in Q1
The €10.8 billion cull helped improve the Italian bank’s CET1 ratio 52bp
Derivatives footprint of top EU banks shrinks
Deutsche Bank reduced these exposures by 12% alone
Systemic EU banks had €213bn of loans under moratoria at end-2020
Exposures covered by payment holidays dropped by €115bn in H2
EU systemic banks added €9bn to capital through IFRS 9 break
UniCredit was the top beneficiary with an 82 basis points CET1 ratio boost
Regulatory breaks strengthened EU banks’ CET1 ratios in 2020
In spite of Covid turmoil, top lenders improved their CET1 ratios by around 70bp on average
Model reviews imposed capital charges on top EU banks in Q4
Societe Generale incurred a -36bp hit to its CET1 ratio due to Trim
EU banks count capital benefits of new software treatment
Deutsche Bank reaps 43bp gross benefit
Loan-loss provisions take a smaller bite out of EU banks in Q3
Set-asides fell 57% quarter on quarter
Which EU banks hold the most SME exposures?
Danske Bank, Crédit Agricole, Group BPCE lead the field
VAR spasms heap market risk charges on EU G-Sibs
VAR-based charges increase 94% on end-2019
BNP Paribas again leads eurozone banks on repo exposures
French bank increased exposures 69% over the first six months of the year
Change to risk-weight floor amps EU banks’ securitisation RWAs
BNP Paribas’ banking book securitisation RWAs increased 32% on end-2019