Risk Quantum/Federal Reserve
Fed stress tests: foreign banks lag US on capital estimates
On average, IHCs missed the Fed’s estimates of the amount their CET1 ratios would fall in the 2018 test cycle by 213bp, compared with 109bp by US lenders
Short-term funding weighs heavily in systemic risk scores
Indicator accounts for 30% of Fed's average aggregate systemic risk scores for eight US G-Sibs
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
US banks more cramped by stress tests than global peers
Five out of six US dealers adjust capital based on stress scenarios
Tired of overshooting, BNY Mellon revamps stress test model
Capital distributions crimped by conservative CCAR estimates
BAML shrugs off higher funding costs
Bank reports 38 basis point jump in long-term debt interest expense quarter to quarter
Citi and Wells Fargo wary of stress capital buffer
Recent CCAR tests point to higher CET1 requirements
Wells Fargo sheds low risk assets
Bank winds down financial institution deposits to meet Fed order
US G-Sibs increase off-balance sheet exposures
BAML, Citi, Goldman, Morgan Stanley and Wells Fargo boost amounts by $124 billion
Stress-test trading losses out of sync with banks’ market risk
Trading and counterparty losses triple those implied by banks’ market RWAs
US banks cut available-for-sale portfolios
Securities classifications have shifted materially since AOCI filters were removed in 2014