Risk Quantum/Goldman Sachs
Goldman, BBVA and TD Group incur VAR breaches in Q3
US unit of TD Group endures four breaches in three months to end-September
At Wells Fargo, derivatives exposures climb $13bn in Q3
Portfolio shifted further into-the-money in the third quarter
Morgan Stanley’s swaps clearing unit boosts client margin by $4.8bn
In total, FCMs see required client margin increase 18% quarter on quarter
Post-Brexit vote, large US banks have curbed UK exposures
US G-Sibs shed $171 billion of claims on UK private sector between Q1 2016 and Q1 2019
Loan appetite pushes credit risk higher at Goldman Sachs
Standardised credit RWAs for loans up 19% since end-2017
MMF repo volumes fell 8% in September
FICC remained largest single counterparty for US Treasury repo
At large US banks, credit loss reserves up 12% in Q3
JP Morgan took $1.5 billion of provisions in the third quarter alone
Goldman adds $17bn of deposits in Q3
Consumer platform Marcus doubles deposits year-on-year
HSBC leads foreign banks in fed fund and repo borrowings
Large intermediate holding company money market borrowings equivalent to 15.9% of total assets
Goodwill makes up $69bn of BAML’s equity
Across eight US G-Sibs, goodwill comprises 18.7% of pre-adjusted CET1 capital
JP Morgan’s CVA charge jumps $249m in Q2
All US G-Sibs post higher CVA capital requirements for the quarter
Credit loss provisions at US G-Sibs 14% lower in Q2
PCLs total $4.8 billion at end-June
Among G-Sibs, Japanese and US banks see LCRs improve most
US systemic banks’ liquidity coverage still lags behind other G-Sibs
Fed fund and repo borrowings top $1trn at big banks in Q2
JP Morgan had 16.8% of total outstanding borrowings of the largest banks at end-June
Off-balance-sheet exposures at US systemic banks jump $67bn
BAML expands these assets by 2.5% quarter-on-quarter to $921 billion
Earnings fuel capital build at systemic US banks
Aggregate CET1 capital hits $1.1 trillion in Q2 2019, of which 86% is retained earnings
Default risk of US bank corporate exposures edges up
Median average-weighted probability-of-default of G-Sib corporate portfolios hits 1.22%
US G-Sibs shun unsecured short-term funding
Trend towards borrowings secured by high-quality collateral accelerates
Risk density of US systemic banks trumps that of EU peers
Ratio of RWAs to leverage exposures averages 44.7% at US G-Sibs
At US G-Sibs, capital buffers have thinned since 2016
Median G-Sib buffer stands at 3.1% and minimum requirement 9.5%
Wells Fargo, BNY Mellon, State Street build repo exposures in Q2
Wells Fargo increases gross repo assets by 12.4% in three months to end-June
Equity derivatives surge at US G-Sibs
Gross notionals have increased 8.9% year-on-year
BAML leads US G-Sibs on swaps exposures to hedge funds
Bank has seen net current credit exposures to hedge funds rise 231% in three years
US G-Sibs grow and multiply ties with other banks
Big eight banks grow by 1.5% in aggregate in Q2