Risk Quantum/HSBC
Almost G-Sibs: five banks near systemic designation
Chinese banks continue to grow systemic footprints
Lloyds’ the outlier as UK banks crush CVA charges in Q3
Aggregate CVA RWAs of top five UK banks fell 21%
Barclays, unlike UK peers, saw its LCR surge in Q3
High-quality liquid assets surged 9% quarter on quarter
UK banks took £2bn of loan-loss provisions in Q3
Barclays and HSBC increased reserves the most out of the top lenders
FX headwinds cancel out HSBC’s Q3 RWAs cut
Portfolio reductions reaped $10.8 billion of RWA savings
Which EU banks hold the most loans subject to Covid relief?
UK lender Lloyds had 13% of its loan book under payment moratoria as of June 30
Covid credit outlooks for UK banks vary
Standard Chartered and HSBC have worst downside outlooks relative to their own base cases
Barclays led UK banks in growing CDS book through Covid shock
Dealer saw credit derivatives notionals balloon £58.1 billion over the first half
Virus volatility swelled CVA charges at Barclays, NatWest in H1
PRA capital relief for market risk eased the CVA burden at some lenders
Top banks defer €1.6bn of profits on hard-to-value trades in H1
BNP Paribas set aside €532 million alone in H1
HSBC trading unit hit by $355m of XVA costs in H1
Wider spreads continued to eat into derivatives values
Foreign banks and Fed at odds on stress test impacts
HSBC North America predicted a loan-loss rate of 2.7%, well below the Fed’s 6% estimate
Systemic European banks’ bail-in buffers fell in Q1
Bail-in debt stocks increase, but balance sheet expansion crimps TLAC ratios
Counterparty risk capital charges up 20% at top UK banks
StanChart CCR capital requirement jumps 41% over the first quarter
Trading losses at US units of Deutsche, RBC exceed VAR by 1,000%
Wild markets overwhelmed foreign banks’ value-at-risk estimates
Eurozone bank capital buffers swell on Covid relief measures
Average buffer increases to 393bp across 14 eurozone lenders
UK banks eye Pillar 2 savings after PRA intervention
Top lenders could free £4.4 billion of capital
New securitisation rules weigh on UK banks
HSBC sees capital charge increase 41% quarter-on-quarter
UK banks put £7.6bn aside for credit losses in Q1
Impairment charges were roughly double aggregate net profits at top lenders
XVAs take $346m bite out of HSBC’s trading profits
Derivatives valuation adjustment impact pushes trading profits down 49%
Fed’s leverage ratio relief puts foreign banks on the back foot
European banks cannot – yet – exempt US Treasuries from their exposure measures
PRA relief to save banks up to 33% on VAR-based charges
HSBC may benefit most from easing of capital rules
Dividend freeze could save top UK banks £6.5bn
HSBC will no longer distribute a cash dividend worth $3.1bn
UK banks’ RWAs plummeted in Q4 2019
Risk drop-off helped raise aggregate CET1 ratio