Risk Quantum/JP Morgan
Citi’s counterparty credit RWAs surge 12% in Q3
Bank has increased OTC derivatives exposures 15% year-to-date and repo exposures by 37%
Morgan Stanley’s swaps clearing unit boosts client margin by $4.8bn
In total, FCMs see required client margin increase 18% quarter on quarter
JP Morgan revs up securitisation engine
Exposures receiving securitisation capital treatment increase by $13.7 billion year-on-year
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
Chafing under capital rules, JP Morgan sells home loans
Standardised risk weights for residential mortgages far exceed modelled equivalents
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
BNY Mellon leads US custody banks’ assets increase
Total Auca stood at $94.4 trillion at end-September
JP Morgan borrowed $240bn in fed funds and repo markets in Q3
Average quarterly balance was 30% up year-on-year
Goodwill makes up $69bn of BAML’s equity
Across eight US G-Sibs, goodwill comprises 18.7% of pre-adjusted CET1 capital
BNY, UBS paid over 10% for Fed funds and repo in Q2
The average cost of Fed funds purchased and repo rose to 4.32% in Q2 from 2.41% a year ago
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
In liquidity buffer shake-up, Deutsche shuns cash
Central bank balances fall as share of liquidity buffer to 64% in Q2
Equity derivatives surge at US G-Sibs
Gross notionals have increased 8.9% year-on-year