Risk Quantum/JP Morgan
US banks’ internal stress tests vary
Choice of stress period affects market risk capital requirements
US banks shuffle structured product portfolios
Investments classified as available-for-sale drop $8.7 billion across six largest dealers
Goldman Sachs is last major bank holding CDO squared
$50 million of legacy positions reported in dealer's trading book at end-June
Wells Fargo swells MBS trading portfolio
San Francisco-based dealer grows allocation by $11 billion from end-2016
Swap books swell at big US banks despite lower risk profile
Total OTC derivatives notional among the eight banks is $222 trillion – a 2% increase on the quarter
US banks' VAR-based charges drop in Q2
The average decrease in the VAR-based capital requirement across the eight US G-Sibs was 10.4%, compared with a 23% increase in the first quarter
JP Morgan cuts op risk RWAs by $12.5 billion
Operational RWAs down to $387.6 billion from $400 billion in the second quarter
LCR gap between EU and US banks widens further in H1
State Street had the lowest LCR, at 108%, and UniCredit the head of the pack with an LCR of 179%
US banks curb market risk
G-Sibs cut $31 billion of market RWAs in three months to June
Goldman adds bilateral derivatives as rivals cut back
Citi and JP Morgan reduce bilateral derivatives exposures by 10% and 2%, respectively
US big banks shrink systemic footprints in Q2
JP Morgan moves down into 3.5% capital surcharge bucket under Fed G-Sib methodology
Bank of America grows derivatives, bucking G-Sib trend
Total derivatives exposures jumped 4.2% quarter-to-quarter to $299.4 billion
Counterparty risk builds at Bank of America, JP Morgan
Higher portion of RWAs attributable to more risky derivatives and repo counterparties
CVA gain bolsters JP Morgan trading revenues
$302 million of first half trading revenues attributed to credit valuation adjustment
Risks building at three US G-Sibs
Risk-weighted asset density has increased at BNY Mellon, State Street and Goldman Sachs the most, across the eight US global systemically important banks
Off-balance sheet items up $28 billion at US G-Sibs
Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs grow exposures 4.3% and 3.8%, respectively
Morgan Stanley FCM gains ground in Q2
Share of required client margin increases to 19% at end-June
US LCR cash inflows dominated by secured loans
Median US systemically important bank counts secured loans as 73% of total cash inflows
Cashflow turbulence up at Citi, JP Morgan
Maturity mismatch add-ons have grown since June 2017
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
Tri-party repo switch prompts Credit Suisse liquidity boost
Swiss bank LCR surges to 226%
Banks see higher FDIC charges lasting through 2018
Levy adds millions to dealers' expenses
JP Morgan reports further losses on Steinhoff loans
Hike in net charge-offs related to sale of bad loans to South African firm
CCAR losses concentrated at four US banks
BAML, Citi, JP Morgan and Wells Fargo account for more than half of total CCAR projected losses