Risk Quantum/Morgan Stanley
Megabanks boost repo exposures after SLR reform
Volumes of repo-style transactions at US systemic banks top $2.5trn, helping drive record-low SLRs in Q1
Basel III endgame: overall relief hides winners and losers
G-Sibs gain from surcharge reform while AOCI hits regional banks
US banks made no headway on EVE transparency in 2025
Morgan Stanley remains lone US G-Sib not disclosing key measure of long-term interest rate sensitivity
FCM target residual interest shrinks as customer funds surge
Nine firms hit all-time lows in February across multiple asset classes
SLRs at four US banks sink to record lows on early rule switch
Goldman Sachs biggest beneficiary of softened minimum requirements
JPM gripes over Fed G-Sib surcharges tweak
Disentangling RWAs from STWF indicator would dampen surcharge relief under endgame proposal
US G-Sibs’ trading revenue ebbs to four-quarter low
Credit and rates income slump as Citi posts the sharpest decline
Limited RWA gains support rethink on Fed output floor
Advanced approaches cut RWAs only marginally across US banks
FCMs held record customer funds on eve of Iran war
F&O funds climbed 6% in February as seven brokers set new records
US banks trim long-dated bonds to 10-year low
Medium-term securities reach record as 5+ year share hits decade low
US banks lose appetite for Treasuries as G-Sibs turn to trading book
Two-year surge in non-trading USTs plateaus as HFT bonds tick up
Exposures with undisclosed risk-weights hit new highs at US banks
Assets in the ‘other’ category of standardised risk-weights grow to $700bn
US banks tread carefully after record stress buffer cuts
Lower SCBs take effect, but capital deployment remains restrained
Credit derivatives surge to nine-year high at top US banks
$1.35 trillion notional added as banks ramp up CDS activity
US banks diverge from global peers on OTC clearing
Clearing rates fall in US as UK, Europe and Canada push higher
Morgan Stanley marks biggest risk category swing in 2025 G-Sib test
Substitutability overtakes complexity at US bank for first time
Equity VAR hovering near four-year high at US banks
Gauges of stock market risk rise 36% in just one year
US G-Sibs post record secured finance flows in LCR
Q3 spike continues long-term shift toward secured funding and lending in liquidity stress scenario
US G-Sibs diverge on cashflow volatility
Maturity mismatch add-on hits peak at two banks and trough at two others
Morgan Stanley set for biggest reset under softened eSLR
Bank’s leverage utilisation to fall from over 90% to 64% under new buffer
Record $95bn in equities sits with US banks as OTC margin
Stocks on par with US Treasuries in top dealers’ collateral trove