Risk Quantum/Morgan Stanley
Fed credit limits likely to hit investment banks, custodians hardest
State Street, BNY Mellon, Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs have low credit limits; high bank exposures
VM changes cut billions from US bank swaps values in 2017
Effects on potential future exposure (PFE) mixed
US bank RWA density edges higher
Morgan Stanley density increases from 41.46% to 45.47% year-on-year
Citi fastest growing FCM; Credit Suisse loses ground – CFTC data
Citi grows client margin 36% in year to end-April, Credit Suisse shrinks 16%
XVA swings boost US bank trading revenues
DVA change pares down dealers' derivative liabilities
US CVA charges over seven times higher than EU
Huge disparity appears to result from EU exemption for corporate trades
G-Sib swap portfolios reveal transatlantic divide
EU banks record 16% fall in non-cleared swaps, while US dealers see 9% growth
US bank swaps books rebound after G-Sib reckoning
Total OTC derivative notionals across eight G-Sibs grow $28 trillion in first quarter
Five US banks below Collins floor
Morgan Stanley, JP Morgan, Citigroup, State Street and Wells Fargo had higher standardised RWAs than modelled RWAs
Citi continues cutting derivatives exposure
Total is down 16% from 2016, limiting impact of US leverage ratio
Business growth and HQLA cuts see US LCRs fall
Cutbacks in high-quality liquid assets and higher deposits drive reductions across the G-Sibs
US bank VAR-based charges surge in volatile first quarter
Average quarter-on-quarter increase of 23% for VAR-based capital across 11 large dealers
Bank of America and BNY Mellon suffer VAR breaches
Trading losses exceeded estimates on a single day at each dealer in the first quarter