Risk Quantum/Morgan Stanley
Level 3 assets at US banks grew 13% in 2020
Citi posted an 100% increase over the year to $16.1 billion
Goldman, Morgan Stanley led US dealers on equity swaps in 2020
Overall equity derivatives notionals at Goldman hit $2.08 trillion at end-2020
Derivatives notionals at Wells Fargo, BofA fell in 2020
Written options notionals dropped 12% in aggregate
Top US banks to lose out from end of SLR relief
Average G-Sib will see SLR decline 90 basis points using Q4 2020 figures
Deposits boosted top US banks’ short-term funds in 2020
Unsecured funding from outside the financial sector increased 22% to $934.6 billion
Five US systemic banks face higher G-Sib surcharges
JP Morgan to face 4% add-on; Wells Fargo a cut to 1.5%
How XVAs hit top US banks’ trading revenues in 2020
JP Morgan led systemic banks on losses due to valuation adjustments
At systemic US banks, corporate default risk ebbed in Q4
Median PD of corporate portfolios down to 1.6% from 1.73%
At big US banks, Treasury holdings grew over $350bn in 2020
US debt held-to-maturity increased 92% over the year
Top US banks saw liquid assets grow over $500bn in 2020
JP Morgan saw HQLAs increase 28% year on year
Top US banks’ market risk charges surged in 2020
Citi ended year with highest charge of the G-Sibs, at almost $9 billion
Repo exposures fell at BofA, surged at JP Morgan in Q4
Bank of America’s SLR improved to 7.2% by end-December
Profit-making trading days at systemic US banks soared in 2020
Citi had the most winning days of the G-Sibs in 2020, with 170
At US G-Sibs, modelled RWAs outpaced standardised in 2020
Ratio of advanced approaches RWAs to regulator-set measure declined in the wake of the Covid recession
Systemic US banks drew down credit reserves in Q4
JP Morgan released $1.9 billion back into income alone
US G-Sibs saw off-balance-sheet exposures fall post-Covid
OBS items now make up less than 18% of total exposures
Underwriting activity of US G-Sibs topped $3 trillion in Q3
JP Morgan increased debt transactions by 41% year-on-year alone
Having cut risk, Wells Fargo may win a lower G-Sib surcharge
The San Francisco-based bank has lowered its systemic risk score through 2020
Systemic US banks shifted assets to buy-to-hold pens in Q3
JP Morgan almost doubled its held-to-maturity portfolio last quarter
Systemic US banks’ market risk charges fall from Covid highs
Citi an outlier as its capital requirements increase in Q3
Liquidity buffers thinned at Morgan Stanley, Goldman in Q3
Build-up of HQLA slows over the third quarter after post-Covid surge
JP Morgan had most profit-making trading days of top banks in Q3
New York-based bank posted 45 winning trading days in total
BofA the outlier as most US banks improve SLRs in Q3
Aggregate Tier 1 capital climbs 2% in Q3
US systemic banks’ op risk charges fell in Q3
Bank of America’s charge falls 26% following a model change