Risk Quantum/State Street
State Street to become world’s largest custodian
Brown Brothers Harriman Investor Services acquisition means Boston-based bank will leapfrog BNY Mellon and JP Morgan
RWA density at Goldman drops to seven-year low
Change to the distribution of the bank’s exposures by risk weighting likely contributed to the reduction
Citi leads US banks in shrinking market risk
First aggregate drop in capital charges stemming from market risk since mid-2020
JP Morgan flirts with VAR limits
Largest trading loss in Q2 reached 96% of bank’s VAR limit
Wells Fargo, Citi amass losing days in Q2
On average, the eight top US banks reported 32 loss-making days
End of SLR relief weighs on JP Morgan
All eight US systemic banks saw their supplementary leverage ratio drop in Q2
Custody banks add $6.5 trillion assets
BNY Mellon extended its lead over State Street and JP Morgan in the second quarter
Loan losses: Banks’ estimates out of sync with Fed’s
Wells Fargo worst performer in latest DFAST exercise
Morgan Stanley’s stress test estimate strays from Fed’s
Half of US systemic lenders lowball capital hits in DFAST 2021
At Citi, Goldman larger OTC swaps books drive up systemic risk scores
Increase in trading and available-for-sale securities bump systemic risk scores higher at BofA and JPM
Citi, Wells Fargo face higher stress capital buffer add-ons
Both G-Sibs are outliers, as Fed slaps on higher capital requirements following latest round of stress tests
Assets under custody creep up at BNY, JP and State Street
Across the eight US systemically important banks, custody assets rose 27% year on year