Risk Quantum/UniCredit
Nordic, UK banks have highest countercyclical buffers
Nordea, Lloyds and RBS had the largest add-ons of banks surveyed
BNP Paribas leads EU banks in CDS trading in 2018
French bank had €868 billion of credit derivatives notionals outstanding at year-end
HSBC led EU G-Sibs on collateralisation in 2018
UK bank posted €908 billion for derivatives and SFTs as of year-end
Credit risk concentrations vary across big EU banks
The median G-Sib had roughly 60% of its credit portfolio exposed to counterparties outside its domicile
Two banks dominate EU securitisations
Banco Santander and Deutsche account for over one-third of total securitisation exposures among G-Sibs
EU G-Sibs add €2.7bn of op RWAs in 2018
Op risk charge anticipated to jump €21.5 billion under Basel III
EU G-Sibs' CCP exposures topped €223bn in 2018
Societe Generale, BNP Paribas and HSBC made up over half of all exposures
European and US G-Sibs' LCRs diverge in 2018
The average LCR at the 13 European and Swiss G-Sibs stood at 145% at end-December, 42 basis points higher than at end-2017
European banks adjust capital mix
Additional Tier 1 totals climb, CET1 and Tier 2 dips
European and UK G-Sibs cut leverage at year-end
Barclays posted the largest quarterly increase of 60bp
Many EU banks’ sovereign portfolios highly concentrated
Forty-eight lenders have more than three-quarters of sovereign risk allocated to home country
Italian banks lead EU on cutting soured loans
Intesa Sanpaolo, Banco BPM, UniCredit shed most NPLs in H1