Risk Quantum/Wells Fargo
US banks’ CDS books shrink $2 trillion in two years
Wells Fargo only major bank to grow credit portfolio year-to-date
Goldman sees third-quarter fall in market RWAs
Market RWAs fell $13 billion across the eight US G-Sibs
US banks bolster quality of short-term funding
Eight US G-Sibs increase share of total borrowings made up of well-collateralised repo
JP Morgan on brink of 4% G-Sib surcharge
US bank will have to cull balance sheet by year-end
Basel and Fed G-Sib methods pose dual test to US banks
Different emphasis of rival frameworks could frustrate bank efforts to reduce systemic risk
Citi, State Street grow off-balance sheet exposures
Big US banks add $11 billion in exposures during Q3
VAR-based charges drop at Goldman and Wells, rise at JP
VAR-based capital requirements fell 7% on average across the eight G-Sibs
Goldman's OTC client margin jumps
FCM client funds increase 36% year-on-year – the fastest growth among leading US clearers
Derivatives exposures at US G-Sibs on the wane
Bank of America cuts $15 billion in third quarter, the most of the big eight firms
US banks continue to lop back market risk
Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley shrink requirements by over $1 billion year to date
US G-Sibs cut $36bn of HQLA
Wells Fargo clears out $27 billion of HQLA in first nine months of 2017 alone
LCRs show US banks run more risk than European peers
The gap between the two averages has widened over the past three quarters to 250bp from 212bp
Goldman, Wells cut operational risk
The two firms reduce op RWAs by combined $15 billion in third quarter
Wells Fargo cuts $24 billion of RWAs
Optimisation efforts preserve capital ratio despite $14.5 billion of cash returns to shareholders
US banks’ internal stress tests vary
Choice of stress period affects market risk capital requirements
US banks shuffle structured product portfolios
Investments classified as available-for-sale drop $8.7 billion across six largest dealers
Goldman Sachs is last major bank holding CDO squared
$50 million of legacy positions reported in dealer's trading book at end-June
Wells Fargo swells MBS trading portfolio
San Francisco-based dealer grows allocation by $11 billion from end-2016
Swap books swell at big US banks despite lower risk profile
Total OTC derivatives notional among the eight banks is $222 trillion – a 2% increase on the quarter
US banks' VAR-based charges drop in Q2
The average decrease in the VAR-based capital requirement across the eight US G-Sibs was 10.4%, compared with a 23% increase in the first quarter
VAR switch may explain $500 million capital hike at Wells Fargo
Change in stress period drives 15% increase in market risk capital requirement
US banks curb market risk
G-Sibs cut $31 billion of market RWAs in three months to June
US big banks shrink systemic footprints in Q2
JP Morgan moves down into 3.5% capital surcharge bucket under Fed G-Sib methodology
Bank of America grows derivatives, bucking G-Sib trend
Total derivatives exposures jumped 4.2% quarter-to-quarter to $299.4 billion