Data
ABN Amro’s impairment charges drop €28 million
Impairment charges were down 21% to €106 million over the three months to end-September
Santander loan-loss reserves eat into profits
Group-wide provisions pushed higher by the bank's US unit, which saw loan-loss reserves leap 44% to €649m over the quarter
Loan losses bedevil Lloyds in EU stress tests
UK bank saw largest CET1 decline due to asset impairment of EU-wide sample
Capital sharing caps hit over half of EU stress test banks
Capital conservation measure saves 25 banks €52 billion over stress-test period
Intesa Sanpaolo continues battle against bad loans
The ratio of NPLs to total exposures dropped to 4.5% at end-September
Accounting change dents Aussie bank earnings
Four largest Australian lenders lose about $2bn in earnings on the switch to new accounting standard AASB 9
Big EU banks lost €22bn capital on IFRS 9 switch
Italian banks saw the largest capital depletion, losing €9 billion (8.9%) of CET1 capital on the transition
German banks biggest losers in EBA stress tests
Eight German lenders projected to shed €41 billion in CET1 capital under adverse scenario
Deutsche, Barclays breach leverage ratios in EBA stress tests
Five banks fall below 3% regulatory minimum level
JP Morgan slashes UK exposures ahead of Brexit
Derivatives and securities exposures halved since June 2016
Danske money laundering scandal leads to capital add-ons
The add-ons pushed Danske’s management to revise its target CET1 capital ratio higher
Stronger loans buttress ANZ profits, suppress RWAs
Gross impaired assets fall A$400 million year to year
HQLA savings may hit $52bn for big three US regionals
US Bancorp could slash HQLAs by $24 billion if ratio is set at 70% for Category IIIs
Credit Suisse drains HQLA as business migration risk ebbs
Total HQLA fell Sfr13.5 billion to Sfr188 billion in Q3
StanChart slashes $6.6 billion of RWAs
Two-thirds of reduction achieved through RWA efficiencies
UK banks gain capital edge through IFRS 9 transitionals
Four big lenders claim £3 billion CRR-mandated relief
Rate rises, structural reforms transforming swaps market – BIS
Interest rate derivatives notionals up 13% in first half of 2018, but values collapse 12%
BBVA cuts €2 billion of toxic assets
The bank’s NPL ratio fell to 4.1% at end-September
BNP Paribas bolsters capital ratio on First Hawaiian sale
CET1 capital increases €516 million in third quarter
HSBC nets $5 billion capital saving as PRA slims add-on
Pillar 2A requirement drops following PRA review
Basel Committee names and shames regulatory laggards
Mexico, China, and US yet to implement key rule changes
European credit model outputs vary wildly
Risk densities range widely and out-of-sync with average probabilities of default
Cross-border loans to the US dip in Q2
Coss-border borrowings expressed as a percentage of the region’s GDP fell from 15.3% to 14.3%
US ‘transfer restrictions’ take a bite out of UBS’s LCR
Overseas subsidiaries are holding more HQLA to meet local liquidity requirements