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UK CCPs see gradual shift toward foreign clearing members
North America and Asia-Pacific clearing houses remain dominated by domestic members
Volatile Q2 reshapes margin composition at top CCPs
JSCC introduces new cash collateral method, CME sees gold hit record high
Crédit Ag’s risk footprint swells faster than EU peers
Relative analysis of systemic scores suggests sticky step-up in G-Sib surcharge
US banks’ cash holdings jump $79 billion in Q2
Cash reserves up 4%, in biggest rise since 2023
JPM Securities holds fifth of F&O customer funds
Gap to second-largest FCM widens to record high as segregated funds surpass $70bn
BNP Paribas poised for fresh G-Sib score cut via intra-EU waiver
Carve-out facing US pushback compressed bank’s cross-border footprint 51% in 2024
Morgan Stanley SCB cut unlocks $4.2bn after rare Fed appeal win
Bank’s buffer falls 170bp, widening average cut across US banks subject to the regime to 66bp
European banks swell stocks of complex instruments
Derivatives and hard-to-value holdings rose across the bloc in 2024
JP Morgan SE’s clearing rate plunged to 15% in 2024
US bank’s EU arm slashed €5.7trn in cleared notionals, while bilateral grew €11.4trn
UniCredit’s VAR cools as Commerz swaps convert to shares
Average reading down by over a third after Italian bank settles part of its stake in the German lender
Euro IR derivatives dethrone dollar as turnover hits new high
Latest BIS triennial survey shows euro-denominated contracts averaged $3trn a day in April
JP Morgan SE, BPCE drive surge in European OTC derivatives
Foreign-owned dealer and French bank climb rankings on rapid notional growth in 2024
Required IM at top CCPs climbs 11% to record high in Q2
Tariff shocks and trading shifts propel surge across the board
Trade tensions lift China G-Sibs’ CVA charges 10% in Q2
Top Chinese banks’ RWAs rebound for first time since Basel III overhaul
US banks tighten grip on gold shorts
Open interest in Comex gold futures sold by banks up 54% between December and August
US banks’ OTC derivatives climb to new highs amid tariff woes
Notionals up more than 7% in largest Q2 jump on record
EU banks’ systemic indicators soared to record highs in 2024
Trading activity drives surge across 29 banks
Tariff volatility triggers record margin calls at global CCPs
Aggregate average VM call in Q2 eclipsed pandemic highs
Market RWAs climb at top Chinese banks as risk sensitivities spike
China Construction Bank records biggest rise on record in Q2
Ice Credit below availability target after six-hour op failure
May 5 outage longest since public disclosure began in 2015
Global CCPs suffer record IM breaches in tariff-hit Q2
JSCC leads surge ahead of Eurex, CDCC, OCC and LCH
UniCredit shed €976bn of OTC derivatives notionals in 2024
Italian bank posts sole decline among EU peers through trade compression
US CDS clearing drops to 11-month low in August
Retreat from CCPs tied to jump in uncleared contracts for peripheral geographies
No progress on US banks’ EVE transparency in H1
Less than half of banks analysed disclose figures for key measure of long-term interest rate sensitivity