BofA becomes first US bank to adopt SA-CCR
Move cut leverage exposure by $66bn, but other banks wary of trade-offs
Bank of America has switched to a new leverage regime 18 months before US banks are required to move, dramatically cutting its total exposure – but finding itself alone among its domestic rivals.
BofA is expected to use the move to the standardised approach to counterparty credit risk (SA-CCR) as a springboard for its equity prime brokerage business, which consumes less capital under the new
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