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KKR crushes antitrust fine record over pre-merger filing fails
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Morgan Stanley FCM capital surges to record $26.7 billion
July’s $6 billion increase is largest in firm’s history, despite lower capital requirements
BofA’s Level 2 HQLAs triple in Q2
Less liquid assets make up highest share of buffer in three years
People: Barclays IB pivots to co-CEOs, SocGen in shake-up, and more
Latest job changes across the industry
Supersize me: top US houses grab bigger share of pie
Dealer Rankings 2026: For US funds and insurers, filings show more business going to five domestic dealers
How US dealers flipped the script in OTC trading
Dealer Rankings 2026: After years of creeping specialisation, buy-side filings show top US houses expanding across the board, and squeezing European rivals
Swaps traders spot their e-FX chance – finally
Swaps and forwards dealers are increasingly using spot e-FX techniques for pricing and risk management
Dealers shun yen barriers after joint US-Japan action
Market-makers retreat from exotic structures amid intervention risk, with funds in wait-and-see mode
Modelled RWAs at systemic banks undershoot standardised by $441bn
Wells Fargo and Bank of America have largest gap between internal and regulator-set models
JP Morgan’s negative AOCI widens in Q2
Three US G-Sibs report larger unrealised losses, but Citi bucks the trend
US banks add $75 billion of CRE as concentration risks recede
Portfolios grow at fastest pace in nearly three years, while exposure above regulatory thresholds drops
US banks show little risk shift after eSLR relief
Lowest-risk exposures hit record, but BNY drives largest reallocation
US banks more optimistic than Fed on loan losses
JP Morgan, BofA and Wells Fargo stray furthest from Fed’s estimates
Fed projects near-record CRE losses for US banks
Wells Fargo tops estimated losses as stress test scenario hits commercial property loans
Citi loss narrows as DFAST AOCI windfalls fade
US banks’ projected paper losses narrow by $4.7bn
Dealers split on best path to electronically hedge FX swaps
IDB costs see banks eyeing Clobs and dark pools, but traders say brokers still have their charms
Six banks fall short of full DFAST buffers
DB USA and HSBC North America post largest all-in CET1 shortfalls, while new entrant First Citizens also misses
Swap customer funds hit record in May at US FCMs
Wells Fargo, BofA see sharpest upticks; Barclays and BNPP reach new highs
Second line seeks to stamp its authority on AI risk
Risk Benchmarking study finds fragmented accountability for AI risk among banks, and most are short of controls to contain it
Top US banks load up on derivatives in Q1
Credit, commodity and interest rate notionals balloon
Megabanks boost repo exposures after SLR reform
Volumes of repo-style transactions at US systemic banks top $2.5trn, helping drive record-low SLRs in Q1