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Cross-currency confusion stalks FCA announcements
Possibility of RFR fallbacks setting on different dates creating valuation issues, say banks
Top US banks reined in RWAs in Q2
Credit exposures fall after a wild first quarter
Following Fed relief, SLR bonds loosen for top US banks
Billions of Tier 1 capital freed by tweak to ratio’s denominator
Systemic US banks put aside $35bn for credit losses in Q2
JP Morgan takes a $10.5 billion provision charge alone
Trading risks lurched higher at top US dealers in Q2
Bank of America and Morgan Stanley saw VAR levels surge over 50%
Citi’s default fund contributions climbed $2bn in Q1
US bank sees requirement hike 27% quarter-on-quarter
At top US banks, stress test capital hit driven by dividends
Shareholder giveaways make up bulk of post-stress capital losses at JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley, Bank of America
Three systemic US banks face stress capital buffer add-ons
JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley will see minimum requirements increase under new regime
US banks lowball loan pain, overstate trading hit in Fed tests
In aggregate, systemic lenders underestimated loan-loss provisions by 18%
FCMs feared systemic incident during March back-office meltdown
Trade breaks following Covid-19 spike in futures volumes required massive clean-up job, says BofA exec
Client margin up 40% at Morgan Stanley’s swaps unit in Q1
Aggregate US FCM margin up a huge $34.8 billion quarter-on-quarter
Sold CDS notionals climbed 16% at top US banks in Q1
Net fair value of credit protection positions vaults to $5.3 billion
How XVAs shaped top US dealers’ trading revenues in Q1
Citi disclosed a -$835 million CVA impact on revenues
Mark-to-model assets surge at top US banks in Q1
Level 3 instruments hit an aggregate $137 billion among banks over $100 billion in size
CVA capital charges jumped 50% at systemic US banks in Q1
Goldman Sachs’ charge climbs 76% quarter-on-quarter
Interest rate swaps powered Q1 derivatives boom at top US banks
Rate derivatives notionals increase 22% quarter-on-quarter
Cash flood expanded systemic footprint of top US banks
Intra-system liabilities up 26% in Q1
Corporate loan default risk spiked at US G-Sibs in Q1
Median probability of default increases 17bp to 1.39% on the quarter
Systemic riskiness of top US banks increased in Q1
JP Morgan’s systemic risk score increased enough to attract a 4% capital surcharge
Risk density of top US banks edged down in Q1
Banks piled up assets with low risk-weightings in the first quarter
At systemic US banks, CLO holdings dip
Wells Fargo sees 15% sliced off the value of its portfolio
Non-operational deposits flooded US G-Sibs in Q1
JP Morgan also sees a big jump in its maturity mismatch add-on
Citi’s counterparty credit risk charge up 38% in Q1
Probability of default of portfolio increases to 0.73% from 0.68%
Covid tumult pushed VAR capital charges up 72% at US G-Sibs
JP Morgan’s charge increases 148% quarter-on-quarter