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Pimco’s interest rate swaps book shrinks 21% in Q3
Counterparty Radar: BlackRock and Capital Group also trim positions to drive down swaps usage by US mutual funds
Citi, JP Morgan bail-in buffers ebb above minimums
Duo’s long-term debt headroom closest to regulatory requirements among top US banks
US dealers’ leverage adequacy hits two-year high on repo compression
Lower repo exposures freed up capacity for derivatives and off-balance sheet items in third quarter
BNP takes top forwards spot with US mutuals
Counterparty Radar: French bank ousts Bank of America to lead the table for the first time
Fed methodology adds as much as 2% to US G-Sib surcharges
Morgan Stanley’s binding add-on is three times as high as under Basel framework
HSBC leads global uptick in OTC derivatives clearing
Systemic banks cleared record €250 trillion in notionals in 2022
Citi propels G-Sibs’ OTC derivatives notionals to nine-year high
Bank leapfrogged Goldman as fourth-largest derivatives dealer after 20% jump over 2022
UBS, three Chinese banks face higher capital surcharges
Credit Suisse and UniCredit dropped from G-Sib list in latest systemic risk assessment
At US banks, paper losses on HTM securities hit new high
Bank of America leads way as mortgage-backed securities drive aggregate rise in Q3
US life insurers piled into index options in Q2
Counterparty Radar: Lincoln Financial, Global Atlantic lead expansion; Goldman claims top dealer spot
Bank of America refills AFS book with T-Bills
Bank makes head start on peers in reshaping battered fair-value investments
Morgan Stanley grows overnight and open repos as rivals retreat
Dealer adds $30 billion on its book while peers shift to longer tenors
How US insurers went to war over CLOs
Mutuals and private equity-backed rivals clash over determination of capital charges
PacWest leads banks on NII growth decline
Deutsche Bank bucks positive European trend while NatWest leads UK negative growth in Q3
BofA’s VAR reels back to pre-pandemic level
Dealer leads large US banks on curtailing market risk
Discover, Capital One credit card delinquencies surpass pre-pandemic levels
Seven credit card lenders see delinquency rates accelerate after slowing in Q2
US life insurers’ interest rate swaps usage surged in Q2
Counterparty Radar: John Hancock, Principal Financial expanded books by more than half
Non-performing CRE loans surge 61% at three US banks
NPL ratio for commercial real estate up to 2.3% across trio, highest since at least 2019
JP Morgan, BofA say Basel III plan could wipe out capital cushion
Banks forecast $82 billion cumulative hike in capital requirements from Fed proposals
Five US banks add $7bn in unrealised losses in Q3
Deductions at JP Morgan and Wells Fargo surge by more than $2 billion each
US funds add to single-name CDS positions
Counterparty Radar: Corporate positions exceed SSA contracts for first time on record in Q2
US banks ditch IR futures as appetite for swaps booms
Notional for futures craters 19% in Q2, hitting lowest in at least seven years
Riskless assets hit three-year low at top US banks
JP Morgan drives shift, shedding more than $65 billion in risk-free exposures
Wells Fargo has thinnest TLAC headroom globally
Bail-in funds sat 8% above required amount at end-June, smallest gap among the 25 banks subject to the standard