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Assets under custody creep up at BNY, JP and State Street
Across the eight US systemically important banks, custody assets rose 27% year on year
JP Morgan, BofA face higher G-Sib surcharges
Both banks could face an extra 50 basis points of capital add-on without remedial action
Banks invest in futures utility to guard against tech snafus
FCMs, including Goldman and JP, stump up $44 million to fund FIA Tech push to standardise trade processing
Bank of America cleared swaps jump $6.6trn
Bank’s quarterly increase leads US G-Sibs’ $25trn rise in Q1
People moves: five leave JP Morgan, MS names co-presidents, and more
Latest job changes across the industry
Wells Fargo’s off-balance-sheet exposures up $54bn
Total OBS exposures across the US largest systemically important institutions hit $3.04trn in Q1
US banks add $130bn in carve-out assets as SLR relief ends
JP Morgan led the top US banks in increasing their stock of US Treasuries and excess reserves
JPM records highest number of profit-making days in six years
In aggregate, US G-Sibs racked up 355 profit-making days over Q1
Morgan Stanley, Bank of America push VAR limits the most
Largest losses-to-VAR ratios at the two firms were the highest among the eight systemic US banks in Q1
Goldman’s market RWAs grew $14.9 billion in Q1
The increase was largely due to higher VAR and SVAR measures
RWA density rises at Citi, BNY Mellon and State Street
The eight US G-Sibs reported total assets of $14.2 trillion, up 5% quarter on quarter
Sterling swaptions edge towards Sonia ahead of July deadline
Risk-free successor jumps to almost half non-linear activity, up from 20% in April
Prudential, Goldman cast doubt on Libor-like replacement rates
Isda AGM: Participants split on case for credit-sensitive rates in post-Libor world
Goldman’s swaps clearing unit boosts client margin by $1.2bn
The top eight FCMs accounted for 95.8% of total client required margin, down 96.4% YoY
Op risk data: Money laundering gaffes cost ABN €480m in penalties
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ARRC’s Wipf ‘puzzled’ by appeal of Libor-like benchmarks
Credit-sensitive benchmarks face questions over inputs and compliance
Systemic US banks released $9.4bn of credit reserves in Q1
JP Morgan reversed $4.2 billion of provisions alone
Strange new world of Covid economics upends loan-loss models
Models wrong-footed by government support, slumps in whole sectors and differences within industries
BofA kept up bond binge in Q1
Bank added $172bn of debt securities to portfolio over first three months of the year
Level 3 assets at US banks grew 13% in 2020
Citi posted an 100% increase over the year to $16.1 billion
Citi-led consortium plans multibank CLO trading platform
‘Project Octopus’ aims to fend off independent platforms eyeing a push into CLOs
Goldman, Morgan Stanley led US dealers on equity swaps in 2020
Overall equity derivatives notionals at Goldman hit $2.08 trillion at end-2020
Derivatives notionals at Wells Fargo, BofA fell in 2020
Written options notionals dropped 12% in aggregate
Top US banks to lose out from end of SLR relief
Average G-Sib will see SLR decline 90 basis points using Q4 2020 figures