Bank of America
VAR-based charges drop at Goldman and Wells, rise at JP
VAR-based capital requirements fell 7% on average across the eight G-Sibs
Goldman's OTC client margin jumps
FCM client funds increase 36% year-on-year – the fastest growth among leading US clearers
Derivatives exposures at US G-Sibs on the wane
Bank of America cuts $15 billion in third quarter, the most of the big eight firms
US G-Sibs cut $36bn of HQLA
Wells Fargo clears out $27 billion of HQLA in first nine months of 2017 alone
LCRs show US banks run more risk than European peers
The gap between the two averages has widened over the past three quarters to 250bp from 212bp
Goldman, Wells cut operational risk
The two firms reduce op RWAs by combined $15 billion in third quarter
Machine learning hits explainability barrier
Banks hire AI industry experts in face of growing regulatory scrutiny
JP Morgan slashes UK exposures ahead of Brexit
Derivatives and securities exposures halved since June 2016
Bank of America posts lowest LCR to date
The firm's LCR fell to 120% from 122% in third quarter
US banks’ internal stress tests vary
Choice of stress period affects market risk capital requirements
People moves: TSB chief exec quits, Eurex loses two execs, new cyber chief at Commerzbank, and more
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BAML exec fears ‘systemic risk’ if margin issue not resolved
Regulators urged to make swift decision on exempting small end-users
US banks shuffle structured product portfolios
Investments classified as available-for-sale drop $8.7 billion across six largest dealers
Goldman Sachs is last major bank holding CDO squared
$50 million of legacy positions reported in dealer's trading book at end-June
Goldman, BAML back Trace reporting changes
Banks are pushing for 48-hour delay in reporting large corporate bond trades
Wells Fargo swells MBS trading portfolio
San Francisco-based dealer grows allocation by $11 billion from end-2016
BAML may rejoin China swaps market after US policy shift
Clearing exemption removes swaps deterrent as bank seeks to hedge growing China exposure
Swap books swell at big US banks despite lower risk profile
Total OTC derivatives notional among the eight banks is $222 trillion – a 2% increase on the quarter
US banks' VAR-based charges drop in Q2
The average decrease in the VAR-based capital requirement across the eight US G-Sibs was 10.4%, compared with a 23% increase in the first quarter
CCP resolution, margin and Libor’s modelling threat
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Citi’s market structure head jumps to BAML
Theisen previously worked at Barclays, Bear Stearns and Goldman Sachs
US banks curb market risk
G-Sibs cut $31 billion of market RWAs in three months to June
People moves: BAML makes changes in derivatives clearing, Mattatia joins MSCI, RBS hires new CRO, and more
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