Barclays
Don’t mind the gap risk: regulatory treatment of credit repacks
Gap risk in repackaging is not a credit valuation adjustment for Basel III capital purposes, argues senior quant Andrey Chirikhin
Portway leaves Barclays, destination unknown
Group operational risk head departs after 14 years at firm
Doubts swirl over future of FX cartel case
Group of banks accused of manipulation have filed for the class action to be dismissed
UK banks add £7.4bn of CCR RWAs
Barclays and Standard Chartered drive counterparty credit risk surge in Q1
Barclays built a risk framework for GenAI from scratch
Eleven teams contribute to assessing generative AI use cases in a system that includes 35 controls
SRT issuance hits €260bn as capital relief grows
Banks cut capital ratios by over 40bp on average via SRT deals, BIS research shows
End-quarter repo compressions still widespread at global banks
Erste sees biggest leverage boost among 41 banks from end-2025 SFT compression
Pimco slashes short dollar forwards at year-end
Counterparty Radar: EUR/USD cuts drive $86.5 billion reduction
The loneliness of the model risk manager
Boards may see them as a drag on innovation; risk functions need to show they embrace efficiency
CDS financials index to relaunch – minus big bank names
Revamped index drops G-Sibs and adds BDCs, but questions remain around use cases
People: JP Morgan’s data and AI move, Eurex clearing chief, and more
Latest job changes across the industry
November VAR breach keeps Barclays in amber zone
UK bank logged five backtesting exceptions in 2025, keeping model in penalty band
People: You’re fired! US agency rejig, new CROs at ING, StanChart, and more
Latest job changes across the industry
Robertson leaves Barclays’ prime services in New York
Head of prime derivatives services unit departs after seven years with the bank for Carbon Point
Barclays runs closest to capital hurdles in BoE stress test
UK lender still weakest against required minimums but widens buffers from prior exercise
US banks diverge from global peers on OTC clearing
Clearing rates fall in US as UK, Europe and Canada push higher
BoE lowers capital benchmark for first time in a decade
Drop to 13% envisages 0.5pp decline in Pillar 2 add-ons after Basel III
Bank of America leaps to fourth on global OTC derivatives ranking
Bank overtakes BNP Paribas, Morgan Stanley, Goldman and Citi with €8.3 trillion expansion in 2024
People: BofA’s new markets heads, Barclays takes SG’s Mastrangelo, and more
Latest job changes across the industry
Credit derivatives house of the year: Barclays
Risk Awards 2026: Move to central risk book model for bonds brings more hedging flexibility and helps boost market share
Op risk data: Ghost of Madoff still haunts HSBC
Also: Giant loan frauds hit three global banks, and AWS outage casts a cloud. Data by ORX News
Talking Heads 2025: Who will buy Trump’s big, beautiful bonds?
Treasury issuance and hedge fund risks vex macro heavyweights
The great term premium comeback
Sovereign bonds are reintroducing risk compensation, opening up new areas of rates innovation, write Barclays rates heads
Structured products house of the year: Barclays
Risk Asia Awards 2025