Barclays
UK bank securitisation exposures on the rise
Originate-to-distribute engine revs up
StanChart CVA charge jumps 161% in Q3
Charge rises to $99 million in three months to end-September
UK bank misconduct charges dwindle
Six of seven stress-tested banks report 50% fall in legal and regulatory reserves
Cross-border risks drive European G-Sib scores
Basel method shows cross-jurisdictional activity makes up 30.8% of banks’ total G-Sib scores
Barclays and Lloyds improve resilience to stress tests, HSBC falls back
Capital headroom above pass/fail thresholds increases to 250bp at lenders
IFRS 9 transition eases UK banks’ path through stress tests
Aggregate CET1 ratio 130bp lower without transitional relief
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
EU G-Sibs cut $14 billion in op risk
Banco Santander posted the largest decline – at 7% – with op RWAs falling to $70 billion
In EU stress tests, everyone’s a loser
European Union-wide stress tests deserve a 'Could do better'
Capital sharing caps hit over half of EU stress test banks
Capital conservation measure saves 25 banks €52 billion over stress-test period
Deutsche, Barclays breach leverage ratios in EBA stress tests
Five banks fall below 3% regulatory minimum level
UK banks gain capital edge through IFRS 9 transitionals
Four big lenders claim £3 billion CRR-mandated relief
Big UK banks have £278 billion exposure to ‘junk’ loans
Non-investment grade exposures make up 31% of total corporate exposures
Risk of no-trade lists as banks leave Brexit plans late
European clients could face bottleneck of contract transfer requests from relocating banks
LCH cancellation notices, Eurex incentives and prop trader rules
The week on Risk.net, September 29 – October 5, 2018
Dealers sour on Mifid’s systematic internaliser label
SI decisions will take account of tougher pre-trade rules, client demand and Brexit
Hackathon finds pre-trade gold in Isda’s post-trade project
Dealers’ derivatives trade processing costs could be cut by at least $3 billion per year
Modelled market risk falls for UK banks as standardised risk rises
Barclays had the lowest percentage of market RWAs calculated under IMA, at 49.6%, and Lloyds Banking Group the highest, at 86.1%
BNP Paribas grows SFT assets 36%
French bank has overtaken Barclays to become the largest European SFT dealer
People moves: BAML makes changes in derivatives clearing, Mattatia joins MSCI, RBS hires new CRO, and more
Latest job changes across the industry
EU bank leverage increases in H1
Average leverage ratios degrade 19 basis points in six months to June
UK leverage ratios stray from EU measures
Bank of England changes exempt central bank claims from UK measure, causing discrepancies with CRR version
European banks junk op risk modelling
Barclays and BNP Paribas move to standardised approach in the second quarter
CVA capital at top UK banks falls £260m in H1
HSBC led the way with a 38% reduction, followed by RBS with a fall of 35%