Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS)
Cross-border risks drive European G-Sib scores
Basel method shows cross-jurisdictional activity makes up 30.8% of banks’ total G-Sib scores
Basel’s archaic op risk taxonomy gets a makeover
Industry moves to revise out-of-date categories that feature risks such as cheque fraud
Custody banks add $1.2trn assets, BNY Mellon overtakes State Street
The combined total hit $93 trillion at end-September
Basel and Fed G-Sib methods pose dual test to US banks
Different emphasis of rival frameworks could frustrate bank efforts to reduce systemic risk
TD Bank on verge of G-Sib capital jump
Cross-jurisdictional activity behind ramp-up in Canadian bank's systemic riskiness
Leverage ratio unpopular among non-Basel countries
Few jurisdictions use measure to backstop risk-based capital frameworks
G-Sib indicator change would hike JP Morgan surcharge
US bank would swallow 3.5% G-Sib surcharge if substituability cap lifted
Costs deter clearing clients from using back-up dealers
End-users say using more than one clearing broker doesn't make economic sense
Deutsche largest derivatives bank in 2017
German dealer accounted for 8% of total notionals across 75 largest banks
Global banks shrink systemic footprint
The big banks trimmed total leverage exposure by €2.9 trillion (4%) in 2017
RBS, Nordea escape G-Sib cuffs, BPCE joins the club
The once-largest bank in the world is no longer considered a systemic threat
UK and EU bank leverage ratios edge lower
Average European G-Sib ratio down 27bp year to date
Wells Fargo opts for FRTB’s standardised approach
Risk USA: Complexity of internal models drives big bank to an approach designed for smaller ones
Banks scent margin offset in US SA-CCR proposal
US agencies seek comment on whether IM should be recognised in leverage ratio calculations
Rate rises, structural reforms transforming swaps market – BIS
Interest rate derivatives notionals up 13% in first half of 2018, but values collapse 12%
Basel Committee names and shames regulatory laggards
Mexico, China, and US yet to implement key rule changes
Cross-border loans to the US dip in Q2
Coss-border borrowings expressed as a percentage of the region’s GDP fell from 15.3% to 14.3%
New NMRF rules will push more desks to standardised approach
Restrictions on use of proxy data will bar banks from using internal models, conference hears
FRTB could ‘kill’ local markets – South African banks
Dealers urge South African Reserve Bank to depart from Basel standards on NMRFs
NSFR pricing Singapore banks out of swaps market, dealers say
Market share in long-dated trades has halved since metric was imposed at start of year
Compliance preparations amid uncertain rules
A forum of industry leaders discusses how banks will define individual trading desks under FRTB, whether BCBS 239 compliance projects can help banks meet FRTB risk data challenges, which model validation obstacles banks still face and other key topics
Basel to propose IM offset in leverage ratio
Four sources say draft will make concession; it could also revive EU-US segregation drama
European LCRs improve as cash outflows drop and HQLA rises
Greek banks' liquidity buffers lag far behind EU average