BNP Paribas
Loan-loss provisions take a smaller bite out of EU banks in Q3
Set-asides fell 57% quarter on quarter
FCM client margin for swaps continued to shrink in Q3
Barclays the outlier as required IM jumps 22%
BNP Paribas’ RWAs shrank over €10bn in Q3
CET1 ratio climbed 20bp to 12.6%
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Mifid transparency mishmash misses key aspects of US system it emulates, say dealers
BNP Paribas grew share of MMF Treasury repo over Q3
French bank accounted for 13% of traded volume as of end-September
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European banks’ liquidity ratios improved over H1
Average ratio across 23 lenders climbed to 151%
VAR spasms heap market risk charges on EU G-Sibs
VAR-based charges increase 94% on end-2019
BNP Paribas again leads eurozone banks on repo exposures
French bank increased exposures 69% over the first six months of the year
Autocalamity: can hit product be reinvented?
Spreads on ‘worst-of’ bonds leap 50% as some dealers retreat and others pile on hedges
Change to risk-weight floor amps EU banks’ securitisation RWAs
BNP Paribas’ banking book securitisation RWAs increased 32% on end-2019
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Dealers vie with Markit to electronify bond issuance
Competing platforms could split the market for new issuance in Europe and the US
Systemic eurozone banks expand cleared portfolios
BNP Paribas is an outlier, having ratcheted up bilateral trading since 2013
EBA’s software compromise draws fire on two fronts
UK regulator suggests it will neuter the proposed capital relief, which banks say doesn’t go far enough
Top banks defer €1.6bn of profits on hard-to-value trades in H1
BNP Paribas set aside €532 million alone in H1
Managing financial risk in cross-border emerging markets M&A
BNP Paribas’ Djamel Bruimaud, strategic sales lead for foreign exchange and local markets for European corporates, and Stephane Benhamou, head of forex and rates solutions sales, France, discuss the creation and execution of a hedging solution designed…
Trading VAR leapt higher across EU banks in Q2
Average VAR across seven systemic lenders increased 61% quarter-on-quarter
Systemic eurozone bank provisions hit €11bn in Q2
ING sees loan-loss charge double in Q2
FX swaps platform aims to cut out the banks – but not entirely
Peer-to-peer newcomer FX HedgePool targets asset managers’ month-end hedging activity
SocGen mulls sale of structured product books after big losses
Rival Natixis also plans to place parts of its equity derivatives business in run-off mode
BNP tags €10bn of equity derivatives as hard-to-value
Over 12% of exposures classified as Level 3 at end-June