Citi
Goldman, JP and BofA face higher G-Sib surcharges
Banks could see an extra 50 basis points of capital add-on without remedial action
Citi’s share of cleared swaps hits new high
Latest quarterly increase, alongside that of Goldman Sachs, bucks trend across top US banks
JP, Goldman and TD surge in FX forwards as Citi falls back
Counterparty Radar: Citi drops to fifth, losing a third of market share with US mutual funds
Russia GDRs face extinction on sanctions and market closures
Around 100 programmes hang in the balance after BNY Mellon resigns as depository bank for VTB
Citi leads US banks in cutting market risk
Aggregate market RWAs across systemic banks down $26 billion, despite Bank of America bucking the trend
US banks see highest number of loss-making days in six years
Wells Fargo, Citi and JP Morgan the worst performers in record-breaking Q4
Top US banks record 14 VAR breaches
JPM, Morgan Stanley, BofA, Citi, Goldman and State Street wrong-footed in volatile end to 2021
Structured products house of the year: Citi
Risk awards 2022: Future-proofing against jack-knife market moves gives US giant the edge with clients
The Collins flaw: backstop turned binding constraint
US legislative tweak was meant to prevent banks from using their own capital models too liberally. It’s now something different
Op risk data: Morgan Stanley, Capital One’s data breach double trouble
Also: Citi shells out $45m for misleading stock trading info; coding clangers cost Credit Suisse $9m. Data by ORX News
All top US banks below Collins floor
None of the eight systemic banks in the country above the threshold for the first time since 2015
Top US banks released $18.5bn of credit reserves in 2021
JP Morgan reversed over $6bn of PCLs, the most of the group
Led by BofA, US banks doubled distributions in 2021
Stock buybacks and dividends hit $117.7 billion last year
Citi bolstered CET1 ratio on eve of SA-CCR switch
Standardised RWAs dropped 5% in Q4, boosting the bank’s core ratio by 55bp
Review of 2021: Default, revolt, reform
Archegos, GameStop, the last days of Libor – markets just about coped in a bleak and disorderly year
Interest rate swap activity surges ahead of Fed tightening
Counterparty Radar: Managers react to fastest rise in inflation in three decades
Mizuho’s F&O clearing unit boosts client margin by $1.05bn
In contrast, Morgan Stanley reports largest drop over same period
Pimco, Capital Group lead expansion of index CDS market
Counterparty Radar: Total positions reach new high driven by growth of swaps referencing CDX NA IG
Client margin up 7% at Bank of America’s swaps unit
Aggregate required client margin across all FCMs at highest point since second quarter of 2020
Morgan Stanley solidifies forwards lead as Citi and BNP slip
Counterparty Radar: Non-G10 pairs regain momentum despite dip in total positions in Q3
SA-CCR halts Citi’s buybacks plan
Bank will pause stock buybacks until new year to mitigate new methodology impact and create extra capital headroom
TLAC buffers up at all but three systemic US banks
BNY Mellon, Citi and Wells Fargo saw their headroom shrink from a year ago
Risks building at Goldman and Wells Fargo
RWA density edged higher at two dealers in the third quarter
Systemic risk: Fed methodology out of sync with Basel’s
Different inputs and calculator formulae pose dual test to US banks