Credit Agricole
VAR surges, revenues tank at French banks hurt by volatility
Revenues decline €1.2 billion at big four banks' trading arms
Many EU banks’ sovereign portfolios highly concentrated
Forty-eight lenders have more than three-quarters of sovereign risk allocated to home country
G-Sib leverage makeups differ by region
Median US G-Sib has higher share of exposure measure made up of derivatives and repo than EU peer
ING reaps third-quarter CVA capital savings
Intesa and Caixabank also see CVA charges decline
Cross-border risks drive European G-Sib scores
Basel method shows cross-jurisdictional activity makes up 30.8% of banks’ total G-Sib scores
Market risk drops €5 billion at big EU banks, reversing trend
Banco Santander posts largest reduction of group, with market RWAs falling €2.2 billion
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
European credit model outputs vary wildly
Risk densities range widely and out-of-sync with average probabilities of default
Corporate loan RWAs doubled by standardised approach
RWA densities for corporate loans under standardised approach stand at 94%, for A-IRB just 43%
Deutsche Bank's risky corporate loan pile towers over peers
German lender has one-quarter of all high-risk corporate loans reported by EU big banks
Asia moves: SFC names new chairman, LCH hires regional head, and more
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People moves: TSB chief exec quits, Eurex loses two execs, new cyber chief at Commerzbank, and more
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Standardised market RWAs on the rise at EU banks
Standardised approach-generated RWAs increase €4.7 billion across 12 banks
BNP Paribas grows SFT assets 36%
French bank has overtaken Barclays to become the largest European SFT dealer
EU bank leverage increases in H1
Average leverage ratios degrade 19 basis points in six months to June
Top European banks shed $32 billion in op risk
5% average drop across 16 European banks reported quarter to quarter
French banks’ leverage ratios rally on EU court win
Improvements of 10 to 30 basis points follow change to leverage measure
People moves: Barclays names ‘digital’ leaders for markets, JP Morgan promotes Fernandes, and more
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Bank risk committees: desperately seeking risk managers
Most boards still lack career risk specialists despite tighter governance requirements
Take-up of credit modelling varies at European banks
Percentage of credit RWAs calculated using IRB approaches ranges from 42% to 91% across large dealers
Crédit Agricole and Groupe BPCE hardest hit by countercyclical buffer
Minimum capital requirement will rise around 20 basis points at BPCE; 16 at Crédit Agricole
Over one-quarter of EU bank credit exposures overseas
Spanish banks exhibit highest level of overseas risk, Nordic banks the lowest
The special one: a eurozone G-Sib waiver for BNP Paribas
Experts say French bank’s G-Sib buffer could fall to 1%, saving €3 billion in regulatory capital