Crédit Agricole
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
Change to risk-weight floor amps EU banks’ securitisation RWAs
BNP Paribas’ banking book securitisation RWAs increased 32% on end-2019
Asia Risk Awards 2020: The winners
Winners of the Asia Risk Awards and Technology Awards
RMB house of the year: Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank
Asia Risk Awards 2020
Systemic eurozone banks expand cleared portfolios
BNP Paribas is an outlier, having ratcheted up bilateral trading since 2013
Top banks defer €1.6bn of profits on hard-to-value trades in H1
BNP Paribas set aside €532 million alone in H1
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
Systemic European banks’ bail-in buffers fell in Q1
Bail-in debt stocks increase, but balance sheet expansion crimps TLAC ratios
Eurozone bank capital buffers swell on Covid relief measures
Average buffer increases to 393bp across 14 eurozone lenders
Systemic eurozone banks take €10bn in loan-loss provisions
Santander takes a whopping €3.9 billion out of income
Capital overhaul depresses Crédit Agricole’s solvency ratio
Wind down of “Switch” mechanism may have come at a bad time for the French lender
Crédit Agricole, Natixis, UniCredit pummelled by XVA losses
Top banks take combined €207 million hit from valuation adjustments
First USD/CNY cross-currency swap using SOFR trades
Crédit Agricole and Bank of China’s $10m trade marks a new milestone for risk-free rate
Fed’s leverage ratio relief puts foreign banks on the back foot
European banks cannot – yet – exempt US Treasuries from their exposure measures
Asia moves: JP Morgan names new Apac CEO, Axa hires six heads, and more
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Crédit Agricole leads French banks on return on RWAs
BNP Paribas only bank to improve RoRWA year-on-year
Tax windfall at Crédit Agricole to fund capital shake-up
Relief for Emporiki sale bolstered CET1 capital ratio +40bp
Asia moves: Natixis hires Asia M&A chief, Deutsche Bank picks north Asia head, and more
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Bank disruptors: Crédit Ag taps AI to lure swaptions business
Machine learning model predicts client demand with high accuracy, giving traders an edge in pricing
Bank disruptors: tread carefully and bend things
How BofA, SocGen, JP Morgan, Nomura, UBS and others are disrupting themselves
People moves: NatWest Markets in senior shake-up, and more
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Trading’s share of EU bank income shrinks in Q3
French banks boasted highest share of income from trading, at 24%