Crédit Agricole
EU banks’ derivatives exposures jumped 36% in H1
Top banks added €235bn since December, amid switch to SA-CCR and a new leverage ratio template
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BNP Paribas leads EU banks on repo exposures
French bank increased securities financing transactions by €66bn in the first half of the year, the most among the bloc’s top lenders
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Santander’s CVA charge jumps 94% in Q2
Among the other EU systemic banks, higher capital requirements also at SocGen, ING, Crédit Agricole and UniCredit
Level 3 assets at global systemic banks down 36% since 2014
Hard-to-value holdings down sharply over the past six years, but pandemic threw spanner in the works at some banks
Cleared portfolios surge at EU G-Sibs
Systemic banks post highest share of cleared trades in seven years, as IM phases five and six approach
Crédit Agricole grew OTC derivatives notionals 17% in 2020
Bank pulls ahead of SocGen as third-largest European derivatives bank but risks incurring a higher G-Sib score
CRR II pulls Crédit Agricole’s leverage ratio both ways
New capital requirements offset by ECB exposure relief
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China netting law drives interest in CSAs
Steady growth in contracts with CSAs suggests confidence that clean netting is near
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Deutsche leads eurozone banks on exempted exposures
German bank increased central bank reserves currently excluded from leverage ratio the most in Q1
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UniCredit cut RWAs the most of EU systemic banks in Q1
The €10.8 billion cull helped improve the Italian bank’s CET1 ratio 52bp
Derivatives footprint of top EU banks shrinks
Deutsche Bank reduced these exposures by 12% alone
Systemic EU banks had €213bn of loans under moratoria at end-2020
Exposures covered by payment holidays dropped by €115bn in H2
Government bond swaptions and how they might work
Payoffs based on bond yields instead of swap rates could offer new hedging tool, argue Crédit Agricole execs
EU systemic banks added €9bn to capital through IFRS 9 break
UniCredit was the top beneficiary with an 82 basis points CET1 ratio boost
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EBA faces backlash over ‘green asset ratio’
Bankers reject proposed climate risk measure as flawed and even ‘dangerous’
OTC FX options market gears up for faster electronification
Share of electronic trading remains low but host of factors promise to change that for good
Callable repack frenzy opens up new options market in Europe
Demand driven mainly by French life insurers looking for alternatives to low-yielding sovereign bonds