European Banking Authority (EBA)
How the rate hike cycle emboldened banks’ deposit modelling
But just because depositors didn’t react quickly doesn’t mean it will never happen
JPM’s EU arm outpaced bloc’s top dealers on OTC derivatives in 2023
A 30% surge in notionals coincided with a departure from central clearing
UniCredit-Commerz merger could spawn sixth-largest EU G-Sib
Analysis of banks’ risk indicators suggest combined entity could have larger systemic footprint than ING and BPCE
EU banks fear loss of NSFR repo relief
European Commission must decide by next June; other jurisdictions adopted softer calibration
Bankers hope EBA op risk taxonomy will go global
Proposed update to 20-year-old risk map is welcomed, but international co-ordination urged
The boy who cried ‘outlier’: false alarms could dog EBA test
Analysis reveals banks deemed outliers by net income test are profitable post-shock, so how useful is the test?
Stage fright: lenders still struggling with IFRS 9 transitions
Divergence in how banks move loans between stages of impairment prompts regulators to push for more homogenous approach
EU banks hedge net interest income to pass new IRRBB test
Would-be outliers look to cut sensitivity of cashflows to rate moves, but at what cost?
Banks cry foul over shock decision from Basel Committee
Asset and liability management professionals question severity of criteria in revised IRRBB tests
Discord deepens over fund-linked trades in FRTB
More banks use punitive approach to capital treatment under new trading book regime, irking regulators
Why FRTB models are on the edge of extinction
With only four banks known to be applying to use internal models for market risk, the fate of advanced modelling looks precarious
Shocks to the system: how Basel IRRBB update affects new EU test
Disclosures suggest more banks will be classified as outliers on net interest income assessment
JP Morgan SE allocates €318m for structural credit spread risk
Bank’s EU arm among first to disclose figure following EBA’s diktat on more granular monitoring of CSRBB
As risk of US Basel delay grows, Europe is in a bind over CVA
European Commission may postpone FRTB, but it’s hard to separate surgically from rest of framework
Isda pushes to ‘decouple’ Simm calibration from model changes
Emir 3.0 prompts effort to separate risk-weight revisions from methodology updates
False start: 13 EU banks miscalculate new GAR coverage metric
Unclear instructions, late guidance and poor font choices among reasons behind diverging interpretations from EBA’s template
Prop shops recoil from EU’s ‘ill-fitting’ capital regime
Large proprietary trading firms complain they are subject to hand-me-down rules originally designed for banks
EBA’s correlated currencies shake-up raises EU banks’ charges
Capital requirements for FX risk double after EUR/USD and other 196 pairs deemed no longer in sync
First green asset ratios come in low as EU banks protest methodology
ABN Amro only bank to break double digits in a sample of 23 lenders
EU watchdogs to launch prop trader capital review in April
Prop traders say bank-style IFR rules are driving them out, but doubt EBA will suggest changes
Emir 3.0 threatens lag for Simm revisions
New EU rules could stall changes aimed at improving risk sensitivity of industry margin models