European Banking Authority (EBA)
France, Germany lead EU on MREL debt sales
French banks account for 27% of total bail-in bond issuances
A bridge too far: EBA swap stay to spur mass repapering?
Industry scrambles to avoid duplicating BRRD close-out contract changes across four jurisdictions
Systemic eurozone banks expand cleared portfolios
BNP Paribas is an outlier, having ratcheted up bilateral trading since 2013
How Deutsche shrank its systemic footprint
Total exposures have fallen one-third since 2013
Systemic indicators surged at European banks in 2019
Total exposures increased 3% year on year
Barclays led European banks on derivatives notionals in 2019
Deutsche Bank cut notionals 10% last year
EBA’s software compromise draws fire on two fronts
UK regulator suggests it will neuter the proposed capital relief, which banks say doesn’t go far enough
EU banks’ Q1 credit risk estimates show little Covid effect
Probability of defaults for retail exposures edged up only slightly quarter-on-quarter
Corporate, SME loans to take brunt of Covid shock, say EU banks
Though credit outlook has darkened, banks expect to increase lending overall
Covid hammered CEE banks’ capital ratios
One-quarter of EU banks have CET1 ratios below 13%
Severe Covid recession could topple some EU banks
One-quarter of lenders would see CET1 ratios fall below 6.8%
Dealers eye model change to cure CVA capital headache
With hopes of EU regulatory carve-out fading, some banks are taking matters into their own hands
Synthetics sweetener teases European banks
As structural woes resolve, regulators remain split on preferential capital treatment for STS deals
European regulator U-turns on synthetic securitisations
Deals with use-it-or-lose-it mechanism can qualify for capital relief, EBA policy expert says
Prudential filters crimp some banks’ own funds, boost others
Two banks saw CET1 climb more than 5% at end-2019 through the EU’s valuation adjustments
Niche EU lenders loaded with loans to peripheral eurozone
Top European banks have limited exposures to Greece, Cyprus, Spain, Portugal and Italy
EU bank credit models neglect peripheral countries
A majority of non-core EU exposures are under the standardised approach
French, UK banks have largest trading portfolios in Europe
Fair value and HFT assets concentrated among biggest banks
Hard-to-value assets abound at Nordic banks
Level 3 assets make up 25% of Norwegian firms’ fair value portfolios
Greek, Italian banks lead EU on IFRS 9 capital relief
Intesa Sanpaolo saw CET1 capital add-in of €2.6 billion
Own-sovereign risk higher in peripheral eurozone countries
Portuguese, Greek, Italian, Irish and Spanish banks have 51% of their sovereign portfolios invested in domestic debt
Regulators and banks clash on FRTB capital impact study
Basel and EBA call out two banks for using “overly conservative” survey assumptions
EU banks’ liquidity buffers weathered Covid turmoil
Central bank cash reserves edge up across EU lenders
ECB lays foundations for climate risk capital charge
New guide will influence capital management, but pillar two charges likely to await EBA report