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Fed study says CCAR has not toughened over time
Higher planned dividends and buybacks to blame for increased capital depletion under stress tests
Default fund costs dominate US G-Sibs’ cleared swaps charges
Default fund contributions accounted for 62% of the eight banks’ RWAs
New tools needed for bespoke SOFR trades – Wells Fargo
US bank’s Libor transition head wants ‘simple’ way to calculate compound rates for any given period
Fed pushes big banks to calculate CVA for CCPs
Banks including JP Morgan and Credit Suisse told to quantify exposure to CCPs for annual stress tests
Over four years, US non-cleared swaps books get riskier
Risk density of non-cleared trades has increased under standardised approach
JP Morgan cleared swaps balloon $8trn in Q1
Total G-Sib cleared notionals climb 23% in three months to end-March
US banks demand high rates for overnight loans
Most banks demand 25bp-plus spread over IOER to lend unsecured
Systemic risk scores surge at six US G-Sibs
JP Morgan and Goldman Sachs bump up against higher-risk surcharge thresholds
US mid-sized banks may bulk up. (Is that safe?)
The crisis over a decade gone, the Fed’s ‘tailoring’ proposal will greatly relax rules on the mid-tier
Most US G-Sib assets attract low risk weightings
Of total assets, 53% have a standardised risk weighting of 50% or lower
Most Basel members have yet to adopt TLAC
Many countries also behind on implementing SA-CCR, NSFR, securitisation framework
A Chinese megabank and its CRO in the US
Frank Morisano has put together a risk team, his unit funds itself, and he’s banned cloud technology
US branches of foreign banks shed $91 billion of reserves in 2018
Drop-off coincides with Fed’s ‘normalisation’ strategy
SA-CCR may need more fundamental fixes
Quants propose tweaks to improve Basel counterparty credit risk framework
New SLR could cut $63bn off BNY Mellon’s leverage exposure
Proposed rule change would exempt central bank reserves from SLR denominator
US swaps end-users cry foul over SA-CCR punch
Capital on non-margined trades jumps 90%, and energy firms face double hit
Foreign banks stockpile HQLA in US branches
Median FBO has 48% of total HQLA in branches, but only 31% of total assets
Foreign banks eye HQLA savings in US
Liquid asset minimum requirements could drop by $14.9 billion at TD Bank alone
Realism or deregulation? Fed sidelined in oversight of insurers
Proposed activities-based approach to non-bank systemic risk will make Sifi designations less likely
Fed reserves $749bn above banks’ ‘comfort levels’
Lenders could shed excess reserves by up to 61% without breaking a sweat
Foreign bank IHCs run more funding risk than US peers
More than 80% of foreign banks' short-term borrowings mature within 30 days
Risk FX Briefing: Event insights
What lies ahead for investment managers
Data gap leaves six foreign banks in US regulatory limbo
New Fed FBO proposal relies on an indicator that banks have not yet been reporting