Goldman Sachs
SOFR discounting switch splits Goldman and JP Morgan
CFTC committee calls on clearing houses to align timing and compensation mechanisms
Default risk of US bank corporate exposures edges up
Median average-weighted probability-of-default of G-Sib corporate portfolios hits 1.22%
US G-Sibs shun unsecured short-term funding
Trend towards borrowings secured by high-quality collateral accelerates
Risk density of US systemic banks trumps that of EU peers
Ratio of RWAs to leverage exposures averages 44.7% at US G-Sibs
At US G-Sibs, capital buffers have thinned since 2016
Median G-Sib buffer stands at 3.1% and minimum requirement 9.5%
Wells Fargo, BNY Mellon, State Street build repo exposures in Q2
Wells Fargo increases gross repo assets by 12.4% in three months to end-June
Equity derivatives surge at US G-Sibs
Gross notionals have increased 8.9% year-on-year
BAML leads US G-Sibs on swaps exposures to hedge funds
Bank has seen net current credit exposures to hedge funds rise 231% in three years
US G-Sibs grow and multiply ties with other banks
Big eight banks grow by 1.5% in aggregate in Q2
Six US banks grow systemic footprints
BAML and Citi climb into higher G-Sib surcharge buckets
Issues of unsecured debt, CDs pick up steam at US G-Sibs
Senior unsecured debt amounts outstanding climb 31% on Q4 2014; CDs 45.5%
First-half trading revenues at US G-Sibs increase by a third year-on-year
Income from interest rate exposures more than tripled on H1 2018, while equity revenues increased 17%
Cleared swaps surge $6.6trn at US G-Sibs in Q2
Cleared swaps accounted for 54% of G-Sib notionals in Q2
At US G-Sibs, swap payments make up $178bn of LCR outflows
All bar one G-Sib see net derivatives cash outflows increase year-on-year
Liquidity coverage at US G-Sibs worsens in Q2
HQLA rose $18bn while projected net cash outflows jumped $29bn
State Street, Goldman push VAR limits the most
Average of largest trading losses-to-VAR at State Street above 90% over past 12 months
At US G-Sibs, market RWAs fall $18bn in Q2
Fall in VAR-based measures of risk behind the decrease
State Street had most losing trading days since 2015 in Q2
Systemic US banks rack up 220 losing days in second quarter
US G-Sibs’ TLAC buffers vary
Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs have eligible TLAC equal to 50.8% and 44.7% of RWAs, respectively
Citi’s swaps clearing unit boosts client margin by $2bn
The largest FCM accounts for 27.1% of all required client margin
To be resolved: inside banks’ ‘living wills’
Non-bank units and service providers make up large share of groups’ critical functions
Goldman’s op RWAs fall 8% in Q2
Removal of op risk events from AMA model dataset reduced capital requirement
Goldman improves execution ‘by 50%’ with new algos
Bank uses neural networks and other AI tools to cut slippage in stock trading
Banks queasy over idea of building cyber trust
They agree that sharing intel on cyber threats is a good thing. But that doesn’t mean they want to