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Asset managers brave patchy data to nowcast China’s GDP
Techniques include using many datasets, relying on proxies and continually reviewing models
UK banks find various ways to de-risk
Risk-weighted assets fall despite loan growth at four of big five lenders
People moves: SocGen changes at the top, new global markets head at HSBC, compliance switch at Natixis, and more
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UK banks build liquidity buffers ahead of Brexit
Four high street lenders boost HQLA by 11% in 2018
UK banks' ECL scenarios vary
Projected economic outcomes most widely dispersed at Barclays
At US G-Sibs, 11 VAR breaches in 2018
The final quarter of 2018 saw a record number of VAR breaches at the biggest US banks
Asia moves: Natixis equity derivatives head departs, new banking head for JP Morgan, and more
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Cleared swaps grow 10 times faster than bilateral at HSBC
Total derivatives notionals up 25% year-on-year
IFRS 9 drives appetite for long-dated hedges in Asia
New accounting standard helps manage mark-to-market volatility of long-term trades
Asia moves: Nomura boosts Asia ex-Japan, Bank of America picks two Apac co-heads, and more
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People moves: SocGen adds in prime services, Deutsche fills new rates hole, HSBC makes model move, and more
Latest job changes across the industry
HSBC and the risk-advisory robot
Bank has amassed 10-petabyte pool of client data to spot hedging, financing and payments needs
Many EU banks’ sovereign portfolios highly concentrated
Forty-eight lenders have more than three-quarters of sovereign risk allocated to home country
Two stress tests give conflicting verdicts on UK banks
Under the BoE’s severe stress scenario, the average drop to UK banks’ CET1 capital ratios was 740bp, compared with 570bp under the EBA’s adverse scenario
HSBC hires new head of model validation
Bank appoints Credit Suisse veteran to key role
UK bank securitisation exposures on the rise
Originate-to-distribute engine revs up
Risk solutions house of the year: HSBC
Risk Awards 2019: UK bank helped get Italian NPLs moving; revamped sales effort unlocked host of diverse deals
StanChart CVA charge jumps 161% in Q3
Charge rises to $99 million in three months to end-September
UK bank misconduct charges dwindle
Six of seven stress-tested banks report 50% fall in legal and regulatory reserves
Cross-border risks drive European G-Sib scores
Basel method shows cross-jurisdictional activity makes up 30.8% of banks’ total G-Sib scores
Barclays and Lloyds improve resilience to stress tests, HSBC falls back
Capital headroom above pass/fail thresholds increases to 250bp at lenders
IFRS 9 transition eases UK banks’ path through stress tests
Aggregate CET1 ratio 130bp lower without transitional relief
Inflation derivatives house of the year: HSBC
Risk Awards 2019: Revamped repack making waves
Crypto or super-correspondents: central banks look to the future
Research lays out three ways forward for cross-border payments