Lloyds Banking Group
PacWest leads banks on NII growth decline
Deutsche Bank bucks positive European trend while NatWest leads UK negative growth in Q3
US banks’ RWA density dwarfs that of European peers
Truist, Capital One and PNC Bank lead with risk density above 65%
BNP Paribas’s default contributions hit record high in H1
Requirements from CCPs up 19% across 13 EU and UK banks
FMIs pose greatest challenge for operational resilience tests
Risk Live: Calls for large-scale industry exercises to plan what happens if major CCPs go down
Bucking UK trend, StanChart’s LCR jumps in Q1
Sharp reduction in projected net cash outflows pushes liquidity ratio to highest point since 2017
CaixaBank, UniCredit most exposed to rate increases in Europe
Banks report largest hits in IRRBB tests, but remain clear of fail threshold
The impact of rising interest rates on risk models and balance sheet management
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UK banks added £1.6bn to loan allowances in 2022
Increase in set-asides driven by stage-two and stage-three credit-loss reserves
Regulator to ‘reflect’ on IRRBB shocks after rates leap
Once considered too harsh by banks, stress scenarios may even prove too generous
Credit Suisse shake-up, HSBC’s new CFO, and more
Latest job changes across the industry
As interest rates surge, bankers fret over last year’s models
IRRBB modellers trying to predict client behaviour have little relevant data to fall back on
Banks’ loan-loss forecasts diverge in BoE climate exercise
Dispersion of estimates for corporate impairments highlights variety of assumptions for modelling climate risk
Credit RWAs for EU, UK banks up in Q1 amid IRB clampdown
Reforms to improve comparability of internal models compound declining asset quality
Climate is changing for derivatives valuation adjustments
Banks back increased use of global warming criteria when calculating XVAs
Op risk data: Allianz dealt a $4bn blow for not-so-Alpha Funds
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Lloyds’ IMA RWAs up 43% in run-up to Ibor switch
VAR multiplier and RNIV charges rose in 2021 on account of transition risk
Model clampdown costs NatWest 157bp of CET1 ratio
Measures to remedy internal model deficiencies added £14.8 billion RWAs overnight
BoE stress tests: Lloyds just 10bp above minimum CET1 ratio
Bank’s simulated core ratio was just 10bp above requirements at the worst point of a severe recession
People moves: Barclays switches CEO in post-Staley refresh, and more
Latest job changes across the industry
EU software capital reversal to hit Lloyds, Barclays the most
Top UK banks boost CET1 ratios in Q3 as the PRA confirms capital benefit will end on January 1
UK bank LCRs fall in Q2, led by HSBC
Implementation of new methodology weighs on bank’s end-quarter LCR
StanChart’s CVA charge up 19% in Q2
Higher capital requirements also at Barclays, Lloyds and NatWest, with HSBC the only outlier among top UK banks
People moves: Credit Suisse senior shake-up, and more
Latest job changes across the industry
BoE floor could double capital charges on HSBC’s UK home loans
New rules could forcibly push up residential mortgage portfolio’s 5% risk density