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SLRs at four US banks sink to record lows on early rule switch
Goldman Sachs biggest beneficiary of softened minimum requirements
People: Citadel and Brevan snag banks’ top traders, and more
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Limited RWA gains support rethink on Fed output floor
Advanced approaches cut RWAs only marginally across US banks
Franklin Templeton closes $5bn yen options book
Counterparty Radar: Asset manager’s bets on USD/JPY soured as yen weakened through Q4
FCMs held record customer funds on eve of Iran war
F&O funds climbed 6% in February as seven brokers set new records
Morgan Stanley makes cuts to real money FX coverage
Departures from London-based team came as bank was reportedly shedding 2,500 jobs
US banks trim long-dated bonds to 10-year low
Medium-term securities reach record as 5+ year share hits decade low
US banks lose appetite for Treasuries as G-Sibs turn to trading book
Two-year surge in non-trading USTs plateaus as HFT bonds tick up
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Exposures with undisclosed risk-weights hit new highs at US banks
Assets in the ‘other’ category of standardised risk-weights grow to $700bn
US banks tread carefully after record stress buffer cuts
Lower SCBs take effect, but capital deployment remains restrained
Credit derivatives surge to nine-year high at top US banks
$1.35 trillion notional added as banks ramp up CDS activity
US banks diverge from global peers on OTC clearing
Clearing rates fall in US as UK, Europe and Canada push higher
Morgan Stanley marks biggest risk category swing in 2025 G-Sib test
Substitutability overtakes complexity at US bank for first time
Equity VAR hovering near four-year high at US banks
Gauges of stock market risk rise 36% in just one year
US G-Sibs post record secured finance flows in LCR
Q3 spike continues long-term shift toward secured funding and lending in liquidity stress scenario
US G-Sibs diverge on cashflow volatility
Maturity mismatch add-on hits peak at two banks and trough at two others
Morgan Stanley set for biggest reset under softened eSLR
Bank’s leverage utilisation to fall from over 90% to 64% under new buffer
CVA capital charges – the gorilla in the mist
The behaviour of CVA risk weights at US banks in 2020 hints at the impact of the Basel III endgame
Record $95bn in equities sits with US banks as OTC margin
Stocks on par with US Treasuries in top dealers’ collateral trove
US G-Sibs rediscover appetite for less-liquid HQLAs
Aggregate eligible Level 2A assets rise to $110bn while median LCR falls to record low