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Global banks grapple with China joint ventures
Offshore lenders weigh raising stakes in local securities houses despite tight margins
‘Living wills’ show some G-Sibs will be simpler to resolve
Four big banks reported fewer wind-up entities in 2019 resolution plans compared with 2017
Post-CCAR share buybacks up 30% for US G-Sibs
Dividend up 18% on average following latest stress test cycle
Morgan Stanley’s RWAs skip higher as lending grows
Loans in the institutional securities and wealth management units rose 3% and 4% quarter-on-quarter
Hong Kong warrants: this time it’s different
With their rise in popularity, warrant issuers must be on their guard at all times
US banks improve stress test projections
Gap between internal projections and the Fed's model outputs shrinks to 118 basis points
Banks hurdle Fed stress tests with ease
Aggregate post-stress CET1 capital ratio of 18 participants well above regulatory minimum at 9.2%
Non-systemic US banks shy away from short-term funding
Mid-sized non-G-Sibs have average STWF score of just 17.1%
RWA density at JP Morgan drops to six-year low
Bank’s asset portfolio has become less risk-heavy under standardised approach since 2013
Goldman Sachs leads US firms on non-bank assets
Non-bank assets of G-Sibs equivalent to 32% of total consolidated assets
US mid-sized banks pile into intra-financial system assets
Non-G-Sibs over $100 billion in size hold 85% more of other banks’ assets than in 2014
US banks’ liquidity buffers thinnest among G-Sibs
Mean LCR of US banks hits 122.5% in Q1
Default fund costs dominate US G-Sibs’ cleared swaps charges
Default fund contributions accounted for 62% of the eight banks’ RWAs
People moves: new role for SG CIB’s Cartier, LCH rates head departs, BNP Paribas’s Akbay joins Goldman, and more
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At US G-Sibs, off-balance-sheet exposures climb $44bn
Goldman Sachs is only big bank to post lower amounts on quarter
Citi, Goldman, State Street add $685m of complex assets
Private equity, asset-backed security and loan holdings drive increase in Level 3 instruments
At US G-Sibs, loan-loss reserves hit $5.6 billion in Q1
Wells Fargo’s PCLs climb 62% quarter-on-quarter
Over four years, US non-cleared swaps books get riskier
Risk density of non-cleared trades has increased under standardised approach
CDS sold by US banks down $55bn in Q1
JP Morgan cut CDS notionals the most, shedding $36.8 billion from its portfolio
JP Morgan cleared swaps balloon $8trn in Q1
Total G-Sib cleared notionals climb 23% in three months to end-March
G-Sibs add $33trn of OTC notionals in Q1
JP Morgan expands swaps book by 23% in first quarter
Systemic risk scores surge at six US G-Sibs
JP Morgan and Goldman Sachs bump up against higher-risk surcharge thresholds
Asia moves: ICBC gets new structuring head, Savills Investment Management names new CEO, and more
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Most US G-Sib assets attract low risk weightings
Of total assets, 53% have a standardised risk weighting of 50% or lower