Standard Chartered
European and UK leverage ratios fall in Q1
UK banks had leverage ratios on average 26bp higher than their continental European peers
New applications in Asia’s financial crime analytics
Financial crime is a fast-growing problem for Asia‑Pacific financial services firms. Working with outmoded systems and patched-up processes to detect, monitor and eliminate potential threats, banks are spending millions on sophisticated new solutions to…
Time to put real problems to the quantum machines
There is a lot to learn before quantum computers can be applied to specific financial problems
Banco Santander hit hard by IFRS 16
Average capital depletion across seven G-Sibs was 11bp
Singapore banks ramp up cyber scenario analysis
StanChart building out scenario library as dealers up use of technique to gauge spending on defences
Apac banks call for regulatory push on AML tech
“Regulators have got to stop being okay with how things currently are,” says financial crime head
Push harder on cyber intel sharing, Apac regulators told
Regulators must work with banks to foster trust on cyber threat intelligence sharing, say execs
Danske Bank hires Alexandre Antonov
Risk’s 2016 quant of the year to join Danish firm from Standard Chartered
People moves: Barclays’ investment bank chief exits, Citi president to retire, Vos promoted at BNY Mellon, and more
Latest job changes across the industry
Top UK banks' CVA charges up 10% in Q1
Barclays' and Standard Chartered's requirements increase over 20% each
Nordic, UK banks have highest countercyclical buffers
Nordea, Lloyds and RBS had the largest add-ons of banks surveyed
StanChart's CVA charge triples year-on-year
Capital requirement hits $112 million at end-March
HSBC led EU G-Sibs on collateralisation in 2018
UK bank posted €908 billion for derivatives and SFTs as of year-end
SFT netting trails swaps at big EU banks
Netting wiped €1.5 trillion off nine G-Sibs' swaps exposures
Two banks dominate EU securitisations
Banco Santander and Deutsche account for over one-third of total securitisation exposures among G-Sibs
Basel NMRF changes don’t solve Asian data challenges
Isda AGM: Asian regulators may still need to soften FRTB standards locally, warn bankers
Hong Kong goes slow on swaps trading mandate
Isda AGM: Regulator fears disruption to its position as global hub if it forces trades on venue
EU G-Sibs add €2.7bn of op RWAs in 2018
Op risk charge anticipated to jump €21.5 billion under Basel III
EU G-Sibs' CCP exposures topped €223bn in 2018
Societe Generale, BNP Paribas and HSBC made up over half of all exposures
Q&A: Blockchain in commodities – a solution in search of a problem?
Competitors must work together if technology is to harness its potential, say three industry leaders
European and US G-Sibs' LCRs diverge in 2018
The average LCR at the 13 European and Swiss G-Sibs stood at 145% at end-December, 42 basis points higher than at end-2017
Making machine learning work for AML
Banks’ anti-money laundering teams are starting to utilise machine learning to combat financial criminals. Risk hosted a webinar in association with NICE Actimize to explore whether these bots can be trusted
European banks adjust capital mix
Additional Tier 1 totals climb, CET1 and Tier 2 dips
UK banks triple AT1 capital in four years
Total outstanding amounts of AT1 stood at £42 billion at end-2018