Wells Fargo
Op risk data: Wells Fargo walloped to the tune of $1.7bn
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BNY Mellon, Goldman join Citi in escaping Collins floor
Outpaced drop in standardised RWAs pushes banks above threshold – but custodian only bank to reap benefits

Bucking wider trend, Citi’s cash trove ends 2022 up 31%
Liquid balances surged 14% in the last quarter of the year alone

JP Morgan nets $1.9 billion bond book gain in swift turnaround
Q4 reversal in fair-value securities powers record quarterly increase in CET1 capital
Top US lenders book $6.2bn in provisions in Q4
Loan-loss charges at Bank of America, Citi, JP Morgan and Wells Fargo hit highest since pandemic outset
At US banks, risk-free exposures hit lowest in two years
Just under a third of credit assets carried a 0% risk-weight in Q3
Client margin for swaps hits new record at four FCMs
Required funds at all-time high at BofA, Goldman, JP Morgan and Barclays in November as market turbulence persists
US banks’ loss-to-VAR ratios fell in Q3
Largest daily trading losses were on average 84% of forecast, compared with 105% in Q2
OTC clearing rebounded at G-Sibs in 2021
Trend reverses as bilateral settlement of OTC derivatives loses previous year’s gains
People moves: Capitolis lay-offs, UBS’s new risk chief, and more
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BofA faces higher G-Sib surcharge, BNPP earns reprieve
Second-largest US lender assigned to 2% capital add-on bucket in latest systemic risk assessment
FCM client margin for swaps hit record high in September
JP Morgan reported the largest monthly increase across the 13 reporting firms
Top US banks set aside $6bn for credit losses in Q3
Quarterly provisions highest in two years
Modelled RWAs diverge from standardised at Wells Fargo
Gap between the two methodologies hits $152bn – its widest ever
Op risk data: Banks slapped for lax WhatsApp oversight
Also: Wintermute suffers crypto hack; CS settles over Archegos and Greensill. Data by ORX News
BNY Mellon, Schwab would benefit most from SLR relief
A repeat of the pandemic carve-out would boost average ratio across US banks by 45bp
TLAC rules no sweat for US regionals
Capital One and US Bancorp best placed to fund their balance sheets with long-term debt
Citi leads US banks’ jump in rates VAR-based charges
In a volatile Q2, the bank saw requirements for interest rate positions rise more than 300%
Bingeing on block sets: DLT could give FX its ‘Netflix moment’
Blockchain’s proponents say faster settlement times make technology akin to TV’s streaming revolution
Morgan Stanley’s top-of-the-league TLAC rises further
The bank’s bail-in RWA buffer, already the highest among US peers, rose five percentage points in Q2
Using correlation to model op risk losses may be unsafe – study
Techniques for linking economic factors and bank losses produce varying – and sometimes contradictory – results
Citi, BNY Mellon escape Collins floor
Both banks return above the threshold after just two quarters
BofA, Citi among hardest hit in latest Fed buffer review
Five out of eight US systemic banks face higher stress capital buffer add-ons
People moves: JPM’s quant shuffle, NatWest hires Solanki, and more
Latest job changes across the industry