Westpac
Must do better – Apac slow to curb control risk
Asia Risk 25: Even as the level of regulatory scrutiny peaks, meaningful change eludes the region’s banks
Aussie bank loan-loss provisions top A$11bn
Westpac absorbed the largest charge of the ‘Big Four’
Op risk data: Record $920m fine for JP metals ploy
Also: counting the cost of Covid cons; Citi audio dynamite. Data by ORX News
Top 10 op risks 2020: conduct risk
Root-and-branch reform of bank culture remains a work in progress
First Ibor versus SOFR cross-currency swap trades
Westpac and Citi strike BBSW/SOFR trade in landmark moment for Australian market
Contagion risk cap threatens Aussie banks
Limiting exposures to overseas units to 25% of Tier 1 capital will constrain ANZ’s Kiwi subsidiary
Royal Commission refunds weigh on Aussie banks
A$1.7 billion of remediation costs taken by Big Four in H1
Aussie banks crush IRRBB capital charges
‘Big Four’ cut IRRBB RWAs by A$23 billion year-on-year
People moves: SocGen changes at the top, new global markets head at HSBC, compliance switch at Natixis, and more
Latest job changes across the industry
Apac bank boards: light on risk experience
Survey of 24 large Apac bank board risk committees shows dearth of risk managers
Op risk jumps $7 billion at Aussie banks
Year to year, op RWAs have swelled $24 billion
Accounting change dents Aussie bank earnings
Four largest Australian lenders lose about $2bn in earnings on the switch to new accounting standard AASB 9
'Big Four' Aussie banks grow credit risk
Firms have grown modelled RWAs by 31% and cut standardised RWAs by 56% in five years
Model ban adds A$375m to Australian securitisation capital
One bank - Westpac - sees 40% jump in size of charge
Westpac's capital charge rises as securitisation rule bites
Securitisation RWAs jump from A$1.4 billion under new standard
People moves: StanChart shuffles senior execs in Asia
Also: Ramachandran’s permanent role at Westpac; UOB hires in structured finance; SSGA adds Yung for strategy; and others
People moves: new Asia-Pacific chief for Goldman Sachs
Also: Reid Marsh moves at Barclays; Citi’s new Apac capital markets origination head; and others
Australia’s bank levy could squeeze TLAC drive
Issuing Tier 2 and senior unsecured debt will become more expensive for the top four banks in the country
Apra toughens mortgage risk weights for Australian banks
Financial stability fears drive regulators to raise capital levels for banks
Co-op hires values and ethics head, and other recent job news
Member of UK's Equality and Human Rights Commission joins Co-op
LGIM names So as index fund head, and other recent job moves
So joins from Enhanced Investment Products, where he was beta product head
Westpac appoints two in Hong Kong, and other recent job moves
Steven Yu and Alex Tam join Australian bank
PBoC behind RMB depreciation
China central bank acts to stimulate two-way trading
Westpac to tap into RMB product demand with new China drive
Bank receives approval to offer derivative products onshore