Canada
Canadian lenders resilient to oil rout
Just 1.7% of 'Big Five' total loans exposed to energy producers
TD Bank on verge of G-Sib capital jump
Cross-jurisdictional activity behind ramp-up in Canadian bank's systemic riskiness
Custody Risk Global Awards 2018 winners announced
Custodian of the Year won by BNP Paribas for second year running
Risk.net podcast: DTCC’s Lind on FRTB, data pooling and NMRFs
As many as 70 banks globally could adopt internal model approach for market risk capital
Improved credit loss estimates proposed for IFRS 9
New smoothing technique claims to overcome flaws in risk rating scales
CIBC the outlier as ‘Big Five’ loan-loss ratios improve
CIBC’s PCL ratio stood at 0.29% at end-July, up from 0.24% the previous quarter
TD Bank expands credit risk model
Retail A-IRB assets grow 12% quarter to quarter
BMO’s loan loss reserves climb
Canadian bank reserves increase C$26 million quarter to quarter
Scotiabank acquisitions come with risks attached
The bank’s RWAs jumped 9.4% in the third quarter
CIBC's Barbados woes incur $44 million capital charge
Sovereign credit risk-weighted assets jump 19% as Barbadian loans sour
RBC builds loan-loss buffer
Provisions for credit losses rise to C$346 million from C$274 million the prior quarter
'Big Five' Canadian banks' loan-loss ratios improve
BMO cuts PCL ratio 10 basis points year-on-year
BMO shrinks loan-loss provisions as US outlook improves
US provisions for credit losses drop from C$110 million to C$44 million year-on-year
Basel floor change boosts Canadian bank capital ratios
CET1 ratios improve between five and 120 basis points quarter-on-quarter at 'Big Five'
Scotiabank reports volatile loan-loss provisions
A C$31 million jump in provisions largely attributed to a single deteriorating loan
Royal Bank of Canada RWAs return to growth
Loan growth contributes to C$22 billion increase
TD Bank freed from Osfi capital floor
As a result, the bank’s CET1 jumped to 11.8% from 10.6% in the previous quarter
New capital floor saves CIBC C$244 million
Switch to Basel II-based floor adds 16 basis points to bank's CET1 ratio
FRTB: Nordic banks mull regional data pool
Local tie-up could “prevent big banks entering the markets in the Nordics”, says local risk manager
Uneven Basel rule adoption threatens regulatory arbitrage
Committee names and shames regulatory laggards
Scotiabank’s Daniel Moore on the evolution of the CRO
Data and technology will help risk managers improve risk-adjusted returns
Global fragmentation looms in FRTB data pooling stand-off
Smaller banks unwilling to hand over localised trade information to data utilities
Canada’s banks go it alone with FRTB data utility
Local lenders reject advances of major data utilities to build own solution