Canada
Bail-in bond sales catapult BMO towards TLAC target
Bank’s TLAC ratio hits 19.4% following debt issuances
Scotiabank eyes capital savings following divestments
Wind down of overseas investments expected to increase CET1 capital ratio by 50bp
At CIBC, commodity, forex and rate risks raise VAR 12%
Market risk capital requirement jumps to C$695 million on value-at-risk surge
RBC expands market risk model scope
Moving assets off standardised approach contributed to 6% quarter-on-quarter RWA decline
Uniform? Op risk capital rules go their own ways
Europe and Canada set to include historical losses in new standardised approach; Australia probably not
Basel’s unlikely victim: venture capital
Changes to credit risk framework could block alternative path for EU banks to finance SMEs
Credit data: more trouble in the oil and gas pipeline
US self-sufficiency in oil could be bad news for shale producers
Model changes, asset growth boost Canada bank RWAs
TD Bank brings credit card portfolio under A-IRB
Canadian banks see loan-loss reserves diverge
Provisions rise at Scotiabank and BMO; drop off at TD Bank, CIBC and RBC
Canadian Big Five hoard reserves as credit outlook decays
Four of the five largest Canadian lenders saw provisions rise, with BMO the only outlier
Choppy markets, buying spree cause 28% VAR surge at BMO
The bank's VAR spiked for all asset classes bar commodities on the prior quarter
Overseas push amps Scotiabank credit risk
Loan-loss provisions for the international unit made up 69% of the bank's total in 2018
Junk loan, souring economy push up RBC loan-loss reserves
Provisions for credit losses hit C$514 million in Q1 2019
EU, Canada banks lag rivals on IRB model coverage
Median bank has 78% of credit risk-weighted assets under IRB approaches
Banks divided on op risk approaches
EU banks favour standardised approach, North American and Australian lenders the AMA
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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