Europe
Why EU banks have snubbed revised green finance metric
Banks steer clear of Banking Book Taxonomy Alignment Ratio in droves
Basel III overhaul adds €85bn to EU banks’ op RWAs
BNP Paribas, Soc Gen and SEB see largest rises in absolute terms
Vendor oversight splinters across FMIs
Op Risk Benchmarking: firms grapple with “chaos” of third-party rule changes, amid growing recognition of cyber and resilience threats
Emir 3.0 could complicate Eurex cross-margining for repo
Clearing house targets November 2025 to launch repo on Prisma, but new EU rules are imminent
After tariff rout, hedge funds revive euro rate steepeners
Dutch pension overhaul drives bets on euro rates curve steepening
Evalueserve tames GenAI to boost client’s cyber underwriting
Firm’s insurance client adopts machine learning to interrogate risk posed by hackers
BNP Paribas’s CVA risk charges swell 56% on Basel III overhaul
Impact of new formulas is largest yet for a G-Sib
Societe Generale rejigs liquidity buffer towards sovereign bonds
Central bank cash at smallest share since before pandemic
Novel risk-off CTA strategy passes tariff test
Ai for Alpha’s defensive approach to trend following worked as planned in April turmoil
European investors ramp up FX hedging as ‘dollar smile’ fades
Analysts at one bank expect average hedge ratios to jump from 39% to 70% within six months
ECB removes need for governing council to approve CCP facility
New “automatic” facility will require safeguards that are “still being implemented”, bank says
Pension funds hesitate over BoE’s buy-side repo facility
Reduced leveraged and documentation ‘faff’ curb appetite for central bank’s gilt liquidity lifeline
Basel III switch sends BNP Paribas’s op risk charges up 60%
Blow-up follows shelving of AMA model previously underpinning over two-thirds of op RWAs
US Basel equivalence questioned as EU patience wears thin
MEPs say unfaithful US implementation of Basel III could trigger review of third-country capital treatment
BoE plans to link system-wide and individual stress tests
Meanwhile, ECB wants to broaden system-wide stress models to include central counterparties
SG’s Ungari swaps research for structuring in new QIS role
Veteran researcher and strategist ‘putting things into action’ with new remit
Synthetic deals drive securitisation RWA surge at EU banks
BNP Paribas and RBI lead Q4 rise
One year on, EU banks get greener as GARs grow
Contentious green asset disclosures show improvements for most major European banks in 2024
Europe’s Ucits funds: Made in the USA
Counterparty Radar: EU retail funds market is a prime example of Trump’s miscalculation on trade
China’s top banks bulk up liquidity as global peers trim buffers
US G-Sibs continue to trail with lowest median LCR since 2021
EU edges closer to calming FRTB fund-linked fray
Dealers say temporary solution is a step in the right direction but won’t fully resolve all issues
SVAR surges gird Europe’s trading books in H2 2024
UniCredit and UBS lead pack with hottest gauges in half a decade
EU firms fear dollar liquidity becoming tariff bargaining chip
Eurozone banks rely on dollars for 17% of funding; trade war escalation could affect access
BNP Paribas tops European ship finance table with €20bn book
US tariffs cast shadow over banks’ shipping exposures