North America
Huntington CRE book jumps again after Cadence buy
Acquisition lifts property exposure by 60% as delinquencies reach eight-year high
Goldman breaks with peers in $50 billion long-term securities push
Wall Street behemoth doubles holdings of 5+ year debt as other G-Sibs continue to shorten duration
Megabanks boost repo exposures after SLR reform
Volumes of repo-style transactions at US systemic banks top $2.5trn, helping drive record-low SLRs in Q1
US regional banks tilt hedges towards lower rates in Q1
KeyCorp, Citizens lead way with heavy receive-fixed swaps portfolio
Treasury mulls investing cash in repo. Experts aren’t convinced.
Putting idle cash to work would earn paltry returns and perhaps depress private lending activity, say sceptics
SocGen is getting into the systematic equity dispersion game
New single-stock options index is first step to plugging a gap in the bank’s QIS business
MMF repo with US financials hits high in April
Volumes approach $1trn, with US financials’ repo activity overtaking non-US for first time
US G-Sibs’ trading assets hit record $3.6 trillion
JPM, Goldman, Citi and Morgan Stanley drive $520 billion quarterly increase amid turbulent markets
G-Sib capital surcharge: how indexing and averaging alter incentives
Capital risk strategist anticipates Basel III endgame impact on US big-bank behaviour
US banks’ TLAC buffers swell after SLR reform
Early adoption lowers TLAC and debt constraints as five banks move off leverage-based LTD requirement
Waiting for the light: what’s stalling European equity markets?
Esma says EU market has a structural problem, but the focus on lit vs dark trading overlooks post-trade issues
Private credit disclosures leave more questions than answers
Muddled metrics and scattergun reporting hinder comparison of US lenders
AmEx posts highest LCR among US banks on return to disclosure
Retail and contractual flows dominate 30-day stress scenario
Dollar smiles again, but for how long?
Twitchy investors backed the buck during Iran war, but experts are divided on whether this marks a return of the dollar smile
Wall Street giants rack up VAR breaches
Goldman hit hardest as JP Morgan, BofA and Morgan Stanley also exceed model forecasts in Q1
Surcharge of the light-touch brigade
US reform of G-Sib surcharge goes well beyond simple update
The challenges facing Fed chair Kevin Warsh
New chair has pledged sweeping change, but can he keep Trump – and the FOMC – onside?
Hedging advisory firm of the year: AEGIS
Energy Risk Awards 2026: Whipsawing markets and superior data bring North American hedgers to AEGIS
EU task force boss calls on NCAs to wield their powers to meet T+1
Europe’s disparity will add to command hub’s challenge to match US co-ordination feat, says Giovanni Sabatini
AOCI deterioration resumes at US banks in Q1
JP Morgan records largest quarterly rise in unrealised losses
Hedge fund financing hits record $8 trillion despite year-end pullback
Surge in longer-dated funding offsets seasonal drop in overnight borrowing