Switzerland
State Street to look after bitcoin, just don’t call it custody
The second-biggest custodian will provide “record-keeping services” for the unregulated asset
Credit Suisse updates VAR disclosure to cover banking book
Non-trading positions accounted for 31% of market risk exposure in Q3
UBS factors in Covid shock to stressed VAR, causing RWA surge
Market RWAs increased 11% quarter on quarter
Credit Suisse, UBS slowed accrual of liquid assets in Q3
Credit Suisse’s LCR drops six percentage points quarter-on-quarter
Model tweaks, asset cull helped Credit Suisse cut RWAs in Q3
Model updates took Sfr 2.5 billion off its credit RWA total
UBS market RWAs dropped 25% in Q3 as VAR cooled
High value-at-risk outputs dropped out of averaging window in Q3
Systemic banks’ leverage exposures gyrated over H1
Temporary relief measures held down growth of exposures at US, Swiss lenders
Custodian of the year: BNP Paribas
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Credit Suisse, UBS counterparty exposures ballooned in Q2
Risk-weighted assets lagged surge in EAD
Swiss banks plumped liquidity buffers in Q2
Credit Suisse’s HQLA increases 26% quarter-on-quarter
Fed dollar swap operations slow as funding strains ease
Seven-day swap utilisation has dropped off since May
Moonshots shelved: banks spend on home-working tech
Dealers made success of remote working switch – now they’re investing in its future, and pausing grander ambitions
Trading VAR surged at Credit Suisse in Q2
Market risk-weighted assets up 20% quarter-on-quarter
Valuation risks fell at UBS in Q2
Swiss lender is sitting on $8.1 billion of Level 3 assets
Global banks’ derivatives assets hit $4.4tn in Q1
Market values leapt 43% over the first three months of the year
Credit scenario update drives UBS loan-loss reserves higher
Gloomier US outlook contributes to $272m of Q2 provisions
Credit Suisse nets 37% sovereign RWA cut
At end-2019, 75% of its government portfolio was under the standardised approach, up from 14% the year prior
Systemic European banks expanded scope of credit models in Q1
UniCredit and Santander have increased reach of IRB approaches the most among their peers
CVA, market RWAs more than double at UBS in Q1
Overall risk-weighted assets increased 10% on end-2019
Credit Suisse takes $51m derivatives hedging loss
Net trading revenues down 47% on year-ago quarter
Finma relief unlocks $90bn of leverage exposure at Credit Suisse
Central bank deposit carve-out is intended to support lending
RFRs hit Main Street as Swiss banks launch Saron mortgages
Negative rates ease path for compounded Saron home loans without lags or lookbacks
Japan banks seize on US dollar funding
Daily facilities drawn upon extensively this week
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