Swaps, repo grow share of G-Sib leverage exposures

US, UK and Japanese members of the 2018 group of too-big-to-fail banks had a bigger chunk of their overall leverage exposures related to derivatives, repo and off-balance sheet items at the end of last year compared with 2017, Risk Quantum analysis shows.

On-balance sheet assets comprised 62% of the median US global systemically important bank's (G-Sib) leverage exposure at end-2018, down from 69% the year prior. The share of repo exposures increased over the same period to 15% from 10%, that