Top UK banks’ RWAs rose in Q2, reversing downward trend

- By Joasia E. Popowicz
- @joasiaepopowicz
- 10 Aug 2021

Aggregate risk-weighted assets (RWAs) at the top UK banks rebounded in Q2 after hitting record lows in the previous quarter.

The five largest UK banks saw their aggregate RWAs increase by £5.28 billion ($7.30 billion) to £1.496 trillion in the second quarter – though not every bank saw its numbers move in the same direction.

The uptick was driven by HSBC’s RWAs increasing by $15.5 billion to

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