CCR RWAs spike across Asian banks in Q1 2026

- By Lea Mok
- 14 Aug 2026

Banks in Singapore, China and Hong Kong reported a broad rise in risk-weighted assets (RWAs) for counterparty credit risk (CCR) in the first quarter of 2026, with Singaporean lenders’ aggregate CCR RWAs climbing to their highest level in four years.

Singapore’s total rose 16% to S$30.6 billion ($23.7 billion). Chinese banks followed with a 12.5% increase to 747 billion yuan ($108 billion), the

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