Banks
Wells Fargo could escape Collins floor
Op risk-weighted asset increases see advanced RWAs near standardised measures
JP Morgan revs up securitisation engine
Exposures receiving securitisation capital treatment increase by $13.7 billion year-on-year
Commerzbank plumps capital buffer with AT1 bond sale
Bail-in instrument helps expand buffer above MDA limit to around 220bp
UniCredit bolsters capital ratio on Fineco sale
Italian bank also offloaded Mediobanca stake
Trim review pumps up Commerzbank’s credit RWAs
Additional RWA increases also expected in coming quarters
Wells Fargo op risk charge jumps $3.6bn in Q3
San Francisco-based lender still bound by standardised capital approach
SocGen’s CET1 ratio shoots higher as revamp continues
French bank sheds €7.1 billion of RWAs in Q3
Chafing under capital rules, JP Morgan sells home loans
Standardised risk weights for residential mortgages far exceed modelled equivalents
Loan appetite pushes credit risk higher at Goldman Sachs
Standardised credit RWAs for loans up 19% since end-2017
Model tweaks lift Danske’s market RWAs 30%
Tough trading quarter could also have pushed VAR-based charges higher
CaixaBank approaches MREL target
Innovative social bond helps fill bail-in buffers
Op risk charges weigh on ANZ
RBNZ model ban and Apra op risk overlay push RWAs higher
Interest rate, credit risk push BNP Paribas’ VAR up 25%
French bank also reported a VAR breach in Q3
ING confident of capital target despite headwinds
Countercyclical capital charges push minimum capital requirement higher
Lloyds’ counterparty credit risk charge rises £60m in Q3
Charge for mark-to-market changes to derivatives increases 10%
Impairment charge up 58% at BBVA
Write-offs and higher provisions take big bite out of bank’s income
Capital issuance spree boosts Credit Suisse’s Tier 1 buffers
Contingent note sale pushes additional Tier 1 capital up 22%
Model scrutiny depletes Santander’s capital ratio
Targeted review of internal models takes 28bp off CET1 ratio year-to-date
Credit model update holds down loss provisions at Deutsche
German lender saved €167 million through model refinements
Deutsche’s op RWAs fall 7% in Q3
Wind-down of ‘bad bank’ cuts €3.2 billion in op RWAs alone
Eurozone G-Sibs’ modelled risk weights well below average
Six of eight systemic lenders have modelled risk weights lower than the G-Sib and European mean
Liquidity coverage at Nomura improves in Q2
HQLA buffer shrinks for third consecutive quarter
VAR breaches push NatWest Markets’ RWAs higher
Turbulence in rates behind higher market risk charges
Hong Kong turmoil pushes HSBC’s credit loss charge higher
Third quarter expected credit loss charge was 62% higher than in Q2