Banks
UK banks build liquidity buffers ahead of Brexit
Four high street lenders boost HQLA by 11% in 2018
UK banks' ECL scenarios vary
Projected economic outcomes most widely dispersed at Barclays
Model expansion cuts Barclays' counterparty risk by 24%
Total CCR risk-weighted assets shrink on modelled exposure measurement approach approval
Debt-issuance spree helps Lloyds hurdle MREL target
Total funds and eligible liabilities rose to £66.8 billion at the end of last year, up 23% from 2017
Cleared swaps grow 10 times faster than bilateral at HSBC
Total derivatives notionals up 25% year-on-year
VAR model under scrutiny as RBS’s breaches spike
Excessive backtesting exceptions lead to increase in capital multiplier
Rabobank shuns wholesale funding
Dutch lender has reduced wholesale liabilities by 29% since 2014
VAR surges, revenues tank at French banks hurt by volatility
Revenues decline €1.2 billion at big four banks' trading arms
End of an era: Credit Suisse dissolves resolution unit
The Swiss bank’s SRU reduced its total leverage exposure in 2018 to $30 billion – below the bank’s end-year target of $40 billion
Model woes swell ABN Amro RWAs
Trim and model reviews add €5 billion in risk-weighted assets
Groupe BPCE fortifies TLAC buffer
French bank posts TLAC ratio of 22.5%, up from 20.08% in 2017
CaixaBank awash with liquidity in 2018
Spanish lender's LCR rose 11 percentage points in the 12 months to December 2018
Dinged by RWAs, SocGen capital ratio misses target
Bank accelerates asset sales plan to reach 2020 CET1 goal
Commonwealth Bank blitzes IRRBB charges
Shake-up of banking book saves A$10.5 billion in RWAs
Now under aegis of ECB, Nordea RWAs spike 29%
Imposition of Swedish mortgage floor adds €10.6 billion of risk-weighted assets alone
ING trims op risk charge by 11% in 2018
Bank benefits from AMA model upgrades
BNP Paribas’ VAR soars 17% after brutal Q4
Equity revenues fall 70% on year-ago quarter
Intesa Sanpaolo slashed bad loans 26% last year
NPL ratio plummets to 4.2% from 6.2% in 2017
Japanese megabank JGB portfolios shrink
Domestic government bond holdings drop 12% in 2018
EU, Canada banks lag rivals on IRB model coverage
Median bank has 78% of credit risk-weighted assets under IRB approaches
Danske drains excess liquidity, reducing LCR
Nordic bank cuts LCR to 121% at end-2018 from 171% the year prior
Deutsche’s market RWAs surge €8bn on volatility spike
Elevated VAR levels and a temporary increase in the incremental risk charge, drove the market RWA increase
Even after hefty loss, Nomura capital ratio remains aloft
CET1 ratio jumps to 17.8% despite ¥76 billion loss
Santander tames its trading risk
Group value-at-risk falls 40% in 2018