Banks
BofA the outlier as most US banks improve SLRs in Q3
Aggregate Tier 1 capital climbs 2% in Q3
Citi’s counterparty credit risk edged higher in Q3
Risk-weighted assets for OTC derivatives, repo, margin loans jump 11%
US systemic banks’ op risk charges fell in Q3
Bank of America’s charge falls 26% following a model change
Loan-loss provisions take a smaller bite out of EU banks in Q3
Set-asides fell 57% quarter on quarter
Almost G-Sibs: five banks near systemic designation
Chinese banks continue to grow systemic footprints
At global banks, underwriting activity surged in 2019
JP Morgan led the world with €459.3 billion of transactions
Top US banks have become less of a systemic risk, says FSB
JP Morgan relegated as the world’s most systemically important lender
Lloyds’ the outlier as UK banks crush CVA charges in Q3
Aggregate CVA RWAs of top five UK banks fell 21%
Top US-based foreign banks shrink systemic footprints
US units of Barclays, Credit Suisse and Deutsche Bank have cut assets 40% since Q3 2016
French rivals BPCE, SocGen see market risks fall in Q3
Market RWAs drop 24% at SocGen quarter on quarter
At UniCredit, XVAs amped trading gains in Q3
Italian bank claimed a €110 million benefit to earnings from valuation adjustments
ING’s op risk charge jumped €228m in Q3
Op RWAs had been falling since Q3 2019
Barclays, unlike UK peers, saw its LCR surge in Q3
High-quality liquid assets surged 9% quarter on quarter
BNP Paribas’ RWAs shrank over €10bn in Q3
CET1 ratio climbed 20bp to 12.6%
Which EU banks hold the most SME exposures?
Danske Bank, Crédit Agricole, Group BPCE lead the field
Covid measures burnished NatWest’s capital ratios in Q3
UK bank’s CET1 ratio benefited 100bp from IFRS 9 relief alone
UK banks took £2bn of loan-loss provisions in Q3
Barclays and HSBC increased reserves the most out of the top lenders
Lloyds lightens 2020 ECL forecast, but projects a gloomier 2021
UK banks expects full-year loan-loss amounts to come hit lower end of £4.5 billion–5.5 billion range
Model tweaks, asset cull helped Credit Suisse cut RWAs in Q3
Model updates took Sfr 2.5 billion off its credit RWA total
One-third of EU banks used TLTROs to hit supervisory targets
Twenty-three per cent said future TLTROs would improve their ability to fulfil regulatory or supervisory requirements
Deutsche’s cash buffer ballooned in Q3
The bank had borrowed €34 billion through the ECB’s TLTRO III as of September
At Santander, Covid relief for €75bn of loans expired through Q3
Sixteen per cent of loans coming out of payment holidays have experienced a fall in creditworthiness
FX headwinds cancel out HSBC’s Q3 RWAs cut
Portfolio reductions reaped $10.8 billion of RWA savings
Cross-border bank loans fizzled in Q2 as bonds soared – BIS
Outstanding dollar-denominated bonds climbed 4% over Q2