Banks
Systemic US banks’ RWAs edge lower in Q3
Bank of America reaps benefit of op risk cut
BNY Mellon, State Street reshape liquidity buffers
HQLA falls as share of custody banks’ investment portfolios
Systemic US banks put aside $5bn for credit losses in Q3
Citi put aside $2.3 billion in Q3, the most of the top lenders
EBA’s software treatment offers banks meagre capital benefits
Three-year prudential amortisation approach more generous than initial two-year proposal
Top US dealers’ trading risk indicators varied in Q3
VAR drops sharply at JP Morgan and Goldman, stays steady at Morgan Stanley and rises at BofA
Wells Fargo eyes escape from Collins floor
Advanced and standardised RWAs are just 1% apart
By crushing RWAs, Goldman sends its capital ratio soaring in Q3
Risk-weighted assets fall 5% in three months
Factoring in Covid turmoil amped Bank of America's VAR in Q3
Value-at-risk averaged $109 million over three months to end-September
JP Morgan braces for 4% G-Sib surcharge
Fifty-basis point increase to capital ratio looms
Seeking capital savings, JP Morgan shifts assets to holding pen
Transfer of assets to HTM portfolio could reduce stress capital buffer in future
Citi’s energy loans continued to sour in Q3
22% of funded exposures rated CCC or lower as of end-September
Level 3 assets fell at top US banks in Q2
Mark-to-model instruments disclosed by banks over $100 billion in size contracted 4%
Deposits grow share of US G-Sibs’ short-term funding
Unsecured funding from within the financial sector also edged higher
LCRs of big EU banks rebound faster than smaller rivals in Q2
G-Sibs bolster ratios 19 percentage points in three months to end-June
Hard-to-value assets fell at EU banks in Q2
Level 3 derivatives assets fall 14% quarter-on-quarter
Souring loans piled up at EU banks in Q2
Share of loans that have declined in creditworthiness made up 8.2% of lenders’ totals
EU banks’ credit risk estimates deteriorated in Q2
Weighted average corporate borrower PD across countries climbed to 2.04%
EU banks’ capital gauges show mixed recovery from Covid hit
Tier 1 leverage ratios fall for second quarter in a row
European banks’ liquidity ratios improved over H1
Average ratio across 23 lenders climbed to 151%
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UK lender Lloyds had 13% of its loan book under payment moratoria as of June 30
Credit swap portfolios contracted at systemic US banks in Q2
Sold notionals fell 8% over the three months to end-June
Systemic banks’ leverage exposures gyrated over H1
Temporary relief measures held down growth of exposures at US, Swiss lenders
Regional US banks outpace giants on loan growth
Banks $3-10 billion grew 19% over Q2
VAR spasms heap market risk charges on EU G-Sibs
VAR-based charges increase 94% on end-2019