Banks
BAML drops below Collins floor
BAML becomes the sixth big US bank to report higher standardised RWAs than modelled RWAs
Wells Fargo sheds low risk assets
Bank winds down financial institution deposits to meet Fed order
JP Morgan reports further losses on Steinhoff loans
Hike in net charge-offs related to sale of bad loans to South African firm
European banks vague on settled-to-market switch
UBS reported a cut in gross derivatives assets and liabilities attributable to STM of Sfr11.4 billion in 2017
European banks op risk losses dominated by business failures
Losses relating to accident and neglect account for 38% of op risk losses at eight big dealers
VM changes cut billions from US bank swaps values in 2017
Effects on potential future exposure (PFE) mixed
Take-up of credit modelling varies at European banks
Percentage of credit RWAs calculated using IRB approaches ranges from 42% to 91% across large dealers
Fraud makes up bulk of UK bank op risk loss events
Internal and external fraud on average equalled 64% of all op risk events in 2017 across four large dealers
Crédit Agricole and Groupe BPCE hardest hit by countercyclical buffer
Minimum capital requirement will rise around 20 basis points at BPCE; 16 at Crédit Agricole
Model and policy changes behind billions in UK bank RWA shifts
Net capital charges of £368 million across five lenders attributable to model updates alone
Lenders save £200 million as UK bank levy shrinks
Aggregate levy brings in £206 million less year-on-year across five largest banks
Japanese banks load up on HQLA
Aggregate liquid assets increase ¥22.3 trillion year-on-year
US CVA charges over seven times higher than EU
Huge disparity appears to result from EU exemption for corporate trades
'Big Five' Canadian banks' loan-loss ratios improve
BMO cuts PCL ratio 10 basis points year-on-year
BMO shrinks loan-loss provisions as US outlook improves
US provisions for credit losses drop from C$110 million to C$44 million year-on-year
Basel floor change boosts Canadian bank capital ratios
CET1 ratios improve between five and 120 basis points quarter-on-quarter at 'Big Five'
Scotiabank reports volatile loan-loss provisions
A C$31 million jump in provisions largely attributed to a single deteriorating loan
Royal Bank of Canada RWAs return to growth
Loan growth contributes to C$22 billion increase
TD Bank freed from Osfi capital floor
As a result, the bank’s CET1 jumped to 11.8% from 10.6% in the previous quarter
New capital floor saves CIBC C$244 million
Switch to Basel II-based floor adds 16 basis points to bank's CET1 ratio
JP Morgan, Wells Fargo excess reserves dwindle faster than Fed average
Total banking sector excess reserves have dropped 5.8% since Fed "normalisation" began
Five US banks below Collins floor
Morgan Stanley, JP Morgan, Citigroup, State Street and Wells Fargo had higher standardised RWAs than modelled RWAs
Barclays’ cleared and non-cleared OTC volumes diverge
Non-cleared notionals down 23% year-on-year
Model ban adds A$375m to Australian securitisation capital
One bank - Westpac - sees 40% jump in size of charge