Banks
Systemic indicators surged at European banks in 2019
Total exposures increased 3% year on year
Barclays led European banks on derivatives notionals in 2019
Deutsche Bank cut notionals 10% last year
Fed dollar swap operations slow as funding strains ease
Seven-day swap utilisation has dropped off since May
OTC swaps exposures of systemic US banks fell back in Q2
Aggregate current credit exposures to hedge funds falls 42% quarter on quarter
Deposit flows shape systemic US banks’ liquidity risk
Non-operational deposits accounted for over 25% of cash outflows in Q2
US banks’ corporate default indicators worsened in Q2
Median probability of default increases 38bp to 1.7% on the quarter
Systemic US banks’ liquidity ratios rebounded in Q2
Aggregate liquid assets increased 15% quarter on quarter
Virus volatility swelled CVA charges at Barclays, NatWest in H1
PRA capital relief for market risk eased the CVA burden at some lenders
Systemic US banks’ leverage exposures shrank $1.4tn in Q2
On-balance sheet exposures fall on Fed relief
Citi, Goldman, had most winning trading days of top banks in Q2
In aggregate, US G-Sibs racked up 314 profit-making days over the quarter
Market, interest rate risks surged at Commonwealth Bank in H1
Market RWAs jumped 129% over the first half
ABN Amro crushes CVA charge with index hedges in H1
Risk-weighted assets for CVA drops 48% in six months to end-June
Goldman’s op RWAs climb $13bn on 1MDB settlement
Bank settled with Malaysian government for $2.5 billion in July
Goldman breached VAR limit 16 times in H1
US dealer also racked up 40 days on which trading profits exceeded $100 million
Internal stress tests of EU banks not up to scratch – ECB
Only one in 10 banks’ internal tests are tougher than supervisor-run programmes
Top banks defer €1.6bn of profits on hard-to-value trades in H1
BNP Paribas set aside €532 million alone in H1
Trading VAR leapt higher across EU banks in Q2
Average VAR across seven systemic lenders increased 61% quarter-on-quarter
Systemic eurozone bank provisions hit €11bn in Q2
ING sees loan-loss charge double in Q2
CRR ‘quick fix’ pushes UniCredit’s RWAs lower
Italian bank nets €2.4 billion of RWA relief from regulatory changes
Shift out of models nets ING €8bn of sovereign RWA relief
Of standardised approach government debt exposures, 24% had a zero risk-weighting in Q2
Commerzbank takes €111m of XVA losses in H1
Valuation adjustment benefits gained in Q2 did not offset huge Q1 losses
EU banks’ Q1 credit risk estimates show little Covid effect
Probability of defaults for retail exposures edged up only slightly quarter-on-quarter
BPCE’s capital ratio falls as it waits on Covid loan relief
Delay to state guarantee benefits took 32bp off of CET1 ratio
Corporate, SME loans to take brunt of Covid shock, say EU banks
Though credit outlook has darkened, banks expect to increase lending overall