Banks
Fed’s Covid scenarios far harsher than latest stress tests
Under worst-case, 25% of banks would have post-stress CET1 ratios of less than 4.8%
Goldman faces high stress capital buffer after Fed tests
Bank projects 640bp peak-to-trough capital hit in DFAST
Systemic European banks’ bail-in buffers fell in Q1
Bail-in debt stocks increase, but balance sheet expansion crimps TLAC ratios
Giant US banks outgrew smaller rivals in Q1
Banks over $10 billion in size also saw Tier 1 leverage ratios fall furthest
Prudential filters crimp some banks’ own funds, boost others
Two banks saw CET1 climb more than 5% at end-2019 through the EU’s valuation adjustments
Niche EU lenders loaded with loans to peripheral eurozone
Top European banks have limited exposures to Greece, Cyprus, Spain, Portugal and Italy
EU bank credit models neglect peripheral countries
A majority of non-core EU exposures are under the standardised approach
Sold CDS notionals climbed 16% at top US banks in Q1
Net fair value of credit protection positions vaults to $5.3 billion
French, UK banks have largest trading portfolios in Europe
Fair value and HFT assets concentrated among biggest banks
How XVAs shaped top US dealers’ trading revenues in Q1
Citi disclosed a -$835 million CVA impact on revenues
Mark-to-model assets surge at top US banks in Q1
Level 3 instruments hit an aggregate $137 billion among banks over $100 billion in size
CVA capital charges jumped 50% at systemic US banks in Q1
Goldman Sachs’ charge climbs 76% quarter-on-quarter
Hard-to-value assets abound at Nordic banks
Level 3 assets make up 25% of Norwegian firms’ fair value portfolios
Greek, Italian banks lead EU on IFRS 9 capital relief
Intesa Sanpaolo saw CET1 capital add-in of €2.6 billion
Own-sovereign risk higher in peripheral eurozone countries
Portuguese, Greek, Italian, Irish and Spanish banks have 51% of their sovereign portfolios invested in domestic debt
Credit Suisse nets 37% sovereign RWA cut
At end-2019, 75% of its government portfolio was under the standardised approach, up from 14% the year prior
Interest rate swaps powered Q1 derivatives boom at top US banks
Rate derivatives notionals increase 22% quarter-on-quarter
Systemic European banks expanded scope of credit models in Q1
UniCredit and Santander have increased reach of IRB approaches the most among their peers
Cash flood expanded systemic footprint of top US banks
Intra-system liabilities up 26% in Q1
Corporate loan default risk spiked at US G-Sibs in Q1
Median probability of default increases 17bp to 1.39% on the quarter
Systemic riskiness of top US banks increased in Q1
JP Morgan’s systemic risk score increased enough to attract a 4% capital surcharge
CIBC’s escape from SA-CCR lowers capital charge
Bank embraces internal model approach for derivatives portfolio
Structured product losses weigh on Canadian G-Sibs
CDOs held by RBC lose C$369 million over three months
Risk density of top US banks edged down in Q1
Banks piled up assets with low risk-weightings in the first quarter