Banks
Swaps books of top US dealers bulged in Q1
Citi increased derivatives exposures by $25.5 billion quarter-on-quarter
Though Covid crisis rages, US banks’ op RWAs fall
Wells Fargo sees op RWAs fall $2.9 billion
JP Morgan had sharpest trading edge of top dealers in Q1
G-Sibs racked up 295 profit-making days in first quarter
Japan Post marks down CLOs by ¥122bn
Lender has increased holdings of CLOs 76% since Q4 2018
Trading losses at US units of Deutsche, RBC exceed VAR by 1,000%
Wild markets overwhelmed foreign banks’ value-at-risk estimates
Systemic US banks incurred 42 VAR breaches in Q1
Leading dealers saw actual losses over four times greater than their VAR estimates on some days
Eurozone bank capital buffers swell on Covid relief measures
Average buffer increases to 393bp across 14 eurozone lenders
Six VAR breaches at ABN Amro in Q1
Market risk capital charge climbs 57% in response
Commerz tags €5bn of CLOs as hard-to-value
Buyers’ strike makes mark-to-market pricing impossible for structured credit
Systemic eurozone banks take €10bn in loan-loss provisions
Santander takes a whopping €3.9 billion out of income
Credit models at odds with standardised approach on Covid
Increase to advanced approaches RWAs far outpaces growth to standardised
ING hit by €92m XVA loss
Credit trading business tagged for trading losses
UK banks eye Pillar 2 savings after PRA intervention
Top lenders could free £4.4 billion of capital
Capital overhaul depresses Crédit Agricole’s solvency ratio
Wind down of “Switch” mechanism may have come at a bad time for the French lender
Crédit Agricole, Natixis, UniCredit pummelled by XVA losses
Top banks take combined €207 million hit from valuation adjustments
BNP incurs nine VAR breaches in Q1
Market RWAs jump 37% to €26 billion
UK banks’ derivatives books shrunk at year-end
The gross fair value of portfolios declined 22%
New securitisation rules weigh on UK banks
HSBC sees capital charge increase 41% quarter-on-quarter
Banks stride towards BCBS 239 implementation
No G-Sib was non-compliant with any key data management principles
NatWest Markets’ CVA reserve swells £136m
Funding benefit and debit valuation adjustment help offset derivatives charge
UK banks put £7.6bn aside for credit losses in Q1
Impairment charges were roughly double aggregate net profits at top lenders
BBVA trims capital target following ECB relief measures
Spanish lender targets 225-275bp CET1 management buffer
SocGen’s trading VAR unmoved by wild markets
Though market RWAs soared, VAR dipped 7% quarter-on-quarter
Bleak macro view pushes Lloyds’ ECL over £5bn
Anticipated loan losses for commercial loans up 39% on end-2019