Banks
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
PRA relief blunts market risk surge at Barclays, StanChart
Without temporary measures, market RWAs would have been 18% higher at StanChart
Deutsche Bank liquidity buffer shrinks €17bn
Clients’ clamour for cash forces bank to monetise liquidity pool
CVA, market RWAs more than double at UBS in Q1
Overall risk-weighted assets increased 10% on end-2019
Covid relief frees €4.9bn of capital at Santander
Bank sees CET1 buffer climb to 272bp
XVAs take $346m bite out of HSBC’s trading profits
Derivatives valuation adjustment impact pushes trading profits down 49%
US regional banks put $18bn aside for credit losses in Q1
Huntington, Citizens, Truist saw provisions increase over 400% on Q4 2019
Capital One triples loss allowances for oil and gas loans
Loss reserves up to almost 10% of total exposure
Credit Suisse takes $51m derivatives hedging loss
Net trading revenues down 47% on year-ago quarter
Finma relief unlocks $90bn of leverage exposure at Credit Suisse
Central bank deposit carve-out is intended to support lending
EU market risk relief targets VAR measures
Dealers with a large percentage of their total capital set using value-at-risk stand to benefit most
Foreign banks’ EM exposure could spiral as Covid-19 bites – BIS
Activation of credit lines and guarantees could cause exposures to leap 26%
US banks’ leverage soared in Q1 before Fed’s reprieve
JP Morgan alone saw leverage exposure climb $112 billion
EU banks diversified sovereign holdings in 2019
Yet banks in peripheral eurozone countries still heavily exposed to home government risk
Covid loan losses exceed 2019 CCAR projections
CECL accounting likely responsible for discrepancy
Amid Covid crisis, top US banks give $32bn away to shareholders
Buybacks exceeded Q1 2019 total, despite voluntary suspension on March 15
At Bank of America, trading revenues get a $300m DVA boost
But credit and funding valuation adjustments deducted $492 million from other income
Systemic US banks put aside $25bn for credit losses in Q1
JP Morgan took a $8.3 billion provision, the most of the eight G-Sibs