Banks
Following Fed changes, Morgan Stanley’s leverage bind to loosen
Bank chief cannot see capital requirements going up when stress capital buffer and new SLR come into effect
US Bancorp could trim liquidity buffer by $15bn
Relaxation of liquidity coverage ratio for mid-sized banks would reduce HQLA requirement
Tri-party repo and collateral businesses feather BNY Mellon’s earnings
Non-cleared margin rules and US Treasury issuance behind revenue surge
Basel members speed up implementation of banking reforms
Most rules now adopted by more than half of member jurisdictions
PNC eyes $50m windfall from regulatory easing
Capital relief could be used to plump shareholder distributions next year
Trading revenues top $1bn at Wells Fargo in Q3
Net gains on trading activities up 75% on Q3 2018
Goldman adds $17bn of deposits in Q3
Consumer platform Marcus doubles deposits year-on-year
Citi approaches capital target
CET1 capital has dropped 1.8% on the quarter following post-CCAR distributions
JP Morgan borrowed $240bn in fed funds and repo markets in Q3
Average quarterly balance was 30% up year-on-year
Borrower default estimates continue to improve at EU banks in Q2
Greek corporate creditworthiness improves the most of 39-country sample quarter-on-quarter
Repo exposures pile up at BNP Paribas
French bank had €388 billion of repo exposures at end-June
Large banks set for capital boost through Fed’s AOCI opt-out
Unrealised losses on certain assets will not longer filter in CET1 capital for non-systemic lenders
UK banks accelerate RWA increases in Q2
Market and operational RWAs return to growth after shrinking in Q1
US bank minnows growing faster than giants
Banks $1 billion to $10 billion in size accumulated assets at faster rate than those over $10 billion in size in 2018
HSBC leads foreign banks in fed fund and repo borrowings
Large intermediate holding company money market borrowings equivalent to 15.9% of total assets
EU banks pare own-country sovereign exposures
Banks held €1.76 trillion of domestic government bonds in Q2 2019, down from €1.91 trillion a year ago
Buy-to-hold inventories empty at US banks
Mid-sized lenders have trimmed held-to-maturity portfolios the most
Greece leads EU on cutting toxic loans in Q2
Non-performing loan ratio of Greek banks falls to 39.2% from 44.8% a year ago
ECB exposes LCR window-dressing
Banks use collateral swaps and term deposits to improve key liquidity ratios
Basel III heralds wild CVA capital swings
Minimum required capital for CVA to climb 64% for large banks, but some banks will see falls of up to 67%
Funding risk of global banks varies
Basel study shows European banks have seen net cash outflows increase just 7.7% in four years
Goodwill makes up $69bn of BAML’s equity
Across eight US G-Sibs, goodwill comprises 18.7% of pre-adjusted CET1 capital
Basel output floor to bind 29% of big banks
But risk-based capital requirements would constrain the largest number of international lenders
European banks set for 18.6% capital hike under Basel III
Model output floor and higher credit and op risk charges will drive most of the increase