Banks
Giant £174bn Sonia swaps trading day may be biggest ever
Mammoth swaps focus on upcoming announcements from the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee
JP Morgan takes $2.7bn capital hit from CECL
Credit card portfolios see allowances for loan losses spike the most
G-Sibs in US grow leverage exposures faster than EU rivals
HSBC saw exposures fall 2.81% in Q3
Big Canadian banks face C$1bn capital hike on securitisation changes
RBC faces C$551 million uplift alone
Five eurozone G-Sibs cut op RWAs in Q3
Deutsche Bank cut €5.7 billion quarter on quarter
Santander’s CVA charge up 15% in Q3
Other eurozone G-Sibs see their CVA requirements fall
Upgrade to derivatives system dents trading revenue at TD
Real-time mark-to-market of portfolio should cut trading revenue volatility in future
At CIBC, update to loan-loss model lifts credit provisions 38%
Darker economic outlook justified a shift in ECL model weightings
Over 2019, loan-loss reserves up 50% at RBC
Percentage of provisions to total loans up to 0.32%
Loan-loss provisions climb C$40m at Scotiabank
Canadian lender reports provisions 28% higher than in Q3 2018
Over four years, US G-Sibs slash securitisation charges
Banks also have more exposures capitalised using sophisticated calculation approaches than in years prior
At US G-Sibs, swap exposures to corporates climb $43bn in Q3
BofA Securities’ exposures to hedge funds plummets following spike in Q1
StanChart’s CVA charge jumps 39% in Q3
CVA accounts for an ever-increasing portion of the bank’s total counterparty credit risk
Morgan Stanley’s LCR suffers in Q3 on rise in cash outflows
Projected secured wholesale funding outflows surge $10.3 billion
UK bank LCRs fall again in Q3, led by StanChart
Buildup of net cash outflow amounts erode liquidity coverage ratios
Citi’s counterparty credit RWAs surge 12% in Q3
Bank has increased OTC derivatives exposures 15% year-to-date and repo exposures by 37%
IFRS 9 capital relief saves Lloyds £768m
Phase-in measures ameliorate CET1 hit of higher loan-loss provisions
Wells Fargo could escape Collins floor
Op risk-weighted asset increases see advanced RWAs near standardised measures
JP Morgan revs up securitisation engine
Exposures receiving securitisation capital treatment increase by $13.7 billion year-on-year
Commerzbank plumps capital buffer with AT1 bond sale
Bail-in instrument helps expand buffer above MDA limit to around 220bp
UniCredit bolsters capital ratio on Fineco sale
Italian bank also offloaded Mediobanca stake
Trim review pumps up Commerzbank’s credit RWAs
Additional RWA increases also expected in coming quarters
Wells Fargo op risk charge jumps $3.6bn in Q3
San Francisco-based lender still bound by standardised capital approach
SocGen’s CET1 ratio shoots higher as revamp continues
French bank sheds €7.1 billion of RWAs in Q3