Banks
US banks’ internal stress tests vary
Choice of stress period affects market risk capital requirements
European LCRs improve as cash outflows drop and HQLA rises
Greek banks' liquidity buffers lag far behind EU average
EU banks cut €67 billion in non-performing loans
Greece remains the country with the highest NPL ratio, at 45%, followed by Cyprus at 34%
Market risk capital requirements will soar come 2022
FRTB implies 54% capital uplift for G-Sibs
Output floor to constrain almost half of G-Sibs – Basel study
The Basel III output floor will impose the single largest Tier 1 capital requirement on 46% of G-Sibs
Basel III op risk capital savings dissipate for G-Sibs
Median savings shrink to 5.1% from 19% at end-2015
Basel III: EU G-Sib capital requirement to jump 25%
Basel III output floor will add 5.4% to minimum required capital
Almost all banks compliant with NSFR – Basel survey
Just seven of 193 surveyed below 100% minimum requirement at end-2017
EU banks short €14.6 billion of Basel III capital
Total capital ratios would fall to 14.5% from 18.5% if reform package were implemented today
Standardised market RWAs on the rise at EU banks
Standardised approach-generated RWAs increase €4.7 billion across 12 banks
US banks shuffle structured product portfolios
Investments classified as available-for-sale drop $8.7 billion across six largest dealers
Goldman Sachs is last major bank holding CDO squared
$50 million of legacy positions reported in dealer's trading book at end-June
Wells Fargo swells MBS trading portfolio
San Francisco-based dealer grows allocation by $11 billion from end-2016
Denmark, Sweden hike countercyclical buffers
Swedish banks now subject to highest add-ons among European Union lenders
UK banks build up risk in Q2
Total RWAs were up £57 billion, from £2.89 trillion to £2.94 trillion
Cross-border loans to eurozone show signs of life
The increase seen in Q1 2018 interrupted a downward trend that began at the start of 2016
Global bank equity levels returned to growth in Q1
Bank equity level increased by $87 billion in the first quarter
Modelled market risk falls for UK banks as standardised risk rises
Barclays had the lowest percentage of market RWAs calculated under IMA, at 49.6%, and Lloyds Banking Group the highest, at 86.1%
Swap books swell at big US banks despite lower risk profile
Total OTC derivatives notional among the eight banks is $222 trillion – a 2% increase on the quarter
US banks' VAR-based charges drop in Q2
The average decrease in the VAR-based capital requirement across the eight US G-Sibs was 10.4%, compared with a 23% increase in the first quarter
JP Morgan cuts op risk RWAs by $12.5 billion
Operational RWAs down to $387.6 billion from $400 billion in the second quarter
Swiss banks’ market risk drops by $12 billion
Lower risk levels drive quarter to quarter fall
BNP Paribas grows SFT assets 36%
French bank has overtaken Barclays to become the largest European SFT dealer