Banks
BMO shrinks loan-loss provisions as US outlook improves
US provisions for credit losses drop from C$110 million to C$44 million year-on-year
Basel floor change boosts Canadian bank capital ratios
CET1 ratios improve between five and 120 basis points quarter-on-quarter at 'Big Five'
Scotiabank reports volatile loan-loss provisions
A C$31 million jump in provisions largely attributed to a single deteriorating loan
G-Sib swap portfolios reveal transatlantic divide
EU banks record 16% fall in non-cleared swaps, while US dealers see 9% growth
Higher profits bolster EU bank capital ratios
Discrepancies persist between countries worst and least hit by eurozone crisis
Royal Bank of Canada RWAs return to growth
Loan growth contributes to C$22 billion increase
US bank swaps books rebound after G-Sib reckoning
Total OTC derivative notionals across eight G-Sibs grow $28 trillion in first quarter
TD Bank freed from Osfi capital floor
As a result, the bank’s CET1 jumped to 11.8% from 10.6% in the previous quarter
New capital floor saves CIBC C$244 million
Switch to Basel II-based floor adds 16 basis points to bank's CET1 ratio
Goldman, JP Morgan get riskier in Q1
Each bank could face an extra 50 basis points of capital add-on without remedial action
Concentration of EU banking assets grows
Share of assets held by top five banks in median EU country increases year-on-year
JP Morgan, Wells Fargo excess reserves dwindle faster than Fed average
Total banking sector excess reserves have dropped 5.8% since Fed "normalisation" began
Five US banks below Collins floor
Morgan Stanley, JP Morgan, Citigroup, State Street and Wells Fargo had higher standardised RWAs than modelled RWAs
Barclays’ cleared and non-cleared OTC volumes diverge
Non-cleared notionals down 23% year-on-year
Model ban adds A$375m to Australian securitisation capital
One bank - Westpac - sees 40% jump in size of charge
Barclays trims connections to other financial firms
Intra-financial system assets and liabilities drop 19.6% and 13.5%, respectively
Citi continues cutting derivatives exposure
Total is down 16% from 2016, limiting impact of US leverage ratio
Retail banking performance improves Groupe BPCE cost of risk
Retail banking network cost of risk falls 22bp to 15bp
Business growth and HQLA cuts see US LCRs fall
Cutbacks in high-quality liquid assets and higher deposits drive reductions across the G-Sibs
Italian banks hardest hit by IFRS 9 transition
Risk Quantum analysis of 36 banks from 11 European Union countries found that capital declined on average by 34bp between December 31, 2017, and March 31, 2018
US bank VAR-based charges surge in volatile first quarter
Average quarter-on-quarter increase of 23% for VAR-based capital across 11 large dealers
French banks add €1.4 billion to Single Resolution Fund
Contributions to the SRF jump 25% on average
Crédit Agricole de-risking saps earnings
Corporate and investment banking RWAs fall 11%; net income falls €103 million
Commerzbank cuts loan charges in wake of IFRS 9
German lender posts “risk result” – costs associated with changes to loan-loss provisions and remeasurement of assets – of €77 million in March