Regulators
At UK stress test banks, loan-loss estimates up £8bn in 2019
Impairments estimated to cut 5.7% off of the banks’ aggregate CET1 capital ratio
UK banks pass BoE stress tests
Dividend and AT1 bond coupon cuts needed to clear minimum requirements
EU banks eye savings following Pillar 2 update
ECB estimates CET1 relief of 90 basis points
IFRS 9 transitional measures saved EU banks €22bn
Four Greek banks claim €1.2 billion of capital relief on average
EU derivatives markets highly concentrated
CCPs hold 41% of interest rate derivatives notional exposures
Rate options and futures volumes plummet $10trn in Q3
Open interest in short-term options collapses 10% quarter on quarter
Big US banks cut OTC notionals by $10trn in Q3
Cleared notionals made up 54% of aggregate total notionals outstanding
New CVA regime to hike affected RWAs fivefold at EU banks
Systemically important lenders face 622% increase in CVA RWAs; but effect could be less if existing exemptions are carried over
FRTB to double market RWAs of EU banks
Risk-weighted assets across 44 banks to increase 105% on average
RWA density drops at Goldman Sachs
Bank built up stocks of risk-free assets in third quarter
BMO braces for SA-CCR, revised securitisation charges
Bank expects C$100m equity hit through introduction of IFRS 16
EU banks cut toxic loans, but pace of improvement slowing
Cypriot and Greek banks improve NPL ratios the most in nine months to end-June
Appetite for corporate credit risk grows at EU banks
Total credit RWAs increase 3.2% from end-September 2018 to end-June 2019
In hunt for profitability, EU banks turn to risky assets
Exposures to high-risk items across EU banking sector hit €97.2 billion
Goldman leads US banks on trading VAR, but not on revenue
NY-based dealer makes $9.1bn trading revenue year-to-date to JP Morgan’s $18.7bn
Fifth Chinese bank nears G-Sib designation
Build-up of trading assets and hard-to-value instruments contributed to Bank of Communication’s G-Sib score increase
Top US banks fall short of Fed standards
Supervisor says bulk of outstanding problems for largest banks concern governance and controls
Over five years, swaps plummet, options climb at US banks
Swap notionals down $45 trillion since Q2 2014
Threats posed by systemic banks vary by region
Eurozone and UK G-Sibs are too big to fail because of their cross-border activities, Chinese G-Sibs because of their size
JP Morgan usurps Deutsche as world’s largest derivatives bank
US bank increased notionals 5.9% in year to end-2018
Substitutability cap spares JP Morgan higher Basel G-Sib score
JP Morgan could be in higher G-Sib bucket with cap removed
At US G-Sibs, 30-day funding still in vogue
Short-term funding is secured by higher-quality collateral than two years ago
Top banks’ trading books dwindled in 2018
Trading and available-for-sale assets dropped €160 billion year-on-year
Four US banks on cusp of higher systemic risk charges
JP Morgan on track for a 4% systemic risk add-on