Regulators
Coronavirus shock to hit diversified lenders hardest – ECB
Diversified and wholesale lenders projected to see CET1 ratio decline 7 percentage points under worst-case scenario
Severe Covid recession could topple some EU banks
One-quarter of lenders would see CET1 ratios fall below 6.8%
Mark-to-model assets spiked at eurozone banks in Q1
Level 3 derivatives assets increased 52% quarter-on-quarter
Global banks’ derivatives assets hit $4.4tn in Q1
Market values leapt 43% over the first three months of the year
LME Clear stretched by CCP stress tests
Metals clearing house would exhaust prefunded resources under Esma’s default shock scenario
One-quarter of Libor FRNs to mature after benchmark’s death
One-third of outstanding notes issued out of non-Libor countries
Lawmakers have to sort ‘tough legacy’ Libor products – survey
Challenges agreeing contract amendments and lack of term rates for the risk-free alternatives are also barriers to transition
At top US banks, stress test capital hit driven by dividends
Shareholder giveaways make up bulk of post-stress capital losses at JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley, Bank of America
US banks lowball loan pain, overstate trading hit in Fed tests
In aggregate, systemic lenders underestimated loan-loss provisions by 18%
Discover, Capital One loans ravaged by Fed stress test
Credit card losses especially pronounced among regional US lenders
Fed’s Covid scenarios far harsher than latest stress tests
Under worst-case, 25% of banks would have post-stress CET1 ratios of less than 4.8%
Goldman faces high stress capital buffer after Fed tests
Bank projects 640bp peak-to-trough capital hit in DFAST
Giant US banks outgrew smaller rivals in Q1
Banks over $10 billion in size also saw Tier 1 leverage ratios fall furthest
Prudential filters crimp some banks’ own funds, boost others
Two banks saw CET1 climb more than 5% at end-2019 through the EU’s valuation adjustments
Niche EU lenders loaded with loans to peripheral eurozone
Top European banks have limited exposures to Greece, Cyprus, Spain, Portugal and Italy
EU bank credit models neglect peripheral countries
A majority of non-core EU exposures are under the standardised approach
Client margin up 40% at Morgan Stanley’s swaps unit in Q1
Aggregate US FCM margin up a huge $34.8 billion quarter-on-quarter
Sold CDS notionals climbed 16% at top US banks in Q1
Net fair value of credit protection positions vaults to $5.3 billion
French, UK banks have largest trading portfolios in Europe
Fair value and HFT assets concentrated among biggest banks
How XVAs shaped top US dealers’ trading revenues in Q1
Citi disclosed a -$835 million CVA impact on revenues
Mark-to-model assets surge at top US banks in Q1
Level 3 instruments hit an aggregate $137 billion among banks over $100 billion in size
CVA capital charges jumped 50% at systemic US banks in Q1
Goldman Sachs’ charge climbs 76% quarter-on-quarter
Hard-to-value assets abound at Nordic banks
Level 3 assets make up 25% of Norwegian firms’ fair value portfolios
Greek, Italian banks lead EU on IFRS 9 capital relief
Intesa Sanpaolo saw CET1 capital add-in of €2.6 billion