Morgan Stanley
BNY Mellon dips below Collins floor after surge in standardised RWAs
All nine US banks using internal models now bound by regulator-set approach
Morgan Stanley back on top for US insurer FX forwards trades
Counterparty Radar: Bank added $1.7bn with Mass Mutual in Q4 to overtake Citi as biggest dealer
BlackRock’s interest rate swaps notional climbs 20%
Counterparty Radar: US retail funds continued to add to their positions in Q4
US systemic banks increase reliance on short-term funding in 2023
Contentious STWF metric weighs heavily on Morgan Stanley and Goldman G-Sib scores
US banks’ IRRBB transparency: one step forward, two steps back
A year on from the 2023 crisis, more lenders monitor EVE sensitivity, but full Basel-like disclosures remain the exception
Invesco more than triples size of its FX options book
Counterparty Radar: Manager’s portfolio exceeded $5bn notional in Q4
BofA, Citi, JPM slash $18trn of derivatives in latest window dressing effort
Systemic indicator reduction in Q4 keeps lid on trio’s capital surcharges
Six US G-Sibs face higher surcharges under Fed’s proposals
Goldman and BNY Mellon only top banks to escape increase, analysis shows
JP Morgan leads US banks’ FX trading revenues
Only two dealers saw revenue growth through 2023 as Goldman Sachs reports 75% drop
US FCMs far apart on target residual interest levels
Dealers diverge widely in how much capital they deem necessary to cover customer fund shortfalls
Five US banks hit record leverage exposures
Ballooning balance sheets leave Goldman, Morgan Stanley with razor-thin SLR buffers
Op risk data: Morgan Stanley clocked in block trading shock
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Latest FDIC special assessment tougher than 2009 version
Most US banks face higher toll under new methodology
Kings and kingmakers in the Ucits FX forwards market
Counterparty Radar: First look into European retail fund data reveals HSBC and Vanguard as top dealer and manager
US FCMs wrap up 2023 with required customer funds toeing record high
Wells Fargo, BNP Paribas marked new peaks in December
Mizuho’s life insurance swaptions notional climbs 575% in a year
Counterparty Radar: Prudential, Global Atlantic add substantially to positions in Q3 as market’s notional total grows to $184bn
Citi swaption volumes surge as BlackRock relationship flourishes
Counterparty Radar: Market leader Pimco cuts nearly one-third of book in Q3
Pimco’s interest rate swaps book shrinks 21% in Q3
Counterparty Radar: BlackRock and Capital Group also trim positions to drive down swaps usage by US mutual funds
Citi, JP Morgan bail-in buffers ebb above minimums
Duo’s long-term debt headroom closest to regulatory requirements among top US banks
US mutual funds’ passion for LatAm FX options undimmed in Q3
Counterparty Radar: Carry trade opportunities see managers’ positions increase tenfold in 2023
US dealers’ leverage adequacy hits two-year high on repo compression
Lower repo exposures freed up capacity for derivatives and off-balance sheet items in third quarter