North America
Squashing CVA still dominates XVA desks’ priorities
Dealers favour options-based strategies to manage charges; some explore contingent CDSs amid rising exposures
How Basel III endgame will reshape banks’ business mix
B3E will affect portfolio focus and client strategy, says capital risk strategist
How window-dressing distorts US repo markets
Banks crush their repo balances periodically to massage systemic indicators, with far-reaching consequences for borrowing rates
Chicago data centre outage forced clearers to turn away clients
Friday’s cooling system failure highlights cracks in tech and concentration risk of big CCPs
Morgan Stanley set for biggest reset under softened eSLR
Bank’s leverage utilisation to fall from over 90% to 64% under new buffer
FCM capital buffers drop below pandemic nadir
HSBC Securities, RBC Capital Markets set record lows for surplus over requirements
CVA capital charges – the gorilla in the mist
The behaviour of CVA risk weights at US banks in 2020 hints at the impact of the Basel III endgame
Record $95bn in equities sits with US banks as OTC margin
Stocks on par with US Treasuries in top dealers’ collateral trove
Capital One’s LCR strengthens post-Discover acquisition
Projected retail outflows rise one-third after card-business deal, but liquidity buffers hold up
Equity derivatives house of the year: JP Morgan
Risk Awards 2026: Volatility strategies and technology investment help realise hyper scale-up
Opaque NCCBR market twice as big as regulators expected
Transaction-level data reveals $5trn in non-centrally cleared bilateral repo, raising transparency and risk concerns
XVA desks target capital in optimisation runs
US regulatory uncertainty leaves banks cautious on investing in new optimisation tools, Risk Benchmarking study finds
Fed’s new LFI regime most lenient since 2020
Revised rating system could cut not-well-managed share to its lowest since framework’s introduction
Almost two-thirds of banks now run XVAs on cloud
Risk Benchmarking study finds a majority of big dealers tapping cloud capacity, some exclusively, with others migrating
US G-Sibs rediscover appetite for less-liquid HQLAs
Aggregate eligible Level 2A assets rise to $110bn while median LCR falls to record low
LSEG adds market risk optimisation for FX options
Tool attracts eight dealers and could be expanded to rates and equity options
FICC to launch new default fund before UST repo clearing mandate
Clearing members expected to welcome FICC’s plans to separate loss mutualisation from margin
Huntington, Fifth Third set to become cat III banks in 2026
Purchases of Cadence and Comerica expected to lift assets above $250bn threshold, triggering stricter regulatory requirements
Popular sees highest NPL inflow since 2012
Telecoms and hotel loans behind $242 million in new NPLs in Q3
Narrower US supervisory remit could lead to more bank failures
Some former regulators see risks in fewer MRA letters, but others welcome streamlining
FICC takes record bite from MMF repo investments
Funds shift cash from the Fed’s ON RRP as cleared repos hit $1.11trn