Banks
Hang Seng LCR slumps to three-year low in Q2
LCR falls 58 percentage points as net cash outflows rise and HQLA declines
Securitisation exposures surge 80% at European banks as risk density falls
RWAs grow just 52% over four years as synthetic positions more than double
DZ Bank ditches slotting approach for project finance exposures
German bank transfers €8.6bn in RWAs to F-IRB methodology following regulatory approval
US banks cut commodity derivatives as equity books hit record
Commodity notional falls 6.3% as equity positions climb to $19.42trn
European banks’ derivatives exposures surge 11% in six months
PFE add-ons account for nearly two-thirds of increase, driving largest jump since 2022
Commerz, Lloyds, BPCE top European banks for interest rate sensitivity
Eight lenders face potential EVE losses exceeding 10% of Tier 1 capital under rate shocks
Large US banks’ lending to private equity funds reaches $239bn
JP Morgan, Goldman and BofA account for 80% of quarterly increase
European banks’ SFT exposures jump 14% to record €881bn
Eighteen of 29 lenders reach all-time highs; big repo and securities lending increases for German banks
JP Morgan, Wells Fargo AOCI losses double in Q3
Unrealised securities losses mount as rising yields depress valuations and hit CET1 capital
Emirates NBD fund RWAs surge 480%
Bank’s first reported use of look-through approach coincides with RBL acquisition
RBC, Scotiabank securitisation RWAs hit record highs
SEC-SA RWAs rise 23% across major Canadian banks, led by C$1.5bn increase at RBC
Kookmin’s SFTs surge 40% on higher repo
Record securities financing transactions contributes to 15bp leverage ratio drop
Barclays, SocGen lead European banks to new corporate SRT highs
Corporate loan retained exposures up $31bn at European G-Sibs
Basel III capital hit on G-Sibs jumps sixfold in H2 2025
Estimated increase in Tier 1 requirements rises to 1.8% – highest since 2023
UniCredit CVA RWAs double amid Commerz stake build-up
Bank cites strategic transactions as driver of the surge
Five Korean banks set records for non-operational deposit outflows in LCR
Wholesale funding and money market deposits rise as retail deposit flows slide
European UST holdings overtake Asia for first time
China and Japan see declines in US Treasuries while UK holdings approach $1trn
CCB’s securitisation risk-weighted assets nearly quadruple
Residential mortgage securitisations held as investor rise 42-fold in six months
Commodity and equity derivatives drive record liability gap at UK banks
Net derivatives balance narrows to lowest in a decade as liabilities rise faster than assets
Santander takes 90% share of European G-Sibs’ mortgage SRTs
Retained residential mortgage exposure at Spanish bank rises €4.3 billion in H1 2026
Bank of China’s CVA exposures soar ahead of peers
The bank leads Chinese G-Sibs to log the largest quarterly increase on record