Balance sheet
UAE, Qatari banks hit record risk density in Q2
Leverage exposure declines lift ratios as US and Chinese banks move lower
The evolution of stress testing: unlock one integrated balance sheet
Stress-testing moves from a periodic regulatory exercise to a continuous, strategic discipline that asks: how bad can it get – and do we have a plan to survive it?
Huntington non-performing asset ratio hit highest since 2020
Non-accrual commercial and industrial loans rise 20% to record $986 million
BoE’s crisis lending plan hits buffers
Scepticism greets regulator’s proposal to increase releasable leverage capital buffers
BoE leverage overhaul could free up $9bn for UK banks
NatWest and Lloyds stand to benefit the most, while HSBC and StanChart face modest increases
Life and pensions ALM system of the year: Fentics Technology
Fentics’ ALM and capital platform helps insurers and pension providers manage balance sheets by bringing assets, liabilities and capital together within a single modelling framework
G-Sib capital surcharge: how indexing and averaging alter incentives
Capital risk strategist anticipates Basel III endgame impact on US big-bank behaviour
Basel III endgame: overall relief hides winners and losers
G-Sibs gain from surcharge reform while AOCI hits regional banks
ALM in 2026: the fast-track from compliance to competitive edge
How banks are modernising asset-liability management for a more volatile world
Mastering market uncertainty
Unlock the new era of risk management with a modern framework
Vendor spotlight: ALM solutions, 2025
Leading organisations are modernising ALM to tightly integrate market, credit, capital and liquidity risk
EBA guidance prompts banks to rethink CSRBB perimeters
Banks will likely have to expand their credit spread risk coverage following recommendations
Many banks see obstacles to options-based IRRBB hedging
Liquidity, accounting treatment and culture seen as impediments to wider use of swaptions, caps and floors
Pinnacle-Synovus merger could create cat IV bank by year-end
$100bn threshold breach looms, but Fed’s Bowman plan could blunt impact
Bowman’s GDP-linked proposal would lift bank thresholds by 42%
Recalibration would push five banks out of category III and leave Synchrony and Flagstar below the large-bank line
Banks hold 73% of liquidity buffer in cash and Level 1 assets, on average
Largest lenders hold highest share of central bank reserves in buffer, latest analysis shows
EVE and NII dominate IRRBB limit-setting
ALM Benchmarking study finds majority of banks relying on hard risk limits, and a minority supplementing with early-warning indicators
Third of banks run ALM with five or fewer staff
Across 46 firms, asset-liability management is usually housed in treasury, but formal remits and staffing allocations differ sharply
Bank ALM tech still dominated by manual workflows
Batch processing and Excel files still pervade, with only one in four lenders planning tech upgrades
Staff, survival days, models – where banks split on ALM
Liquidity and rate risks are as old as banking; but the 46 banks in our benchmarking study have different ways to manage them
How window-dressing distorts US repo markets
Banks crush their repo balances periodically to massage systemic indicators, with far-reaching consequences for borrowing rates