Capital requirements
S&P shutters NMRF solution amid audit questions
Vendors face adverse economics due to low number of IMA banks and prospects of regulatory easing
Citi first to adopt Fed’s two-year SCB average in capital target
Bank’s 12.8% CET1 target reflects proposed averaging rule, pushing capital goal up $2.4bn
Has the Collins Amendment reached its endgame?
Scott Bessent wants to end the dual capital stack. How that would work in practice remains unclear
Basel III reforms expected to lift large bank capital requirements by 2.1%
Latest BCBS analysis highlights increased capital needs from the output floor
Ditching Fed’s method 2 could unlock $112bn for top US banks
JPM and BofA could see largest capital gains if US G-Sib surcharge approach dropped, amid speculation of a framework overhaul
How EU supervisors react to interest rate risk outliers
Banks have faced no automatic penalties for breaching new NII test, but do come under microscope
EC mulls blanket FRTB multiplier
Leaked doc includes bank-specific or industry-wide relief on impact of new EU market risk rules
EBA’s Campa on simplifying EU regulations and supervising stablecoins
Departing pan-European supervision chief discusses advancing the banking union, streamlining implementation of new rules, financial resilience, and stepping down early
Basel III alone won’t be capital neutral, says Fed official
Endgame may raise requirements, but will be offset by changes to G-Sib and stress capital buffers
Basel III adoption gap widens as Turkey and India stall
With just a third of jurisdictions fully compliant, progress on the post-crisis banking reforms remains uneven worldwide
BNP Paribas poised for fresh G-Sib score cut via intra-EU waiver
Carve-out facing US pushback compressed bank’s cross-border footprint 51% in 2024
Morgan Stanley SCB cut unlocks $4.2bn after rare Fed appeal win
Bank’s buffer falls 170bp, widening average cut across US banks subject to the regime to 66bp
JP Morgan SE’s clearing rate plunged to 15% in 2024
US bank’s EU arm slashed €5.7trn in cleared notionals, while bilateral grew €11.4trn
Accounting fix brings FICC agent clearing a step closer
SEC accepts Sifma interpretation, but firms still need their own opinion and capital clarity
Trade tensions lift China G-Sibs’ CVA charges 10% in Q2
Top Chinese banks’ RWAs rebound for first time since Basel III overhaul
US Basel III endgame: a credit risk calibration conundrum
If regulators want to finalise the rules, they should strip out gold plate and cancel a haircut
US banks’ OTC derivatives climb to new highs amid tariff woes
Notionals up more than 7% in largest Q2 jump on record
European regulator praises Japan’s ‘smart’ NMRF manoeuvre
Comments come after revelation that Nomura is able to reverse NMRF status for risk factors
DFAST fashion: emerging trends from 12 years of US stress tests
The banks that breach buffers, the assets that perform best under stress, and other insights from Dodd-Frank Act stress-testing exercises
Some European banks still failing net interest income test
Swedbank joins seven other outliers after it updates methodology assumptions
RBC US inches towards category III status on assets build-up
Canadian lender’s US subsidiary on course for stricter liquidity and leverage requirements in Q3
US banks see record relief in stress capital buffers
Average buffer falls 62bp amid strong stress test showing
Nomura’s ES requirement swings 75% in turbulent debut
New gauge for modelling interest rate desks’ charges ranged from ¥23bn to ¥41bn over the course of Q1
Capital-neutral securitisation risk weights
A closed-form formula to allocate capital to the tranches of a securitisation is presented