Capital requirements
An NAIC plan to second-guess bond ratings is ‘nonsensical’, insurers say
Proposal to create “quasi rating agency” at regulatory body sparks backlash from industry and US Congress
The AOCI elephant in the DFAST room
After March’s banking crisis, Fed stress tests should adopt harsher and wider ranging rate scenarios
Modelled RWAs diverge further from standardised at BNY Mellon
Gap grows to highest since 2019, pushing bank high above Collins floor
US G-Sibs face higher add-ons in Barr’s surcharge framework review
Fed vice-chair proposal to reduce ‘cliff effects’ could add between 40bp and 10bp to capital requirements
Five US banks would breach CET1 buffers on AFS loss reinclusion
Fed’s vice-chair proposal to scrap AOCI waiver would cripple KeyCorp the most
Goldman could face higher capital charge under Barr proposal
Plans to prevent G-Sib score window dressing would penalise all US systemic banks bar Citi
EU inks softer version of cross-border banking ban
Post-Brexit capital rules may allow Mifid activities, but corporate lending faces restrictions
Partial relief for synthetic securitisation in final EU rules
Internal model banks will see punitive multiplier reduced, but standardised banks miss out
Plumb job: can Basel III unblock US credit risk transfer?
Deals from G-Sibs have slowed in recent years due to regulatory confusion over capital relief
In DFAST, banks clear 4.5% minimum but breach all-in buffers
Forty-three percent of participants would have seen capital plans rejected under pre-2020 CCAR regime, up from 30% last year
US Bancorp, Citizens head for tighter ‘tailored’ standards
Banks on track for stricter capital and liquidity rules, while tiered US standards come under scrutiny
EU banks balk at new market risk models back test
EBA proposals introduce additional expected shortfall back test for market capital risk models under FRTB
Goldman on course for 3.5% G-Sib surcharge
Bank faces 50bp of extra capital add-on from 2025 in the absence of risk score reduction by year-end
Risk managers mull Basel-style climate standards
Risk Live: Splintered approach to stress-testing across jurisdictions “very, very worrying”, says risk expert
Regulators’ remorse: SVB and the case for IRRBB capital charges
Basel Committee chair among those who say Pillar 1 capital requirement could have helped control SVB risks
Citi’s CVA charge up 7% in Q1
Bank retains the highest capital requirements of any US dealer, ahead of JP Morgan and Bank of America
MUFG’s settlement risk surges fourteenfold
Risk-weighted assets for Japanese lender’s unsettled transactions cross ¥300 billion mark in the first three months of 2023
US arms of Credit Suisse, SMBC stumble on VAR
Breaches of trading forecasts in Q1 result in higher value-at-risk multipliers for the duo
Taking stock: putting a price on US bank regulation post-SVB
Tougher requirements could “blow a hole” of 200+bp in regulatory capital ratios – and cripple equity returns
JP Morgan on course to escape Collins floor
Gap between standardised and modelled RWAs at its smallest since 2016
Banks find new uses for discarded FRTB models
Much-maligned IMA models are being upcycled and repurposed for internal risk management
Kneejerk regulatory reaction to SVB risks lending squeeze
Risk manager at regional bank says any Dodd-Frank 2.0 would be ‘fighting the last war’
Banks look back in anger as FRTB revives 1990s risk test
Institutions bemoan need for parallel framework to measure portfolios’ sensitivities to market moves
US falls behind in race to match Europe’s FRTB launch date
Recent US bank failures could jeopardise planned January 2025 start date for Basel III