Common Equity Tier 1 (CET1) capital
At US G-Sibs, capital buffers have thinned since 2016
Median G-Sib buffer stands at 3.1% and minimum requirement 9.5%
Scotiabank eyes capital savings following divestments
Wind down of overseas investments expected to increase CET1 capital ratio by 50bp
Issues of unsecured debt, CDs pick up steam at US G-Sibs
Senior unsecured debt amounts outstanding climb 31% on Q4 2014; CDs 45.5%
‘Regulatory headwinds’ add €13bn to UniCredit’s RWAs
Frontloading of credit risk model guidelines saps CET1 ratio by 40bp
Morgan Stanley’s RWAs skip higher as lending grows
Loans in the institutional securities and wealth management units rose 3% and 4% quarter-on-quarter
Deutsche’s stress-testing models are surprisingly accurate
DB USA's projections precisely matched the Fed’s estimates for the second year in a row
US banks improve stress test projections
Gap between internal projections and the Fed's model outputs shrinks to 118 basis points
Banks hurdle Fed stress tests with ease
Aggregate post-stress CET1 capital ratio of 18 participants well above regulatory minimum at 9.2%
Banco Santander hit hard by IFRS 16
Average capital depletion across seven G-Sibs was 11bp
SocGen makes great strides to 12% capital target
Risk-weighted asset movements improve CET1 ratio by 23bp alone
IFRS 16 takes bite out of Danske’s capital ratio
RWAs rise Dkr6.2 billion on accounting switch
At Credit Suisse, RWAs leap over Sfr5 billion
Credit RWAs grew 4% due to a combination of model, accounting and regulatory changes
US G-Sibs build capital even as shareholder windfalls surge
The eight large US banks return more than $30 billion to equity holders
One-fifth of EU G-Sibs’ equity ineligible as capital in 2018
Goodwill and intangibles made up €114 billion of pre-adjusted equity
European banks adjust capital mix
Additional Tier 1 totals climb, CET1 and Tier 2 dips
UK banks triple AT1 capital in four years
Total outstanding amounts of AT1 stood at £42 billion at end-2018
Capital build at European banks at odds with profitability
European firms account for 47% of large banks' capital raises, but just 22% of profits
Sberbank's switch to IRB approach lifts capital ratio
Despite the RWA increase, the bank's CET1 capital ratio rose 20 basis points, to 11.6%
Dinged by RWAs, SocGen capital ratio misses target
Bank accelerates asset sales plan to reach 2020 CET1 goal
Two stress tests give conflicting verdicts on UK banks
Under the BoE’s severe stress scenario, the average drop to UK banks’ CET1 capital ratios was 740bp, compared with 570bp under the EBA’s adverse scenario
IFRS 9 hits standardised banks harder than IRB peers
Capital wallop over eight times greater for SA banks than IRB
German banks biggest losers in EBA stress tests
Eight German lenders projected to shed €41 billion in CET1 capital under adverse scenario
Danske money laundering scandal leads to capital add-ons
The add-ons pushed Danske’s management to revise its target CET1 capital ratio higher
UK banks gain capital edge through IFRS 9 transitionals
Four big lenders claim £3 billion CRR-mandated relief