CCAR
WHAT IS THIS? The Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review (CCAR) is a stress test carried out by the US Federal Reserve. It aims to establish whether the largest banks have enough capital to cope with a severe economic shock, and vets their risk modelling practices – creating an annual cycle that has driven huge investments in staff and systems at many banks.
Loan losses: Banks’ estimates out of sync with Fed’s
Wells Fargo worst performer in latest DFAST exercise
Morgan Stanley’s stress test estimate strays from Fed’s
Half of US systemic lenders lowball capital hits in DFAST 2021
Foreign banks perform better in 2021 Fed stress tests
Intermediate holding companies reported higher post-stress capital and leverage ratios than their US peers did
Fed stress test: JP Morgan would bear brunt of losses
Dealer’s giant loan portfolio hit the hardest among 23 participating banks
Fed stress tests stretch Goldman Sachs, HSBC
US dealers toe binding minimums in latest DFAST exercise
Stress capital buffer may delay buy-back announcements
Banks with capital ratios more sensitive to CCAR may rethink how they communicate distributions
Quantum computing experts voice explainability fears
Risk Live: big speed-ups for quantum-powered models could prompt bigger questions from regulators
Goldman banker calls for greater CCAR flexibility
Exec says share buybacks should have been permitted for stronger lenders during Covid freeze
Fed casts doubt on future of Basel internal models in US
Banks warn Fed cannot keep commitment to avoid Basel III capital hike if it forbids models
In light of Covid recession, Fed eases stress test scenario
Real GDP projected to fall 4%. In 2020, the simulated drop was 8.5%
US banks fear Q1 stress capital buffer reset
Fed left buffers on hold after latest stress test, but can change them until March 31, 2021
Covid-19 overwhelmed stress-testing models – banks
Risk USA: lenders forced to apply management overlays to models skewed by macro inputs
Banks fold climate, pandemic and cyber risks into CCAR
OpRisk North America: anchoring idiosyncratic risks to macro scenarios a challenge, say experts
Fed set to unveil operational resilience proposals
OpRisk North America: banks expected to design idiosyncratic stress scenarios to test resilience
Covid policy risk hangs over bank stress tests
Banks and regulators are second-guessing the policy response to new outbreaks
Seeking capital savings, JP Morgan shifts assets to holding pen
Transfer of assets to HTM portfolio could reduce stress capital buffer in future
Science friction: some tire of waiting for quantum’s leap
Use cases for new tech are piling up – from CVA to VAR. But so are the obstacles
Dutch banks seek quantum edge for stress tests
ABN, ING and Rabobank working together; US quantum developer seeks patent for CCAR
Banks aim to close op risk stress test capital gap
Standardising stress drivers could help smooth differences between bank loss estimates
Covid scenarios, pt II: apocalypse how?
Second crowdsourced scenario exercise reveals polarised views in equities and FX
Fix to Fed stress test snafu lowers two banks’ capital charges
Goldman, Morgan Stanley see stress capital buffer cuts
Fed’s approach to stressing op risk frustrates banks
Regulator’s stress test results overshoot banks’ numbers, threatening capital plans
US banks want urgent guidance on capital plan updates
Call for Fed to provide Covid scenarios by start of September, not in fourth quarter
How the Fed’s Covid stress test got stuck in the middle
Experts fear CCAR add-on has neither informed investors nor guided capital management