Counterparty credit risk
CCR RWAs spike across Asian banks in Q1 2026
Singapore and Hong Kong lenders see sharpest rise in a category banks disclose little detail on
EBA’s repack answers leave dealers guessing
Spire dealers are split – some see worst-case scenario, others assume gentler treatment
UK banks add £7.4bn of CCR RWAs
Barclays and Standard Chartered drive counterparty credit risk surge in Q1
Foreign banks can swerve US Basel op risk capital charges
New proposal offers category III and IV banks op-out from regime, but intragroup trades penalised
SRT issuance hits €260bn as capital relief grows
Banks cut capital ratios by over 40bp on average via SRT deals, BIS research shows
ING tops EU peers with hedge-heavy CVA charges
Bank’s €59.4bn CVA hedges dominated by non-CDS instruments
UniCredit’s credit derivatives notional jumps 125%
Increases in protection bought and sold far outpaced European peers
UK rethinking tougher capital rules for US bank subsidiaries
US endgame draft would trigger UK Basel III trap floor for foreign banks, but PRA is reviewing
HSBC, Mizuho, US Bancorp ensnared by endgame CVA rule
Notional-based backstop leaves most banks exempt from capitalising non-cleared trades
Hopes rise for cross-product netting under SA-CCR
Banks want rule change in Basel III endgame to lower capital costs of clearing UST repos
Nykredit retail banking risk-weight hits nine-year high
Retail banking risk-weight jumps to 46%, second only to commercial
ECB seeks capital clarity on Spire repacks
Dealers split between counterparty credit risk and market risk frameworks for repack RWAs
US banks diverge from global peers on OTC clearing
Clearing rates fall in US as UK, Europe and Canada push higher
Hong Kong derivatives regime could drive more offshore booking
Industry warns new capital requirements for securities firms are higher than other jurisdictions
Bank of America leaps to fourth on global OTC derivatives ranking
Bank overtakes BNP Paribas, Morgan Stanley, Goldman and Citi with €8.3 trillion expansion in 2024
Credit default swaps break through fourth wall
Fourth-trigger CDS trading ramps up as more protection sellers enter field
Record $95bn in equities sits with US banks as OTC margin
Stocks on par with US Treasuries in top dealers’ collateral trove
Almost two-thirds of banks now run XVAs on cloud
Risk Benchmarking study finds a majority of big dealers tapping cloud capacity, some exclusively, with others migrating
FICC to launch new default fund before UST repo clearing mandate
Clearing members expected to welcome FICC’s plans to separate loss mutualisation from margin
FICC takes record bite from MMF repo investments
Funds shift cash from the Fed’s ON RRP as cleared repos hit $1.11trn
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