Credit valuation adjustment (CVA)
Counterparty risk capital charges up 20% at top UK banks
StanChart CCR capital requirement jumps 41% over the first quarter
Citi’s counterparty credit risk charge up 38% in Q1
Probability of default of portfolio increases to 0.73% from 0.68%
ING hit by €92m XVA loss
Credit trading business tagged for trading losses
Crédit Agricole, Natixis, UniCredit pummelled by XVA losses
Top banks take combined €207 million hit from valuation adjustments
NatWest Markets’ CVA reserve swells £136m
Funding benefit and debit valuation adjustment help offset derivatives charge
XVAs take $346m bite out of HSBC’s trading profits
Derivatives valuation adjustment impact pushes trading profits down 49%
European banks seek capital relief for CVA hedges
Volatile trading in March caused CVA hedges to dominate market risk RWAs at some smaller dealers
Credit Suisse takes $51m derivatives hedging loss
Net trading revenues down 47% on year-ago quarter
JP Morgan takes $951m XVA hit
Funding spread widening blamed for majority of Q1 hit
Podcast: Horvath and Lee on market generator models
Quants explain the application of the latest techniques
Rates trading revenues up 154% at top US banks
Net gains on interest rates-related exposures top $21 billion
One bad apple: default risk at CCPs
One clearing member's disproportionately large position increases the credit risk for all CCP members
US sidetracks bid to end European CVA exemption
Fed’s change to SA-CCR capital renews EU industry calls to preserve carve-out
Santander’s CVA charge up 15% in Q3
Other eurozone G-Sibs see their CVA requirements fall
Credit valuation adjustment wrong-way risk in a Gaussian copula model
In this paper, we present an analytical expression for CVA with WWR under the assumption of the lognormally distributed trade value.
New CVA regime to hike affected RWAs fivefold at EU banks
Systemically important lenders face 622% increase in CVA RWAs; but effect could be less if existing exemptions are carried over
Smaller Japan banks set to adopt CVA accounting
IFRS convergence levels playing field as regional banks start to price in credit risk
Competitive differentiation – Reaping the benefits of XVA centralisation
A forum of industry leaders discusses the latest developments in XVA and the strategic, operational and technological challenges of derivatives valuation in today’s environment, including the key considerations for banks looking to move to a standardised…
StanChart’s CVA charge jumps 39% in Q3
CVA accounts for an ever-increasing portion of the bank’s total counterparty credit risk
Lloyds’ counterparty credit risk charge rises £60m in Q3
Charge for mark-to-market changes to derivatives increases 10%
Best CVA practices in Japan
At a recent roundtable in Tokyo, banks and regulators discussed progress on credit valuation adjustment (CVA). While, in many respects, the work towards implementing best practices in the country is on track, challenges remain in resourcing and…
In the balance redux
Mats Kjaer developes a dynamic balance-sheet pricing model for valuation adjustments
UK banks accelerate RWA increases in Q2
Market and operational RWAs return to growth after shrinking in Q1
Basel III heralds wild CVA capital swings
Minimum required capital for CVA to climb 64% for large banks, but some banks will see falls of up to 67%