Financial stress-testing
Barclays runs closest to capital hurdles in BoE stress test
UK lender still weakest against required minimums but widens buffers from prior exercise
Transforming stress-testing with AI
Firms can update their stress-testing capability by harnessing automated scenario generation, says fintech advocate
FSB: third of climate stress tests not tackling physical risk
Six jurisdictions conducted exercises only for transition risk
Inflation scenarios: tail risks loom for US equities
Portfolios could lose more than one-third of their value if inflation stays high, suggests crowdsourced scenario exercise
EU stress tests: market risk cuts 107bp off average bank’s CET1
SocGen, Deutsche and UniCredit the hardest hit among EU systemic banks
Covid scenarios, pt II: apocalypse how?
Second crowdsourced scenario exercise reveals polarised views in equities and FX
Internal stress tests of EU banks not up to scratch – ECB
Only one in 10 banks’ internal tests are tougher than supervisor-run programmes
Banks braced for mystery coronavirus add-on to CCAR
Uncertainty surrounds scenario design and impact on stress capital buffer, dividends
Covid scenarios: finding the worst worst-case
As pandemic trashes historical data, a Risk.net tie-up with Ron Dembo’s new outfit tests promise of polling
Mid-cycle stress tests tougher on banks than DFAST
Median CET1 ratio drops 200bp more under mid-cycle than Fed-run tests
BNY, Goldman, HSBC lag in mid-cycle stress tests
Periodic health checks show banks would hurdle regulatory minimums under severe market crisis