G-Sibs
Share of small EU bank assets under standardised approach grew in 2020
At small banks, SA covered 88% of credit exposures
Bill Dudley: exclude reserves, not Treasuries, from SLR
Former head of NY Fed says standing repo facility and reform of G-Sib buckets also key
Regional US banks became more systemically risky in 2020
US Bancorp, PNC disclosed an increased reliance on short-term wholesale funding over the year
Deposits boosted top US banks’ short-term funds in 2020
Unsecured funding from outside the financial sector increased 22% to $934.6 billion
Five US systemic banks face higher G-Sib surcharges
JP Morgan to face 4% add-on; Wells Fargo a cut to 1.5%
Repo exposures fell at BofA, surged at JP Morgan in Q4
Bank of America’s SLR improved to 7.2% by end-December
Final NSFR rule unlocks subsidiary funding for US banks
Technical clarification allows subsidiary capital to be assigned as funding for consolidated group
ECB’s Covid capital relief boosted too-big-to-fail banks
Capital headroom increased 176%
BofA doubled held-to-maturity book in 2020
The bank moved mortgage bonds into HTM throughout the year
How buy-to-hold accounting shuffle boosts US bank capital
Banks gamble shrinking AFS portfolios will bring down stress capital buffer, G-Sib surcharge
Output floor to drive Basel III capital increase at EU banks
About 40% of total Tier 1 capital surge due to limits on modelled RWAs
Basel FRTB capital impact study confused by outliers
“Conservative estimation” of market risk capital uplift averages 69%
US G-Sibs saw off-balance-sheet exposures fall post-Covid
OBS items now make up less than 18% of total exposures
Underwriting activity of US G-Sibs topped $3 trillion in Q3
JP Morgan increased debt transactions by 41% year-on-year alone
Having cut risk, Wells Fargo may win a lower G-Sib surcharge
The San Francisco-based bank has lowered its systemic risk score through 2020
SA-CCR proves a bitter pill for US banks to swallow
Dealers concerned new regime will punish some business lines with rise in risk-weighted assets
PNC to be king of US regional banks after BBVA tie-up
Merger unlikely to tip PNC into too-big-to-fail category
Almost G-Sibs: five banks near systemic designation
Chinese banks continue to grow systemic footprints
At global banks, underwriting activity surged in 2019
JP Morgan led the world with €459.3 billion of transactions
Top US banks have become less of a systemic risk, says FSB
JP Morgan relegated as the world’s most systemically important lender
G-Sibs see little sign of relief on Fed’s systemic buffer
Central bank liquidity and Treasuries will push US firms into higher G-Sib buckets
Top US-based foreign banks shrink systemic footprints
US units of Barclays, Credit Suisse and Deutsche Bank have cut assets 40% since Q3 2016
Basel’s Rogers: little evidence capital buffers have failed
Top regulator disputes idea banks are unable to run down buffers, urges better communication
JP Morgan braces for 4% G-Sib surcharge
Fifty-basis point increase to capital ratio looms