Internal ratings-based (IRB) approach
Share of small EU bank assets under standardised approach grew in 2020
At small banks, SA covered 88% of credit exposures
Portfolio shifts aided credit RWA reductions at Dutch banks in 2020
At ING, 0% risk-weighted sovereign exposures kept a lid on RWA inflation
Parallel lines: EU begins fight over Basel output floor
Leaked plan to exclude buffers from floor would please EU banks, could anger Basel and US
Shift out of models nets ING €8bn of sovereign RWA relief
Of standardised approach government debt exposures, 24% had a zero risk-weighting in Q2
Time for the standardised approaches to shine
Banks are playing a canny game of capital optimisation by toggling between internal models and regulator-set approaches
EU bank credit models neglect peripheral countries
A majority of non-core EU exposures are under the standardised approach
Credit Suisse nets 37% sovereign RWA cut
At end-2019, 75% of its government portfolio was under the standardised approach, up from 14% the year prior
Corporate loan default risk spiked at US G-Sibs in Q1
Median probability of default increases 17bp to 1.39% on the quarter
ECB data spotlights credit risk-weight disparities
Weightings applied to standardised approach exposures far exceed those for IRB equivalents
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Barclays used securitisations as credit risk shield in 2019
Risk-weighted assets for these exposures increased 44%
Some EU banks can’t explain lowball credit model outputs
Negative unjustified deviations in capital requirements most widespread for corporate portfolios
Appetite for corporate credit risk grows at EU banks
Total credit RWAs increase 3.2% from end-September 2018 to end-June 2019
When the data’s not there, expert-led models could help
Missing data is a problem. Expert elicitation taps the knowledge of many, say consultants
Credit data: US slowdown starts to bite for high yield
Credit quality in the US is turning, while the UK is sliding sharply, writes David Carruthers
Eurozone G-Sibs’ modelled risk weights well below average
Six of eight systemic lenders have modelled risk weights lower than the G-Sib and European mean
Europe’s new default rules: a defined benefit?
EBA’s single definition of default will have multiple effects for credit risk management, say consultants from PwC
Basel III risk-weight changes to tax European banks most
Risk-weighting of IRB exposures to increase 2.8% overall
Saudi bank merger lowers RBS’s credit RWAs
Standardised credit RWAs fall 23% quarter-on-quarter
Regulatory changes swell RWAs at BBVA
Targeted review of internal models saps 13 basis points from CET1 capital in Q2
Q&A: ‘Stop talking about rules’ – Basel’s Coen
Standard-setter’s top staffer is moving on. He wants industry to do the same
Big banks to bear brunt of Basel III reforms in EU
G-Sibs short €82.8 billion of Basel III capital
Basel’s unlikely victim: venture capital
Changes to credit risk framework could block alternative path for EU banks to finance SMEs
IRB approaches cover two-thirds of European bank credit risk
Share of risk-weighted assets calculated using internal models between 41% and 91% at the G-Sibs