Market risk
Europe’s next chore: cleaning a floor made messy by the US
Rejection of Basel III’s output floor leaves EU with some difficult decisions to make
Wall Street giants rack up VAR breaches
Goldman hit hardest as JP Morgan, BofA and Morgan Stanley also exceed model forecasts in Q1
EU weighs response to US dropping Basel capital floors
European regulators assessing whether US proposal amounts to a “substantial” deviation
UK banks add £7.4bn of CCR RWAs
Barclays and Standard Chartered drive counterparty credit risk surge in Q1
European Commission plans permanent changes to FRTB
EU legislator will start work on new rules later this year to ensure level playing field with US
RBI’s modelled market RWAs jump on Tarf stress shock
FX volatility scenario for 2009 drives sharp rise in stressed VAR under internal models approach
Isda’s Basel III playbook: speak softly and carry a big QIS
Scott O’Malia on capital reforms, repo markets and tokenised collateral
Liquidity, trust and AI reshape the operating model
Highlights from the Market Risk Leaders’ Network, Singapore, March 2026
ING tops EU peers with hedge-heavy CVA charges
Bank’s €59.4bn CVA hedges dominated by non-CDS instruments
BPCE VAR exceptions lift capital add-on
Three breaches in H2 2025 push bank into amber zone, raising capital add-on
Can the US FRTB revamp make the IMA great again?
Banks are finally presented with a viable internal models framework under Basel III’s market risk rules
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
Deutsche’s IMA RWAs jump 12% on SVAR recalibration
RWAs linked to stressed component bloat €3.5 billion on switch in historical reference period
UBS’s market RWAs fall below pre-FRTB levels
Charges drop 15.8% in Q4 as legacy assets continue to roll off
Eight US dealers set to dodge FRTB application
Revised trading-activity thresholds would narrow scope of market risk framework
US blows the floors off Basel III
Barr criticises “downward deviations” in US rule; Bowman rejects “blind adherence” to global standards
CRO view: Emerging risks in the age of AI
The risk agenda is shifting beyond market and credit volatility towards operational resilience, AI governance and culture
FRTB internal models: quo vadis?
Two risk experts explore how to adjust the FRTB framework to promote internal model usage
US regulators bid to save FRTB IMA, but it’s no small task
Even if industry wish-list is granted, a 2028 start date might be too soon for model adoption
Banks urge EBA to delay risk benchmarking amid Iran conflict
Risk managers say hypothetical portfolio exercise clashes with severe market turbulence