Market risk
JP Morgan model updates shave $6.8bn off market RWAs in Q2
Year-on-year, model updates take net $21.1 billion off its RWA total
Rates decline sinks Allianz’s Solvency II ratio
Market impacts take 11 percentage points off ratio in first six months of 2019
VAR breaches force capital add-on at StanChart
Value-at-risk capital requirement soars 38% to $161.8 million quarter-on-quarter
Market risk amps Nomura’s RWAs
CET1 ratio falls 30bp to 16.8% on the quarter
BNPP’s VAR sinks on prop trading exit, calmer markets
Risk of loss down 17% quarter-on-quarter
FRTB internal models in fight for survival
Basel III capital floor leaves banks struggling to justify own-models approach, say risk experts
Lower interest rate risk pushes Santander’s VAR down 16%
South American portfolio accounts for largest chunk of trading risk
As revamp begins, Deutsche’s RWAs for CVA fall
Credit valuation adjustment RWAs down 30% year-on-year
Model refinements slim UBS market risk RWAs
The bank’s market RWAs fell to $10.9 billion at end-June
JP Morgan equity VAR surges 56%
Total trading VAR stood at $44 million for Q2
UK bank RWAs inch up on credit and counterparty risk
Total RWAs stable year-on-year
2022 – A market risk odyssey
Though January’s final version of FRTB offered no great surprises to those who have followed the regulation since its inception, banks now have a greater idea of what is required of them. Bloomberg explores the importance for banks to have FRTB…
DFAST market shock accounts for a quarter of big bank losses
Trading and counterparty losses hit $88.1 billion for banks subject to global market shock
Big banks to bear brunt of Basel III reforms in EU
G-Sibs short €82.8 billion of Basel III capital
A helping hand – Addressing industry concerns
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision’s final revisions to the FRTB guidelines aim to address industry concerns around complexity and capital implications. A forum of industry leaders discusses whether the changes have been effective and how banks…
Turning the IMA into a competitive advantage
Following the clarification of the FRTB rules in January 2019, financial institutions are now working towards a 2022 implementation deadline, finalising how their trading books will operate under this demanding regulation. Eoin Ó Ceallacháin, head of…
Generali expands scope of internal model
Total SCR drops 8% to €20.4 billion in 2018
L&G’s counterparty risk charge almost doubles in two years
Operational and market risk charges also climb at UK group
Allianz’s counterparty risk charge up €102 million in 2018
Total solvency capital requirement down €600 million year-on-year
Axa market risk charge drops almost €3bn in 2018
Solvency capital requirement falls 9% year-on-year