Pillar 1
Regulators’ remorse: SVB and the case for IRRBB capital charges
Basel Committee chair among those who say Pillar 1 capital requirement could have helped control SVB risks
Basel’s IRRBB shock scenario update hit by US crisis
Recalibration of shocks had been touted for Q3, but wider rethink may now cause delay
Small banks set for 2% capital reduction under Basel III
Lower leverage ratio requirements expected to offset Tier 1 capital increases for credit risk and output floor
Swedbank takes $3.47bn RWA hit from credit model overhaul
Rejig of IRB models is expected to reduce the bank’s Pillar 2 requirement
EBA: more climate risk supervisory reporting is coming
Official anticipates effort to identify climate impact on internal models, concentration risk
Global banks’ CET1 surplus hit 2.5-year high in 2021
Lenders in the Americas had smaller share of capital available for use than European peers
Regulator warns on fragmentation of climate risk supervision
International standards needed to support growing preference for Basel Pillar 2 approach
European banks set for 17.5% capital hike under Basel III
Output floor could account for almost half the increase in Tier 1 capital requirements by 2028
A chilly reception for climate risk capital
Bankers don’t believe climate-adjusted risk-weights will enter EU prudential framework – not for now, at least
Australian banks’ charges for rates risk soar 66% in Q1
Sudden rise in longer swap tenors eats into equity generation potential
HSBC’s SA market RWAs double on new structural FX rules
Move from Pillar 2 to Pillar 1 for unhedged FX risk adds $6.8bn of RWAs
PRA sets StanChart’s structural FX risk under Pillar 1 requirement
Market RWAs expected to rise $3 billion–4 billion next quarter as a result
ECB’s stress capital buffer still a ‘black box’ – banks
National regulators retain wide latitude to set Pillar 2 Guidance under new rules
For EU banks, there can be no ‘back to normal’
The ECB’s recent review of risk models shows lenders got it all wrong pre-pandemic
Special K-factors: new buy-side capital regime sized to fit
Overhaul of capital regulations could hit European investors’ op risk capital calculations
ECB’s Covid capital relief boosted too-big-to-fail banks
Capital headroom increased 176%
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
How the Fed’s Covid stress test got stuck in the middle
Experts fear CCAR add-on has neither informed investors nor guided capital management
Grand designs? Time to rein in the Pillar 2 project
Pillar 2 capital add-ons are becoming increasingly elaborate
BNPP faces €67bn RWA hike under Basel III
Executives say ongoing capital generation and Pillar 2 changes will help keep CET1 ratio stable
ICAAP/ILAAP – How can banks improve the process?
Regulators consider banks’ internal capital and liquidity adequacy assessment processes (ICAAP/ILAAP) – important tools in managing risk
EBA’s Campa: reduce Pillar 2 charges to offset output floor
Bankers plead for smaller capital hit and more predictability on implementation of Basel III
Keeping watch: EBA stress-testing head plans overhaul
Top-down approach, dynamic balance sheet and multiple shock scenarios all possible for 2022
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…