Pillar 2
More EU banks will fail new IRRBB test as rates push upwards
Half of all EU banks could cross outlier threshold for new test of net interest income

ECB ratchets up Pillar 2 charges across top lenders
UniCredit, BNP Paribas, SEB and Swedbank worst-hit in latest SREP round

HKMA preparing prescriptive climate stress test for 2023
Regulator plans granular scenario specifications, considers Pillar 2 capital measures

EBA: more climate risk supervisory reporting is coming
Official anticipates effort to identify climate impact on internal models, concentration risk
Danske gets Pillar 2 reprieve through $2bn AML provision
Quantifying the hit from Estonian branch investigations earned the bank a 75% cut in add-ons in place since 2018
EBA to scrutinise banking book models amid macro turmoil
Banking regulator raises concerns as bankers doubt their IFRS 9 and IRRBB models
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
EBA eyes top-down stress test for credit risk
European version of CCAR is off the table, but more projections are likely to be modelled by regulator
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
Banks relieved as EBA punts on dual-track stress tests
Hybrid approach for 2023 will see top-down models used to project net fee and commission income only
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
Regulatory straitjacket adds $7bn to Danske’s credit RWAs
Remedials to improve internal models push total RWAs up 5%
EU looks to close Brexit escape route from ECB supervision
Changes to capital regulation would stop national rulebook arbitrage deployed post-Brexit
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
EBA set to unveil revised hybrid stress-test framework
Firms fear new bank-run leg in 2023 exam could prove an operational headache
ECB’s stress capital buffer still a ‘black box’ – banks
National regulators retain wide latitude to set Pillar 2 Guidance under new rules
EU banks get first taste of new stress test-driven buffer regime
Of the 50 stress-tested lenders, three would fall into the highest Pillar 2 Guidance bucket
Special K-factors: new buy-side capital regime sized to fit
Overhaul of capital regulations could hit European investors’ op risk capital calculations
Hong Kong banks await guidance on IRRBB for risk-free rates
HKMA will steer how historical volatility data can be used for valuing new options contracts
A European watchdog with more bark than bite
The European Central Bank’s soft approach could be storing up trouble for the future
ECB’s Covid capital relief boosted too-big-to-fail banks
Capital headroom increased 176%