Risk-weighted assets (RWAs)
FSB debates how to fit climate risk into capital rules
Regulators ponder whether climate risk needs new RWAs or recalibration of existing ones
StanChart’s CVA charge up 19% in Q2
Higher capital requirements also at Barclays, Lloyds and NatWest, with HSBC the only outlier among top UK banks
Majority of US G-Sibs’ assets attract sub-100% risk-weighting
Risk Quantum analysis shows top US banks retrenched to lower-risk assets through the pandemic
Citi hits the Collins floor
Of the eight systemic banks in the US, Goldman Sachs remains the only one above the threshold
RWA density at Goldman drops to seven-year low
Change to the distribution of the bank’s exposures by risk weighting likely contributed to the reduction
RBC lifts CET1 ratio by 80bp with model parameter update
Reclassification of small business clients carves out C$26 billion of credit risk
Deutsche sees equity RWAs jump 29% on new EU rules
CRR II requires banks to calculate exposure they would incur to honour guaranteed returns on investment products
Internal model revamp adds €3.2bn to Commerz’s CCR RWAs in Q2
IMM update drove most of 37.8% increase in total CCR RWAs
BoE floor could double capital charges on HSBC’s UK home loans
New rules could forcibly push up residential mortgage portfolio’s 5% risk density
Citi leads US banks in shrinking market risk
First aggregate drop in capital charges stemming from market risk since mid-2020
End of SVAR relief hikes market risk at Canada’s ‘Big Five’
Market RWAs increased by C$13.9 billion over the three months to end-July
Deutsche takes €17.7bn RWA add-on in final Trim hit
Leveraged loan portfolio among targets of ECB’s remedies
Climate risk-weights a ‘terrible idea’ for aiding transition
Carbon pricing and direct regulation of top emitters seen as better approach
Rabobank’s market risk charges jump 54% in H1
Increases in commodity and FX risk push up SA RWAs
ABN Amro shed €4.5bn non-core RWAs in Q2
Bank seeks to prepare books for Basel IV
Top UK banks’ RWAs rose in Q2, reversing downward trend
HSBC’s $15.5 billion increase was the main driver, but other banks saw RWAs fall
ING takes €5.2bn RWA hit from SA-CCR and last of Trim
Regulatory inflation negates RWA decrease from better loan-book quality
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ECB sees slim gains, larger losses if EU tweaks Basel III
Staff paper says using parallel stack output floor would push up funding costs longer-term
HSBC’s Asia RWAs up $22.9 billion in H1
Asia accounts for 47% of total RWAs as reallocation strategy gathers steam
NatWest gets VAR model approval as transition from Libor continues
The updated model is expected to reverse a £1.5bn increase in markets RWAs next quarter
SA-CCR to add up to £5bn to Lloyds’ RWAs
Further headwinds are expected to come from CRD IV implementation
Credit Suisse’s op risk up $6.5bn on subprime-era litigation
Increase offsets the removal of Archegos-related capital add-on by Finma
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