Risk-weighted assets (RWAs)
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
Operational resilience 3.0 – Unlocking potential and elevating response
In a Risk.net webinar convened in collaboration with Fusion Risk Management, an expert panel delved into best practices for businesses to elevate systems to the next level of prediction, preparation and protection
Trim, SA-CCR weigh on Santander’s RWAs
Regulatory changes and model updates shave 24bp off the bank’s CET1 ratio
Model change cuts Barclays’ VAR 21% in H1
Reducing historical lookback period from two years to one shaves £5m off bank’s average VAR
After bruising EU model review, banks ask: ‘Why bother?’
Post-Trim changes erode capital savings from internal models while raising their running costs
EBA guidelines on IRB boosts Danske’s credit RWAs
The bank expects further increases in the second half of the year after adding $3.17 billion in Q2
Isda disputes excessive FRTB charges for carbon trading
EU carbon certificates show lower volatility and higher netting than Basel approach assumes
UBS revises credit and counterparty risk estimate
Changes to the bank’s models and methodology expected to add $6bn in second half of the year
Basel III standardised credit risk assessment – What you need to know
Basel III updates take a more sensitive approach to calculating risk weightings and capital charges. Paul Whitmore, global head of counterparty risk solutions at Fitch Solutions, explains how credit risk professionals can prepare
UK banks’ RWAs near record low – BoE
Lower credit and counterparty RWAs led the quarterly drop, latest figures show
Nomura understated VAR capital charges by 13% in H2 2020
VAR RWAs should have been ¥122 billion higher than originally stated at end-December
Credit risk exposures shrink share of top UK banks’ RWAs
Barclays reported the biggest drop, both on a quarterly and yearly basis
Post-merger, Caixa’s credit RWAs jump 47%
In RWA terms, the newly created entity is now bigger than Commerzbank and Rabobank
Finma add-on inflates Credit Suisse’s credit RWAs
The Sfr5.8 billion additional capital buffer accounts for two-fifths of bank’s quarterly increase
Goldman’s market RWAs grew $14.9 billion in Q1
The increase was largely due to higher VAR and SVAR measures
RWA density rises at Citi, BNY Mellon and State Street
The eight US G-Sibs reported total assets of $14.2 trillion, up 5% quarter on quarter
Commerzbank’s op RWAs hit 10-year low
The bank added 20bp to its CET1 capital ratio in Q1
ABN Amro’s market risk charge grew 54% over Q1
Dutch bank hit with higher VAR and SVAR multipliers
Citi edges towards Collins floor
The gap between standardised and advanced RWAs has shrunk significantly during Q1
UniCredit cut RWAs the most of EU systemic banks in Q1
The €10.8 billion cull helped improve the Italian bank’s CET1 ratio 52bp