Risk-weighted assets (RWAs)
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
ANZ expanded credit model in Q1
Risk density of overall loan book declined quarter on quarter
BNP Paribas’ VAR hit 12-year high in Q1
Equity portfolio VAR surged 27% quarter on quarter
Deutsche slashed market RWAs by one-fifth in Q1
Macro-hedging touted as RWA-saving tool
Trading VAR at UBS peaked after Archegos blow-up
Swiss bank still posted a fall in market RWAs quarter on quarter
Archegos debacle prompts Credit Suisse to slash prime services
Executives pledged $35 billion of cuts to investment bank leverage exposure
ECB’s models review heaped €275bn of extra RWAs on banks
Average bank CET1 capital ratio fell 71bp through Trim process
Securitisations lowered Intesa’s credit RWAs in Q4
Synthetic securitisation shaved €2.2 billion off of credit RWAs alone
SocGen’s STS securitisations hit €9 billion in 2020
‘Simple, transparent and standardised’ exposures had half the capital charges of the rest of the book
SA-CCR more a burden to Credit Suisse than UBS in 2020
At Credit Suisse, SA-CCR RWAs increased 134%
At 40% of EU banks, credit risk own-funds deviate from benchmarks
Eleven banks lowballed capital requirements without justification in latest exercise
Portfolio shifts aided credit RWA reductions at Dutch banks in 2020
At ING, 0% risk-weighted sovereign exposures kept a lid on RWA inflation
Risk density of Santander’s securitisation book hits five-year high
Synthetic securitisations helped cap credit RWAs last year
At Canada’s ‘Big Five’, counterparty and op RWAs grew in 2020
Credit, market RWAs ebbed over the year
Riskiness of internationally-active UK banks edged up in 2020
Risk density across top five UK banks fell year on year
Swaps, repo counterparties of US banks grew riskier in 2020
At Citi, counterparty credit RWAs for OTC portfolios increased 51%
UK banks count cost of EU software capital reversal
Average CET1 ratio would fall 29 basis points
Ailing loans added $15bn to StanChart’s RWAs in 2020
Effects of credit deterioration offset by disposals, portfolio reductions
HSBC pares down market RWAs after model update, VAR change
Risk-weighted assets for trading exposures fall $2.8 billion quarter on quarter
Regulatory breaks strengthened EU banks’ CET1 ratios in 2020
In spite of Covid turmoil, top lenders improved their CET1 ratios by around 70bp on average
NatWest cut markets unit RWAs by almost one-third in 2020
NatWest Markets now makes up 16% of group RWAs
Model reviews imposed capital charges on top EU banks in Q4
Societe Generale incurred a -36bp hit to its CET1 ratio due to Trim
State guarantees saved UniCredit €8bn in RWAs through 2020
Italian lender has €20.8 billion of government-backed loans on its books
Easing of op risk add-on boosts Commonwealth Bank
Op RWA relief offset increases due to credit, market risk