Risk-weighted assets (RWAs)
Nordea’s CVA charge drops 34%
CVA requirements are at their lowest level since Q3 2018
UK bank RWAs inch up on credit and counterparty risk
Total RWAs stable year-on-year
Restructured Deutsche would be slimmest eurozone G-Sib
As of Q4 2018, the German bank was the third-largest systemic lender by leverage exposure
CVA exemption in Basel III could save EU banks more than €18bn
Tweaks to op risk framework might reduce capital shortfall by €12.3 billion
Basel’s unlikely victim: venture capital
Changes to credit risk framework could block alternative path for EU banks to finance SMEs
Eurozone G-Sibs’ op RWAs fall €8.1bn in Q1
Deutsche Bank led the charge with €6.4bn reduction
Corporate loan exposures weigh on EU banks
Risk density across EU G-Sibs stood at 93% for corporate loan exposures
RWA density at JP Morgan drops to six-year low
Bank’s asset portfolio has become less risk-heavy under standardised approach since 2013
Banco Santander’s CVA charge drops 20% in Q1
Three EU G-Sibs cut capital requirements, three increase them
How capital rules overwhelmed bank strategy
Regulators shouldn’t run a bank – but Basel III and stress tests have put them in the cockpit
Default fund costs dominate US G-Sibs’ cleared swaps charges
Default fund contributions accounted for 62% of the eight banks’ RWAs
Fresh scrutiny for Europe’s SME capital carve-out
FSB’s Knot urges conformity with global standards
Model changes, asset growth boost Canada bank RWAs
TD Bank brings credit card portfolio under A-IRB
Banco Santander hit hard by IFRS 16
Average capital depletion across seven G-Sibs was 11bp
Over four years, US non-cleared swaps books get riskier
Risk density of non-cleared trades has increased under standardised approach
US mid-sized banks may bulk up. (Is that safe?)
The crisis over a decade gone, the Fed’s ‘tailoring’ proposal will greatly relax rules on the mid-tier
Most US G-Sib assets attract low risk weightings
Of total assets, 53% have a standardised risk weighting of 50% or lower
Fund-linked structured products face extinction under FRTB
Global market risk capital standards carry sky-high charges for fund derivatives
Banks rethink fund-linked trades ahead of FRTB
Some stop offering longer-dated structured products ahead of expected 2023 rules in EU
ECB model review continues to eat at ABN Amro’s capital
Trim effects add €1.3 billion of RWAs in Q1
Trading units of Swiss banks move in opposite directions
Over three years, Credit Suisse has cut RWAs allocated to trading 17%; UBS has increased them 46%
Final FRTB tweak ‘will kill correlation trading’, say dealers
Some European banks plan to lobby ECB for relief when rules are transposed to local law
Citi’s credit risk measures diverge
Standardised RWAs rise; modelled RWAs fall in Q1 2019
Top UK banks' CVA charges up 10% in Q1
Barclays' and Standard Chartered's requirements increase over 20% each