North America
NYCB doubles down on borrowing as deposits keep ebbing
Wholesale funding made up a third of the bank’s interest expense in Q1
Allianz Life drops single-name CDS positions in Q4
Counterparty Radar: US life insurance industry volumes sink to lowest level in two years
Northern Trust buys $2.4bn of US Treasuries as rate-cut prospects rise
Additions to the 5–10 year portion of AFS book have been, for now, swapped to SOFR
FX dealers face end-of-day trading stress from T+1 shift
Experts say switch to using overnight swaps could be “problematic” and lead to wider spreads
State Street loads up on short-term borrowing as rates spike
Funding rejig comes amid surge in deposits
Consortium backs BGC’s effort to challenge CME
Banks and market-makers – including BofA, Citi, Goldman, Jump and Tower – will have a 26% stake in FMX
AOCI worsens across the board at US banks in Q1
JP Morgan, Wells Fargo and Citi hit hardest in trend reversal
BofA, PNC lead Q1 rise in non-performing CRE loans
Commercial real estate write-offs also increased, driven by office loans
BNY Mellon dips below Collins floor after surge in standardised RWAs
All nine US banks using internal models now bound by regulator-set approach
Buy side would welcome more guidance on managing margin calls
FSB report calls for regulators to review existing standards for non-bank liquidity management
Citi halves swaptions book with US retail funds
Counterparty Radar: Mutual funds and ETFs cut exposures by 22% in Q4
People: Isda taps four new directors, O’Callaghan joins CA, Berlinski quits Goldman, and more
Latest job changes across the industry
CFTC chair backs easing of G-Sib surcharge in Basel endgame
Isda AGM: Fed’s proposed surcharge changes could hike client clearing cost by 80%
Seven banks under SEC scrutiny over interest rate risk disclosures
Regulator-issued letters aim at boosting transparency on EVE and NII sensitivity
US banks’ non-core funding dependence ratio jumped in 2023
BHCs’ aggregate figure almost doubled to post-pandemic high last year
Morgan Stanley back on top for US insurer FX forwards trades
Counterparty Radar: Bank added $1.7bn with Mass Mutual in Q4 to overtake Citi as biggest dealer
The American way: a stress-test substitute for Basel’s IRRBB?
Bankers divided over new CCAR scenario designed to bridge supervisory gap exposed by SVB failure
Smaller US banks hold over half of CRE loans
Lenders under $50bn in assets reported record $1.7 trillion of exposures at end-2023
JSCC, FICC lead VM spike across CCPs
BoJ decision to allow 10-year yields above 1% contributed to JSCC spikes
Top 10 op risks: change brings challenges
Higher interest margins and a trend toward insourcing drive major tech projects
Wells Fargo’s F&O client margin reached new high in January
Required funds up $380m, pushing FCM’s month-end figure past pandemic peak