Articles by Lorenzo Migliorato
EU bank credit models neglect peripheral countries
A majority of non-core EU exposures are under the standardised approach
French, UK banks have largest trading portfolios in Europe
Fair value and HFT assets concentrated among biggest banks
Greek, Italian banks lead EU on IFRS 9 capital relief
Intesa Sanpaolo saw CET1 capital add-in of €2.6 billion
Credit Suisse nets 37% sovereign RWA cut
At end-2019, 75% of its government portfolio was under the standardised approach, up from 14% the year prior
Systemic European banks expanded scope of credit models in Q1
UniCredit and Santander have increased reach of IRB approaches the most among their peers
Structured product losses weigh on Canadian G-Sibs
CDOs held by RBC lose C$369 million over three months
‘Big Five’ Canadian banks’ loan-loss charges quadruple
Reserves for performing loans increase 32-fold quarter-on-quarter
Margin calls on eurozone funds rose fivefold in March
ECB data shows some funds faced liquidity squeeze as VM calls flooded in
Generali’s solvency ratio savaged by Covid-19 turmoil
Italian sovereign exposures could force capital gauge even lower
US bank liquidity ratios eroded in Q1
Net cash outflows and HQLA spike to record levels
Japan Post marks down CLOs by ¥122bn
Lender has increased holdings of CLOs 76% since Q4 2018
Commerz tags €5bn of CLOs as hard-to-value
Buyers’ strike makes mark-to-market pricing impossible for structured credit
UK banks eye Pillar 2 savings after PRA intervention
Top lenders could free £4.4 billion of capital
BNP incurs nine VAR breaches in Q1
Market RWAs jump 37% to €26 billion
New securitisation rules weigh on UK banks
HSBC sees capital charge increase 41% quarter-on-quarter
UK banks put £7.6bn aside for credit losses in Q1
Impairment charges were roughly double aggregate net profits at top lenders
Bleak macro view pushes Lloyds’ ECL over £5bn
Anticipated loan losses for commercial loans up 39% on end-2019
PRA relief blunts market risk surge at Barclays, StanChart
Without temporary measures, market RWAs would have been 18% higher at StanChart
CVA, market RWAs more than double at UBS in Q1
Overall risk-weighted assets increased 10% on end-2019
Finma relief unlocks $90bn of leverage exposure at Credit Suisse
Central bank deposit carve-out is intended to support lending
US banks’ leverage soared in Q1 before Fed’s reprieve
JP Morgan alone saw leverage exposure climb $112 billion
Amid Covid crisis, top US banks give $32bn away to shareholders
Buybacks exceeded Q1 2019 total, despite voluntary suspension on March 15
Top US banks issue $35bn of SOFR-linked debt in 2020 to date
Citi leads on notes placed year-to-date
Bank of America shifts mortgage bonds into holding pen
By cutting available-for-sale assets, bank should avoid equity volatility