Articles by Alessandro Aimone
European ETDs make scattershot progress in 2017
Almost half of equity derivative notionals executed on exchange
Emir compels clearing surge
Share of cleared interest rate derivatives climbs to 58%
EU derivatives market adds €55 trillion in 2017
Interest rate products account for 69% of gross notionals
Eurex default fund swells to €4.5 billion
Second quarter saw the second-largest quarterly increase since the CCP began reporting in 2015
Goldman VAR drops again in third quarter
The firm’s average daily VAR dropped $11 million (17%) to $53 million
Bank of America posts lowest LCR to date
The firm's LCR fell to 120% from 122% in third quarter
JP Morgan shrinks loan-loss provisions by 35%
Total PCLs across all divisions totalled $948 million in the third quarter of the year
NSCC posts $137m margin breach
Securities CCP records largest margin shortfall since public disclosures began
EU banks cut €67 billion in non-performing loans
Greece remains the country with the highest NPL ratio, at 45%, followed by Cyprus at 34%
Output floor to constrain almost half of G-Sibs – Basel study
The Basel III output floor will impose the single largest Tier 1 capital requirement on 46% of G-Sibs
Basel III: EU G-Sib capital requirement to jump 25%
Basel III output floor will add 5.4% to minimum required capital
EU banks short €14.6 billion of Basel III capital
Total capital ratios would fall to 14.5% from 18.5% if reform package were implemented today
UK derivatives market arrests decline
Gross derivatives values grow £132 billion quarter to quarter
Denmark, Sweden hike countercyclical buffers
Swedish banks now subject to highest add-ons among European Union lenders
UK banks build up risk in Q2
Total RWAs were up £57 billion, from £2.89 trillion to £2.94 trillion
Cross-border loans to eurozone show signs of life
The increase seen in Q1 2018 interrupted a downward trend that began at the start of 2016
Interest rate ETD open interest drops in Q2
Open interest in options and futures contracts combined dropped 12%
Global bank equity levels returned to growth in Q1
Bank equity level increased by $87 billion in the first quarter
Modelled market risk falls for UK banks as standardised risk rises
Barclays had the lowest percentage of market RWAs calculated under IMA, at 49.6%, and Lloyds Banking Group the highest, at 86.1%
Swap books swell at big US banks despite lower risk profile
Total OTC derivatives notional among the eight banks is $222 trillion – a 2% increase on the quarter
US banks' VAR-based charges drop in Q2
The average decrease in the VAR-based capital requirement across the eight US G-Sibs was 10.4%, compared with a 23% increase in the first quarter
JP Morgan cuts op risk RWAs by $12.5 billion
Operational RWAs down to $387.6 billion from $400 billion in the second quarter
Swiss banks’ market risk drops by $12 billion
Lower risk levels drive quarter to quarter fall