Risk Quantum/Morgan Stanley
Systemic US banks drew down credit reserves in Q4
JP Morgan released $1.9 billion back into income alone
US G-Sibs saw off-balance-sheet exposures fall post-Covid
OBS items now make up less than 18% of total exposures
Underwriting activity of US G-Sibs topped $3 trillion in Q3
JP Morgan increased debt transactions by 41% year-on-year alone
Having cut risk, Wells Fargo may win a lower G-Sib surcharge
The San Francisco-based bank has lowered its systemic risk score through 2020
Systemic US banks shifted assets to buy-to-hold pens in Q3
JP Morgan almost doubled its held-to-maturity portfolio last quarter
Systemic US banks’ market risk charges fall from Covid highs
Citi an outlier as its capital requirements increase in Q3
Liquidity buffers thinned at Morgan Stanley, Goldman in Q3
Build-up of HQLA slows over the third quarter after post-Covid surge
JP Morgan had most profit-making trading days of top banks in Q3
New York-based bank posted 45 winning trading days in total
BofA the outlier as most US banks improve SLRs in Q3
Aggregate Tier 1 capital climbs 2% in Q3
US systemic banks’ op risk charges fell in Q3
Bank of America’s charge falls 26% following a model change
FCM client margin for swaps continued to shrink in Q3
Barclays the outlier as required IM jumps 22%
Systemic US banks’ RWAs edge lower in Q3
Bank of America reaps benefit of op risk cut