Data
US banks ditch IR futures as appetite for swaps booms
Notional for futures craters 19% in Q2, hitting lowest in at least seven years
Riskless assets hit three-year low at top US banks
JP Morgan drives shift, shedding more than $65 billion in risk-free exposures
Client margin up 8% at Barclays’ swaps clearing unit
UK bank bucks trend and overtakes Wells Fargo to become sixth FCM by share in August
Wells Fargo has thinnest TLAC headroom globally
Bail-in funds sat 8% above required amount at end-June, smallest gap among the 25 banks subject to the standard
Share of op risk modelling falls at European banks
Less than half of analysed dealers rely on the AMA, as introduction of new standardised approach looms large
US banks’ RWA density dwarfs that of European peers
Truist, Capital One and PNC Bank lead with risk density above 65%
BNP Paribas’s default contributions hit record high in H1
Requirements from CCPs up 19% across 13 EU and UK banks
RBI’s modelled market charges surge 31% as SVAR spike
Widespread volatility in first half of year inflated stressed gauge despite 2022 wind-down of rouble positions
Morgan Stanley’s default fund contributions jump $1.9bn in Q2
Aggregate increase across US clearing banks pushes requirements to highest point since 2021
RBC’s credit derivatives book grows fourfold on market-making push
Notionals of credit protection sold and purchased have ballooned 236% and 382% respectively since October 2022
BTFP becomes top source of Fed funding
Emergency lending programme accounts for over 54% of loans extended to US dealers by the central bank
CME, DTCC lead CCPs on operational failures
Analysis of 15 clearing houses shows outages lasting 34 hours in the past year – highest figure since 2019
EU banks set for 6.7% capital hike on output floor tweaks removal
Unwind of EU-specific transitional arrangements could suddenly inflate Tier 1 risk-based charges, EBA analysis suggests
LCH SA’s default funds hit record highs
CCP’s own contributions account for less than 1% across three clearing services
OCC skin in the game down by nearly a third
Hike in capital expenditures and tax payments drives decrease
RBC’s loan-underwriting VAR drops 59% as volumes dry up
Widening credit spreads had previously sent market risk on syndicated loans skyrocketing
Liquidity risk hits multi-year highs at both CME divisions
Changes to clearing member exposures and portfolio composition drive increases
OCC liquidity risk doubles to all-time high in Q2
Concentration of activity around June expiration responsible for record rise
Some US banks defy yield uncertainty to grow AFS securities
Treasuries remain preferred buy, but regionals also pile into munis, MBS in Q2
Impaired loans surpass pandemic peaks at CIBC, Scotiabank
At five Canadian banks, troubled loans up 40% year-on-year
Liquidity risk triples at Nasdaq in second quarter
Updated model extends time horizon to seven-plus days
Deutsche’s IRC peaks at record high during H1
€905m charge for trading book default and migration is largest among global dealers
Worst-case double default would have caused breach at CME
Stress loss based on hypothetical scenario was $390m higher than prefunded resources
AgBank’s regulatory VAR hits record high in first half
Chinese bank’s market risk up by over a third to highest level in a decade