ABN Amro
IRB reliance peaks at over 90% for some lenders ahead of Basel III shift
As reforms loom, IRB usage spans from marginal to near-total among European banks
ABN Amro takes €1.7bn RWA add-on from credit models rejig
Just over 40% of credit risk RWAs still calculated under the A-IRB approach, down from 90% two years ago
False start: 13 EU banks miscalculate new GAR coverage metric
Unclear instructions, late guidance and poor font choices among reasons behind diverging interpretations from EBA’s template
First green asset ratios come in low as EU banks protest methodology
ABN Amro only bank to break double digits in a sample of 23 lenders
EU banks’ incremental risk charges soared in volatile H2
Charge for traded-bond default and downgrade risk hit 10-year high at BNP Paribas
ECB raised Pillar 2 charges for just three CRE-heavy banks in latest SREP
Pfandbriefbank and Luminor saw largest increases across 106 banks subject to 2023 assessment
Interbank lending plummets at major European banks
Reduced repo operations and TLTRO repayments among drivers
People: Risk shake-up at Santander, JPM juggles markets, and more
Latest job changes across the industry
Tall order: why a unified op risk taxonomy is still elusive
Banks vary in how they classify operational risk losses – and regulators are in no rush to change the status quo
ABN Amro ditches op risk modelling
Dutch lender latest EU bank to switch to the standardised approach ahead of SMA introduction in 2025
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
Rate of cleared OTC derivatives rises at European banks
Swedbank leads dealers in secular trend towards clearing space
European banks’ systemic indicators surged in 2022
Higher values for 10 of 14 systemic risk indicators could see capital surcharges increase later this year
BNP Paribas, SocGen brace for more hits from TLTRO hedge unwinds
Duo expect combined €600m in losses after already booking €500m in first quarter
Trading volume surged at ABN Amro and BNPP in 2022
Banks’ role in secondary market intermediation continues to grow as Deutsche retreats, G-Sib indicators show
FMIs pose greatest challenge for operational resilience tests
Risk Live: Calls for large-scale industry exercises to plan what happens if major CCPs go down
Top EU banks’ OTC derivatives climbed 12% in 2022
All but two dealers report higher notional amounts, led by Crédit Agricole
IRC capital charges surge at Deutsche and Intesa
Risk-weighted assets covering default and downgrade of traded bonds all but double at Italian lender
UBS found no advantage in quantum computing – ex data chief
Swiss bank tested various use cases in the trading business before giving up on the technology