Bank of Montreal (BMO)
BMO sets aside record C$1.5bn for loan losses
Net write-offs reach highest level in over two decades, exceeding early pandemic levels
Eleven banks fall below buffer requirements in latest DFAST
Goldman Sachs worst performer among 31 participating banks, with 450bp gap between stressed CET1 ratio and all-in capital requirements
People: Citi lures JPM private bank CRO, Körner crowns Credit Suisse exits, and more
Latest job changes across the industry
BMO’s cloud migration strategy eases AI adoption
Canadian bank is beginning to roll out GenAI tool for internal use cases
Canada’s top dealers boost derivatives clearing as FRTB kicks in
BMO, RBC and TD Bank cleared record C$45.1 trillion in notionals in Q1
Canadian banks’ market RWAs spike on FRTB switch
CIBC, TD Bank and Scotia saw end-January charges jump amid overall ditching of internal models at Canada’s big five
No Canadian banks using internal models as FRTB kicks in
One bank still plans to adopt IMA after delays prevented it going live in January
At Canada’s big five, impairments keep creeping up
BMO leads the group with bad loans up 39% quarter on quarter
BMO Capital Markets gaining ground in US Treasuries
Canadian bank goes head-to-head with large US bulge brackets in D2C market
Impaired loans surpass pandemic peaks at CIBC, Scotiabank
At five Canadian banks, troubled loans up 40% year-on-year
Eight US banks slapped with higher capital buffers
US units of Deutsche and UBS hit with highest SCBs yet imposed by the Fed
Five US banks would breach CET1 buffers on AFS loss reinclusion
Fed’s vice-chair proposal to scrap AOCI waiver would cripple KeyCorp the most
US G-Sibs’ OTC derivatives hit record $243 trillion
JP Morgan leads US dealers in boosting notional amounts during volatile first quarter
In DFAST, banks clear 4.5% minimum but breach all-in buffers
Forty-three percent of participants would have seen capital plans rejected under pre-2020 CCAR regime, up from 30% last year
Bank of the West brings C$730m in loan provisions to BMO
Acquired book comes with 2.5x the quarterly charges booked by BMO standalone
US arms of Credit Suisse, SMBC stumble on VAR
Breaches of trading forecasts in Q1 result in higher value-at-risk multipliers for the duo
Bank of the West sale lops 13% off BNP Paribas’s CRE exposure
Disposal of US lender included €11.1bn in loans to creaky sector
For 11 US regionals, capital adequacy hinges on AOCI waiver
A repeal of the 2019 provision would hit KeyCorp and Charles Schwab the most
BMO, TD and US Bancorp hit by out-of-the-money goodwill hedges
Derivatives meant to offset dilution of capital in acquisitions turned loss-making as yields temporarily slumped
US banks’ VAR breaches up 2.5x in 2022
‘Hypothetical’ one-day losses exceeded VAR on 55 occasions, as losing trading days prevail
BMO suffers C$10bn capital floor bite
Charges to constraint-modelled RWAs rose sixfold during Q3