Barclays
UK banks find various ways to de-risk
Risk-weighted assets fall despite loan growth at four of big five lenders
Forex ‘Cartel’ not guilty but still paying a penalty
Despite acquittal, three former forex traders anticipate obstacles in trying to rebuild their careers
UK banks build liquidity buffers ahead of Brexit
Four high street lenders boost HQLA by 11% in 2018
UK banks' ECL scenarios vary
Projected economic outcomes most widely dispersed at Barclays
At US G-Sibs, 11 VAR breaches in 2018
The final quarter of 2018 saw a record number of VAR breaches at the biggest US banks
Model expansion cuts Barclays' counterparty risk by 24%
Total CCR risk-weighted assets shrink on modelled exposure measurement approach approval
Asia moves: Natixis equity derivatives head departs, new banking head for JP Morgan, and more
Latest job changes across industry
Machine learning enters battle against financial crime
Standard Chartered and Barclays using AI to detect money laundering violations
Functional programming reaches for stardom in finance
Fans highlight more reliable code, and suitability for complex tasks and distributed ledgers
UBS wins approval for €32bn Brexit swaps transfer
Decision tests boundaries of deposit-taking element, after Barclays had part of its earlier transfer rejected
Exec who left Natixis after Asia hit said to join Barclays
Reille helped lead French dealer's ill-fated push into regional structured products market
Caveats and slapped wrists in Barclays’ Brexit swaps switch
Judge blocks transfer of some trades from non-deposit taking entity and slams “unrealistic” timeline
Citi grows US swaps margin share in 2018
Citi remains the largest FCM, with a 27.5% share of total required client margin
Dabbling in data science won’t cut it
Banks are seeking data-led boost for research arms – only a few will succeed
Asia moves: Nomura boosts Asia ex-Japan, Bank of America picks two Apac co-heads, and more
Latest job changes across industry
Banks bet on data to rescue research
Barclays, Morgan Stanley, UBS among those using data science to pep up their research offerings
FBOs get smaller, simpler and easier to resolve
Foreign bank IHCs have shrunk between 16% and 41% since Q3 2016
Many EU banks’ sovereign portfolios highly concentrated
Forty-eight lenders have more than three-quarters of sovereign risk allocated to home country
Two stress tests give conflicting verdicts on UK banks
Under the BoE’s severe stress scenario, the average drop to UK banks’ CET1 capital ratios was 740bp, compared with 570bp under the EBA’s adverse scenario
NatWest kick-starts Brexit swaps transfer
Bank follows Barclays and UBS with plans to continue serving EU clients as ‘no-deal’ looms
UK bank securitisation exposures on the rise
Originate-to-distribute engine revs up
StanChart CVA charge jumps 161% in Q3
Charge rises to $99 million in three months to end-September
UK bank misconduct charges dwindle
Six of seven stress-tested banks report 50% fall in legal and regulatory reserves