Barclays
EU bank leverage increases in H1
Average leverage ratios degrade 19 basis points in six months to June
UK leverage ratios stray from EU measures
Bank of England changes exempt central bank claims from UK measure, causing discrepancies with CRR version
European banks junk op risk modelling
Barclays and BNP Paribas move to standardised approach in the second quarter
CVA capital at top UK banks falls £260m in H1
HSBC led the way with a 38% reduction, followed by RBS with a fall of 35%
UK Treasury never analysed impact of risk weights for EU debt
Risk weight move seen as political threat to EU sovereign issuance to force Brexit equivalence deal
'No-deal' Brexit would add risk weights to EU government bonds
HSBC has most sovereign exposures that could attract higher capital charges among big UK banks
Capital structures vary across EU banks
Median lender's capital stack is 75% CET1, 10% AT1, and 15% Tier 2
Mifid II, RFQs and the future of Europe’s G-Sibs
The week on Risk.net, August 11-17, 2018
BNP Paribas VAR breaches trigger capital hike
French bank's IHC reports four backtesting exceptions
Top four EU banks have shed €1.5 trillion in assets since 2013
Barclays, HSBC, BNP Paribas, and Deutsche Bank slim the most in five years
Top European banks shed $32 billion in op risk
5% average drop across 16 European banks reported quarter to quarter
Machine earning: how tech is shaking up bank market-making
As banks get serious about e-trading, humans are being asked to give up their secrets to the machines that could replace them
IFRS 9 eases impairment charges, softening Barclays' profit drop
Total credit impairment charge stood at £571 million, a 46% decline year-on-year
People moves: Barclays names ‘digital’ leaders for markets, JP Morgan promotes Fernandes, and more
Latest job changes across the industry
Barclays, Credit Suisse stress test estimates stray from Fed’s
The two banks miss the mark on stressed capital ratio by 290bp and 460bp, respectively
AI wide open
The Risk Technology Awards 2018 have highlighted how new technologies are bringing recognition for vendors
Rise of the cyborgs: tech remakes the front office
Dealers “have no choice” but to change, says UBS’s Orcel – and plenty of changes are coming
Foreign bank IHCs shed US assets in 2017
Barclays, Credit Suisse and Deutsche Bank shrunk balance sheets by $166 billion
Ring-fencing to starve investment banks of deposit funding
BoE data estimates non-ring-fenced banks will have access to just 4% of household deposits
Bank risk committees: desperately seeking risk managers
Most boards still lack career risk specialists despite tighter governance requirements
Climate risk joins ethics in driving lending decisions
Barclays, BNP Paribas and others are analysing risk of climate change-related losses
European banks vague on settled-to-market switch
UBS reported a cut in gross derivatives assets and liabilities attributable to STM of Sfr11.4 billion in 2017
Take-up of credit modelling varies at European banks
Percentage of credit RWAs calculated using IRB approaches ranges from 42% to 91% across large dealers
Fraud makes up bulk of UK bank op risk loss events
Internal and external fraud on average equalled 64% of all op risk events in 2017 across four large dealers