Barclays
Utility is success? Row brews over futures post-trade workflows
Industry confronts competing models and hard questions in search of better allocations workflow
Riskiness of internationally-active UK banks edged up in 2020
Risk density across top five UK banks fell year on year
UK banks added £140bn to HQLA in 2020
Barclays saw its LCR improve the most over the course of 2020
IFRS 9 relief added £8bn to UK banks’ capital buffers in 2020
Lloyds’ CET1 ratio reaped a 120bp benefit
UK banks count cost of EU software capital reversal
Average CET1 ratio would fall 29 basis points
SOFR adoption stalls after US Libor delay
Stay of execution, RFR illiquidity and fallback reliance slow SOFR adoption
Barclays cut liquidity buffer in Q4
High-quality liquid assets fall 19% quarter on quarter
Banks boot up next-gen FX hedging bots
Automated FX hedging can save money and time, proponents argue. But corporates have qualms
People moves: new op risk head for Deutsche, NatWest loses inflation execs, and more
Latest job changes across the industry
Op risk data: In fewer reg fines, US took its lumps in 2020
Also: Retro Russian embezzlement fines; Barclays slapped for lack of forbearance. Data by ORX News
Barclays leads Europe’s banks on trading risks
Top 20 banks with most trading risks accounted for 79% of market RWAs across EBA sample
People news: Yarian leaves HSBC, Goldman’s Lemkau joins MSD Partners, and more
Latest job changes across the industry
Lloyds’ the outlier as UK banks crush CVA charges in Q3
Aggregate CVA RWAs of top five UK banks fell 21%
Top US-based foreign banks shrink systemic footprints
US units of Barclays, Credit Suisse and Deutsche Bank have cut assets 40% since Q3 2016
People moves: Citi seeks new CRO as Hu departs, CS hires Meissner, and more
Latest job changes across the industry
Barclays, unlike UK peers, saw its LCR surge in Q3
High-quality liquid assets surged 9% quarter on quarter
FCM client margin for swaps continued to shrink in Q3
Barclays the outlier as required IM jumps 22%
Botched copy: Esma delivers cut and paste pastiche of Trace
Mifid transparency mishmash misses key aspects of US system it emulates, say dealers
UK banks took £2bn of loan-loss provisions in Q3
Barclays and HSBC increased reserves the most out of the top lenders
Barclays’ RWAs shrank on Q3 tailwinds, but loan failures loom
Decline in loan creditworthiness has added £9.8 billion to RWAs year-to-date
Science friction: some tire of waiting for quantum’s leap
Use cases for new tech are piling up – from CVA to VAR. But so are the obstacles
Which EU banks hold the most loans subject to Covid relief?
UK lender Lloyds had 13% of its loan book under payment moratoria as of June 30
Banks welcome US overhaul of AML rules
Proposals signal shift to risk-based approach to financial crime detection
Libor webinar playback: spotlight on sterling
Panellists from Barclays, HSBC, Intralinks and Morgan Stanley discuss early cessation announcement