BNP Paribas
Credit portfolio manager of the year: BNP Paribas
Risk Awards 2021: lender crushes RWAs to keep taps flowing to corporate Europe during Covid crisis
FCMs to let clients offset swaps and futures margin at Eurex
Banks target Q2 support for client cross-margining following lengthy lobby effort from hedge funds
People moves: new op risk head for Deutsche, NatWest loses inflation execs, and more
Latest job changes across the industry
Barclays leads Europe’s banks on trading risks
Top 20 banks with most trading risks accounted for 79% of market RWAs across EBA sample
Banks worldwide have built up liquidity buffers post-Covid
Lenders in Japan have the highest LCRs of global banks surveyed
Investors eager for next round of China financial reforms
Asia Risk 25: Bond futures and credit default swaps the missing pieces
Algo users seek apples-to-apples info
BIS study raised concerns; standards now a work in progress at GFXC
Banks explore ESG-linked deal contingents
Trend for tying derivatives to ethical criteria could soon extend to deal contingent hedges
Spotlight on climate risk – Discovering effective processes and models to account for the growing risk of climate change
At Risk USA in Novmeber 2020, a panel of risk managers discussed how financial firms are addressing risks related to climate change
Asia moves: JP Morgan names Asia ECM head, Deutsche adds to ESG team, and more
Latest job news across the industry
Energy Risk Asia Awards 2020: The winners
BNPP wins top derivatives award, with Macquarie scooping environmental products house
To offset US sanctions risk, banks bake in China loan clauses
Global lenders seek to hedge against the threat of US sanctions on China – which seems unlikely to ease under Biden
China structured products could surge after QFII relaxation
Changes to market access scheme allow new hedging methods, but detailed guidelines still pending
Loan-loss provisions take a smaller bite out of EU banks in Q3
Set-asides fell 57% quarter on quarter
FCM client margin for swaps continued to shrink in Q3
Barclays the outlier as required IM jumps 22%
BNP Paribas’ RWAs shrank over €10bn in Q3
CET1 ratio climbed 20bp to 12.6%
Botched copy: Esma delivers cut and paste pastiche of Trace
Mifid transparency mishmash misses key aspects of US system it emulates, say dealers
BNP Paribas grew share of MMF Treasury repo over Q3
French bank accounted for 13% of traded volume as of end-September
Asia moves: Asifma appoints new board chair, HSBC names new head of wealth, and more
Latest job news across the industry
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
European banks’ liquidity ratios improved over H1
Average ratio across 23 lenders climbed to 151%
VAR spasms heap market risk charges on EU G-Sibs
VAR-based charges increase 94% on end-2019
BNP Paribas again leads eurozone banks on repo exposures
French bank increased exposures 69% over the first six months of the year
Autocalamity: can hit product be reinvented?
Spreads on ‘worst-of’ bonds leap 50% as some dealers retreat and others pile on hedges