Goldman Sachs
US G-Sibs curb reliance on unsecured debt
Citi cuts outflows related to issued securities 68% year-on-year
Over four years, US banks blitz correlation trading risks
JP Morgan’s CRM charge has fallen 94% since Q1 2015
Morgan Stanley’s CVA charge swells 19% in Q1
Credit valuation adjustment capital charges have decreased at most G-Sibs year-on-year
US G-Sibs keep on expanding repo books
JP Morgan has increased repo exposure by 34% year-on-year
Five US banks had fewest down days since 2015 in Q1
BofA Securities, BNY Mellon, Citi, JP Morgan and Wells Fargo had most 'up' days in four years
At systemic US banks, HQLA falls $35bn in Q1
LCRs drop at JP Morgan, Citi and BofA Securities
As legal losses recede, Morgan Stanley's op risk falls
Bank cuts op RWAs 7% in the first quarter
People moves: Barclays’ investment bank chief exits, Citi president to retire, Vos promoted at BNY Mellon, and more
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JP Morgan hoovers up $1.5bn of client margin in Q1
Total required client margin held by bank increases 13% quarter-on-quarter
Crowding can be good for quants (sometimes) – Goldman
Study finds timing dictates different results for convergent and divergent strategies in herd moves
US G-Sibs build capital even as shareholder windfalls surge
The eight large US banks return more than $30 billion to equity holders
Consumer loan surge quintuples Goldman’s loan-loss reserves
Retail loan portfolio doubles year-on-year to $5 billion
Goldman welcomes Basel’s rationalisation drive
Isda AGM: Praise for efforts to curb fragmentation, but EU official defends rollback of deference
Swap book values of US G-Sibs dropped in 2018
Settled-to-market technique responsible for some deductions year-on-year
US G-Sibs owned over $50bn of other banks' capital in 2018
BofA Securities held the most of the group at $10.9 billion
European and US G-Sibs' LCRs diverge in 2018
The average LCR at the 13 European and Swiss G-Sibs stood at 145% at end-December, 42 basis points higher than at end-2017
SA-CCR would dent US dealers’ leverage ratios – trade bodies
Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and JP Morgan would likely see the largest leverage exposure spikes
Patchy response to Isda’s back office of the future
Some banks are quiet, while clearing houses seem split on uptake of Isda data standardisation project
Constrained by Fed cap, RWA density rises at Wells Fargo
Wells Fargo reported total assets of $1.89 trillion in the fourth quarter, down $56 billion year-on-year
Asia moves: Hong Kong exchange on senior hiring spree, KKR picks Apac strategist, and more
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Goldman, Wells Fargo grew hard-to-value assets in 2018
In contrast, the other six US G-Sibs slashed $4.4 billion of Level 3 assets on aggregate
Illiquid trading assets drop at big US banks in Q4 2018
Non-HQLA securities fell $146 billion in aggregate
Cleared swaps surged among US banks in 2018
Cleared swaps accounted for 49% of notionals at end-2018
Energy Risk Commodity Rankings: the return of geopolitical risk
Geopolitical tensions introduced extreme volatility to many commodity markets in 2018, while environmental markets began to take off