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UniCredit cut RWAs the most of EU systemic banks in Q1
The €10.8 billion cull helped improve the Italian bank’s CET1 ratio 52bp
Derivatives footprint of top EU banks shrinks
Deutsche Bank reduced these exposures by 12% alone
Systemic EU banks had €213bn of loans under moratoria at end-2020
Exposures covered by payment holidays dropped by €115bn in H2
Regulatory breaks strengthened EU banks’ CET1 ratios in 2020
In spite of Covid turmoil, top lenders improved their CET1 ratios by around 70bp on average
Banks worldwide have built up liquidity buffers post-Covid
Lenders in Japan have the highest LCRs of global banks surveyed
Loan-loss provisions take a smaller bite out of EU banks in Q3
Set-asides fell 57% quarter on quarter
Almost G-Sibs: five banks near systemic designation
Chinese banks continue to grow systemic footprints
French rivals BPCE, SocGen see market risks fall in Q3
Market RWAs drop 24% at SocGen quarter on quarter
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
Systemic eurozone banks expand cleared portfolios
BNP Paribas is an outlier, having ratcheted up bilateral trading since 2013
Trading VAR leapt higher across EU banks in Q2
Average VAR across seven systemic lenders increased 61% quarter-on-quarter
Systemic eurozone bank provisions hit €11bn in Q2
ING sees loan-loss charge double in Q2
BPCE’s capital ratio falls as it waits on Covid loan relief
Delay to state guarantee benefits took 32bp off of CET1 ratio
Natixis’s market RWAs grew 49% over Q2
Average VAR spiked to €18 million over Q2
Systemic European banks’ bail-in buffers fell in Q1
Bail-in debt stocks increase, but balance sheet expansion crimps TLAC ratios
Systemic European banks expanded scope of credit models in Q1
UniCredit and Santander have increased reach of IRB approaches the most among their peers
Eurozone bank capital buffers swell on Covid relief measures
Average buffer increases to 393bp across 14 eurozone lenders
Systemic eurozone banks take €10bn in loan-loss provisions
Santander takes a whopping €3.9 billion out of income
Fed’s leverage ratio relief puts foreign banks on the back foot
European banks cannot – yet – exempt US Treasuries from their exposure measures
Countercyclical buffer releases may free €6bn at top EU banks
Banco Santander and BNP Paribas could free €1.1 billion each
Crédit Agricole leads French banks on return on RWAs
BNP Paribas only bank to improve RoRWA year-on-year
Trading’s share of EU bank income shrinks in Q3
French banks boasted highest share of income from trading, at 24%
G-Sibs in US grow leverage exposures faster than EU rivals
HSBC saw exposures fall 2.81% in Q3