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People moves: SocGen adds in prime services, Deutsche fills new rates hole, HSBC makes model move, and more
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HSBC and the risk-advisory robot
Bank has amassed 10-petabyte pool of client data to spot hedging, financing and payments needs
Many EU banks’ sovereign portfolios highly concentrated
Forty-eight lenders have more than three-quarters of sovereign risk allocated to home country
Two stress tests give conflicting verdicts on UK banks
Under the BoE’s severe stress scenario, the average drop to UK banks’ CET1 capital ratios was 740bp, compared with 570bp under the EBA’s adverse scenario
HSBC hires new head of model validation
Bank appoints Credit Suisse veteran to key role
UK bank securitisation exposures on the rise
Originate-to-distribute engine revs up
Risk solutions house of the year: HSBC
Risk Awards 2019: UK bank helped get Italian NPLs moving; revamped sales effort unlocked host of diverse deals
StanChart CVA charge jumps 161% in Q3
Charge rises to $99 million in three months to end-September
UK bank misconduct charges dwindle
Six of seven stress-tested banks report 50% fall in legal and regulatory reserves
Cross-border risks drive European G-Sib scores
Basel method shows cross-jurisdictional activity makes up 30.8% of banks’ total G-Sib scores
Barclays and Lloyds improve resilience to stress tests, HSBC falls back
Capital headroom above pass/fail thresholds increases to 250bp at lenders
IFRS 9 transition eases UK banks’ path through stress tests
Aggregate CET1 ratio 130bp lower without transitional relief
Inflation derivatives house of the year: HSBC
Risk Awards 2019: Revamped repack making waves
Crypto or super-correspondents: central banks look to the future
Research lays out three ways forward for cross-border payments
LCRs show US banks run more risk than European peers
The gap between the two averages has widened over the past three quarters to 250bp from 212bp
EU G-Sibs cut $14 billion in op risk
Banco Santander posted the largest decline – at 7% – with op RWAs falling to $70 billion
Asia moves: SocGen replaces China head, Goldman names new partners, and more
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Capital sharing caps hit over half of EU stress test banks
Capital conservation measure saves 25 banks €52 billion over stress-test period
People moves: Piterbarg joins NatWest Markets, Le Brusq leaves Natixis, and more
Latest job changes across the industry
UK banks gain capital edge through IFRS 9 transitionals
Four big lenders claim £3 billion CRR-mandated relief
HSBC nets $5 billion capital saving as PRA slims add-on
Pillar 2A requirement drops following PRA review
HSBC hires Credit Suisse European rates head
Olivier Herregods joins UK bank to run Emea flow rates
National supervisors put pressure on global risk models
Varied supervisory and external audit demands stretch cross-border risk management
Big UK banks have £278 billion exposure to ‘junk’ loans
Non-investment grade exposures make up 31% of total corporate exposures