Morgan Stanley
Four US banks on cusp of higher systemic risk charges
JP Morgan on track for a 4% systemic risk add-on
Over four years, US G-Sibs slash securitisation charges
Banks also have more exposures capitalised using sophisticated calculation approaches than in years prior
JP Morgan takes axe to tough-to-model trading risks
US G-Sibs see market RWAs fall 4.1% quarter on quarter
Off-balance-sheet exposures at JP Morgan climb $19.8bn in Q3
Goldman Sachs expands off-balance-sheet exposures 10% quarter-on-quarter
Goldman, State Street amass losing trading days in Q3
Tough market conditions also led to VAR breach at Goldman Sachs
Morgan Stanley’s LCR suffers in Q3 on rise in cash outflows
Projected secured wholesale funding outflows surge $10.3 billion
At Wells Fargo, derivatives exposures climb $13bn in Q3
Portfolio shifted further into-the-money in the third quarter
People moves: new global co-heads at Citi, Tran takes Asia-Pacific role at Crédit Agricole, RBC Capital Markets hires in sales, and more
Latest job changes across the industry
Morgan Stanley’s swaps clearing unit boosts client margin by $4.8bn
In total, FCMs see required client margin increase 18% quarter on quarter
Post-Brexit vote, large US banks have curbed UK exposures
US G-Sibs shed $171 billion of claims on UK private sector between Q1 2016 and Q1 2019
Morgan Stanley, Wells not sold on AI for credit scoring
Risk USA: Lenders warn on AI model risks and use of non-traditional data
Morgan Stanley, JP clear first cross-currency swap at Eurex
Two more banks onboarding; CCP hoping to extend service to clients in 2020
At large US banks, credit loss reserves up 12% in Q3
JP Morgan took $1.5 billion of provisions in the third quarter alone
Following Fed changes, Morgan Stanley’s leverage bind to loosen
Bank chief cannot see capital requirements going up when stress capital buffer and new SLR come into effect
HSBC leads foreign banks in fed fund and repo borrowings
Large intermediate holding company money market borrowings equivalent to 15.9% of total assets
Goodwill makes up $69bn of BAML’s equity
Across eight US G-Sibs, goodwill comprises 18.7% of pre-adjusted CET1 capital
Credit loss provisions at US G-Sibs 14% lower in Q2
PCLs total $4.8 billion at end-June
Among G-Sibs, Japanese and US banks see LCRs improve most
US systemic banks’ liquidity coverage still lags behind other G-Sibs
Off-balance-sheet exposures at US systemic banks jump $67bn
BAML expands these assets by 2.5% quarter-on-quarter to $921 billion
Earnings fuel capital build at systemic US banks
Aggregate CET1 capital hits $1.1 trillion in Q2 2019, of which 86% is retained earnings
SOFR discounting switch splits Goldman and JP Morgan
CFTC committee calls on clearing houses to align timing and compensation mechanisms
Default risk of US bank corporate exposures edges up
Median average-weighted probability-of-default of G-Sib corporate portfolios hits 1.22%
US G-Sibs shun unsecured short-term funding
Trend towards borrowings secured by high-quality collateral accelerates
Risk density of US systemic banks trumps that of EU peers
Ratio of RWAs to leverage exposures averages 44.7% at US G-Sibs