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US banks improve stress test projections
Gap between internal projections and the Fed's model outputs shrinks to 118 basis points
Banks hurdle Fed stress tests with ease
Aggregate post-stress CET1 capital ratio of 18 participants well above regulatory minimum at 9.2%
Non-systemic US banks shy away from short-term funding
Mid-sized non-G-Sibs have average STWF score of just 17.1%
RWA density at JP Morgan drops to six-year low
Bank’s asset portfolio has become less risk-heavy under standardised approach since 2013
Goldman Sachs leads US firms on non-bank assets
Non-bank assets of G-Sibs equivalent to 32% of total consolidated assets
US mid-sized banks pile into intra-financial system assets
Non-G-Sibs over $100 billion in size hold 85% more of other banks’ assets than in 2014
US banks’ liquidity buffers thinnest among G-Sibs
Mean LCR of US banks hits 122.5% in Q1
Default fund costs dominate US G-Sibs’ cleared swaps charges
Default fund contributions accounted for 62% of the eight banks’ RWAs
People moves: new role for SG CIB’s Cartier, LCH rates head departs, BNP Paribas’s Akbay joins Goldman, and more
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At US G-Sibs, off-balance-sheet exposures climb $44bn
Goldman Sachs is only big bank to post lower amounts on quarter
Citi, Goldman, State Street add $685m of complex assets
Private equity, asset-backed security and loan holdings drive increase in Level 3 instruments
At US G-Sibs, loan-loss reserves hit $5.6 billion in Q1
Wells Fargo’s PCLs climb 62% quarter-on-quarter
Over four years, US non-cleared swaps books get riskier
Risk density of non-cleared trades has increased under standardised approach
CDS sold by US banks down $55bn in Q1
JP Morgan cut CDS notionals the most, shedding $36.8 billion from its portfolio
JP Morgan cleared swaps balloon $8trn in Q1
Total G-Sib cleared notionals climb 23% in three months to end-March
G-Sibs add $33trn of OTC notionals in Q1
JP Morgan expands swaps book by 23% in first quarter
Systemic risk scores surge at six US G-Sibs
JP Morgan and Goldman Sachs bump up against higher-risk surcharge thresholds
Asia moves: ICBC gets new structuring head, Savills Investment Management names new CEO, and more
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Most US G-Sib assets attract low risk weightings
Of total assets, 53% have a standardised risk weighting of 50% or lower
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