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Fed’s climate stress test whips up storm for banks
Long-awaited US climate risk exercise puts tough pressure on banks’ data and models
At US banks, less than 50% of liquid assets classified as AFS
Goldman Sachs reported smallest proportion relative to HQLAs across US banks subject to LCR
Like SVB, five other US lenders saw negative NII growth in 2022
Ally, Customers, First Foundation, Morgan Stanley and PacWest were pressured by rising rates
Pimco nearly halves FX forwards book in Q4
Counterparty Radar: West Coast manager’s 45% cuts send Morgan Stanley to fifth place in dealer rankings
US banks’ risk-free exposures keep falling
Assets with 0% risk-weighting lowest proportionally since Q1 2020, replaced by riskier exposures
US banks’ VAR breaches up 2.5x in 2022
‘Hypothetical’ one-day losses exceeded VAR on 55 occasions, as losing trading days prevail
Contrarian Goldman grew fair-value bond book in 2022
Held-to-maturity securities balloon, but bank also adds mark-to-market Treasuries as others curtail them
MMFs’ reverse repos with Fed surged 35% last year
Fidelity-run funds drove 29% of the $601 billion in new trades
BNY Mellon, Goldman join Citi in escaping Collins floor
Outpaced drop in standardised RWAs pushes banks above threshold – but custodian only bank to reap benefits
US retail funds further slash repo borrowing
Counterparty Radar: Manager activity in Q3 2022 lowest in nearly three years; BofA surpasses JP Morgan as top dealer
People: LME chair quits, Goldman and BlackRock lay-offs, and more
Latest job changes across the industry
At US banks, risk-free exposures hit lowest in two years
Just under a third of credit assets carried a 0% risk-weight in Q3
Client margin for swaps hits new record at four FCMs
Required funds at all-time high at BofA, Goldman, JP Morgan and Barclays in November as market turbulence persists
Capital Group spearheads mutual fund trim of IR swaps books
Counterparty Radar: Manager cut 70% of its position in Q3 as space shed roughly $174 billion in holdings
PGIM cuts corporate CDSs as US funds shed volume
Counterparty Radar: Morgan Stanley retains top dealer spot in single-name CDS trades for mutual funds
Booming US fund swaptions market boosts Morgan Stanley
Counterparty Radar: Nomura cements position as leading foreign-owned dealer in the space
PGIM pares back long-bond options bets
Counterparty Radar: Barclays benefits from manager’s Q3 portfolio changes
US banks’ loss-to-VAR ratios fell in Q3
Largest daily trading losses were on average 84% of forecast, compared with 105% in Q2
Morgan Stanley regains FX forwards top spot
Counterparty Radar: US bank dethrones HSBC, which slipped to fourth in Q3
OTC clearing rebounded at G-Sibs in 2021
Trend reverses as bilateral settlement of OTC derivatives loses previous year’s gains
People moves: Capitolis lay-offs, UBS’s new risk chief, and more
Latest job changes across the industry
BofA faces higher G-Sib surcharge, BNPP earns reprieve
Second-largest US lender assigned to 2% capital add-on bucket in latest systemic risk assessment
FCM client margin for swaps hit record high in September
JP Morgan reported the largest monthly increase across the 13 reporting firms
China congress brings new risks to foreign bank JVs
New political risks add to existing challenges for fully controlled ventures in the country