Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC)
Can Citi’s XVA desk help solve risk data failings?
Resolution plan reviews exposed material limitations in banks’ ability to unwind derivatives
Basel Committee reviewing design of liquidity ratios
Focus on LCR and NSFR after Silicon Valley Bank and Credit Suisse, but assumptions may not change
One-tenth of US banks exceed CRE concentration thresholds
US supervisors face operational challenge with constellation of 536 lenders above risk benchmarks at end-2023
US banks’ non-core funding dependence ratio jumped in 2023
BHCs’ aggregate figure almost doubled to post-pandemic high last year
The American way: a stress-test substitute for Basel’s IRRBB?
Bankers divided over new CCAR scenario designed to bridge supervisory gap exposed by SVB failure
Smaller US banks hold over half of CRE loans
Lenders under $50bn in assets reported record $1.7 trillion of exposures at end-2023
Capital One puts OCC’s tough stance on mergers to the test
Proposed Discover deal should be approved but will go under the microscope, ex-regulators say
People: Citi snags Raghavan, SocGen bags Estrada, all change at NYCB, and more
Latest job changes across the industry
US dealers slam capital hit on clearing for unreal CVA risk
Fed would diverge from Basel standards by imposing CVA capital on client-cleared trades
Citrix Bleed hacks flag IT asset inventory shortfalls
To know what needs urgent patching, global banks first need to know what software they have
Op risk data: US piqued by Pictet tax breach
Also: US Bank’s Covid failings; South Korea’s short-selling clampdown. Data by ORX News
Regulators’ FRTB estimates based on faulty premise – industry study
US market risk capital requirements could more than double if banks abandon IMA
Growing regulatory focus fuels climate risk staffing fight
Widespread poaching as banks find repurposing existing quants may not provide the right expertise
US climate guidance stokes debate over defining material risks
Banks welcome flexibility, but it could lead to big divergence on climate risk management
SEC expected to protect CRT in conflicts of interest rule
Decision could come as early as today; high hopes for credit risk transfer exemption
US takes scissors to repos. In Europe, it’s not cut and dried
Stateside banks fear disadvantage over haircut rules that EU sees as not ready to implement
US Basel endgame hits clearing with op risk capital charges
Dealers also fret about unlevel playing field compared with requirements in the EU
How operational risk managers won a battle and lost a war
Applying op risk capital to US regional banks is positive, but the SMA may not be fit for purpose
Industry divided on whether Europe should delay FRTB
Most bankers prefer to keep to earlier start date, even though it puts continent out of sync with US
Banks call for direct oversight of cloud providers by US regulators
Tri-opoly of cloud vendors “poses systemic risk” to financial sector, say risk managers
Nine US banks could be caught by Fed’s revised market risk rule
Expansion of trading risk charges to banks above $100bn in assets would also affect firms with minimal trading activity