Santander
BNY, UBS paid over 10% for Fed funds and repo in Q2
The average cost of Fed funds purchased and repo rose to 4.32% in Q2 from 2.41% a year ago
Among G-Sibs, Japanese and US banks see LCRs improve most
US systemic banks’ liquidity coverage still lags behind other G-Sibs
Liquidity coverage of eurozone G-Sibs diverge in first half of 2019
BNP Paribas sees LCR drop 11.6 percentage points in H1 while Deutsche Bank’s climbs 7.3 percentage points
Over two years, UK G-Sibs levered up in contrast to EU peers
But UK CRR leverage ratios still higher than eurozone rivals
Credit risk grows share of big EU banks’ RWAs
Deutsche Bank leads the field, with credit RWAs increasing share of total by 294bp year-on-year
Risk density of US systemic banks trumps that of EU peers
Ratio of RWAs to leverage exposures averages 44.7% at US G-Sibs
EU banks increase systemic footprint
Values used for seven of 12 systemic risk indicators climb year-on-year
UK banks added OTC notionals in 2018 as EU peers cut back
Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds, Standard Chartered increased notionals by almost €15 trillion
Big EU banks’ Level 3 assets up 25% in 2018
Hard-to-value assets rise €35 billion year-on-year
Lower interest rate risk pushes Santander’s VAR down 16%
South American portfolio accounts for largest chunk of trading risk
UK banks shun short-term funding
Flighty sources of cash make up less than 4% of UK bank balance sheets
Eurozone G-Sibs’ op RWAs fall €8.1bn in Q1
Deutsche Bank led the charge with €6.4bn reduction
Corporate loan exposures weigh on EU banks
Risk density across EU G-Sibs stood at 93% for corporate loan exposures
SME loans more capital intensive for big eurozone banks
Corporate loans to smaller enterprises attract high risk weightings
Eurozone G-Sibs’ swaps notionals fall €9.6trn in 2018
Deutsche Bank’s portfolio shrinks 16% year-on-year
Level 3 assets at eurozone G-Sibs swell to €82bn in 2018
IFRS 9 likely contributor to first increase in Level 3 inventories since 2014
US banks’ liquidity buffers thinnest among G-Sibs
Mean LCR of US banks hits 122.5% in Q1
Banco Santander’s CVA charge drops 20% in Q1
Three EU G-Sibs cut capital requirements, three increase them
European and UK leverage ratios fall in Q1
UK banks had leverage ratios on average 26bp higher than their continental European peers
Banco Santander hit hard by IFRS 16
Average capital depletion across seven G-Sibs was 11bp
UK systemic risk buffer capital cost over £7bn
The Bank of England set the buffer amounts on May 1
Nordic, UK banks have highest countercyclical buffers
Nordea, Lloyds and RBS had the largest add-ons of banks surveyed
Santander's pivot to LatAm hikes trading risk
Interest rate risk in Brazil pushes average VAR higher
HSBC led EU G-Sibs on collateralisation in 2018
UK bank posted €908 billion for derivatives and SFTs as of year-end