Standard Chartered
UK leverage ratios edge lower as regulatory minimums climb
Additional leverage buffers raise minimum required ratios well above 3.25% floor
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
Barclays seeks op risk capital relief
Bank claims that lifting of capital floor would raise CET1 ratio roughly 60 basis points
VAR breaches force capital add-on at StanChart
Value-at-risk capital requirement soars 38% to $161.8 million quarter-on-quarter
Corporate loan exposures weigh on EU banks
Risk density across EU G-Sibs stood at 93% for corporate loan exposures
Barclays, HSBC, StanChart saw Level 3 assets rise 10% in 2018
Transition to IFRS 9 may be behind the increase
UK G-Sibs add $11trn of OTC notionals in 2018
HSBC added the most derivatives notionals in dollar terms, increasing outstandings by 26%
Savings vary for UK banks under BoE leverage ratio
RBS deducted £80 billion of leverage exposure under UK-specific rule at end-March
US banks’ liquidity buffers thinnest among G-Sibs
Mean LCR of US banks hits 122.5% in Q1
How capital rules overwhelmed bank strategy
Regulators shouldn’t run a bank – but Basel III and stress tests have put them in the cockpit
European and UK leverage ratios fall in Q1
UK banks had leverage ratios on average 26bp higher than their continental European peers
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Banco Santander hit hard by IFRS 16
Average capital depletion across seven G-Sibs was 11bp
Singapore banks ramp up cyber scenario analysis
StanChart building out scenario library as dealers up use of technique to gauge spending on defences
Apac banks call for regulatory push on AML tech
“Regulators have got to stop being okay with how things currently are,” says financial crime head
Push harder on cyber intel sharing, Apac regulators told
Regulators must work with banks to foster trust on cyber threat intelligence sharing, say execs
Danske Bank hires Alexandre Antonov
Risk’s 2016 quant of the year to join Danish firm from Standard Chartered
People moves: Barclays’ investment bank chief exits, Citi president to retire, Vos promoted at BNY Mellon, and more
Latest job changes across the industry
Top UK banks' CVA charges up 10% in Q1
Barclays' and Standard Chartered's requirements increase over 20% each
Nordic, UK banks have highest countercyclical buffers
Nordea, Lloyds and RBS had the largest add-ons of banks surveyed