Germany
Commerzbank’s leverage ratio sinks as balance sheet bloats
Total leverage exposure hits €527 billion
Deutsche Bank's asset cull to lower systemic risk buffer
G-Sib surcharge could drop to 1.5%; leverage ratio to 3.75%
Electric vehicles: a slow-motion car crash for oil firms?
Peak oil demand is seen as inevitable, but disagreement abounds on timing
Leverage ratio target slips further out of Deutsche’s reach
Exposures balloon after three quarters of decline
Deutsche predicts lower G-Sib charge
German lender expects to fall into 1.5% surcharge bucket by 2022
Life’s a breach: banks settle uncomfortably into GDPR
A year into exacting data privacy regulation, ramifications are becoming more tangible
Munich Re's P&C capital charge swells €2bn in 2018
Property and casualty capital requirement pushes overall SCR to €14.7 billion
‘No way’ to avoid no-trade lists in no-deal Brexit
EU clients are likely to sever some cross-border ties with UK banks
Nikkei faces hurdles in EU benchmark registration
Brexit confusion forces Japan index provider to look beyond UK
Model updates buttress Allianz's solvency ratio
Solvency II requirement less sensitive to rates, credit volatility than 2017
Credit data: falling default risk for China’s banks
Economic data may be relatively gloomy, but default probabilities for lenders fell sharply last year
UBS wins approval for €32bn Brexit swaps transfer
Decision tests boundaries of deposit-taking element, after Barclays had part of its earlier transfer rejected
Deutsche-Commerz merger would birth giant G-Sib
The combined bank would likely attract 2.5% G-Sib surcharge
Soured loans set NordLB apart among Landesbanken
Troubled lender has €7 billion of defaulted 'specialised lending' corporate exposures
BIS slams Nasdaq Clearing for risk management failures
Clearing member says it is giving notice to quit bourse, citing concerns over concentration of risk on venue
Custody Risk Global Awards 2018 winners announced
Custodian of the Year won by BNP Paribas for second year running
German banks biggest losers in EBA stress tests
Eight German lenders projected to shed €41 billion in CET1 capital under adverse scenario
Deutsche sweats accounting switch, model probe
CET1 ratio could fall 40bp following ECB-led internal model assessment
Risk evolves in springtime of energy spin-offs
New risk management challenges as firms split legacy fossil-fuel operations from renewable-focused areas
EU deadlock set to delay CCP resolution rules
Lawmakers disagree over whether Esma should be given new powers to tackle distressed CCPs
Munich Re adjusts sovereign portfolio
Reinsurer clips US, UK, Italy holdings
Commerzbank VAR jumps on Italian turmoil
Sovereign bond yield spike hits public finance portfolio
Deutsche Bank cuts leverage exposure by 6%
Repo exposures absorb brunt of reductions
Italian banks hardest hit by IFRS 9 transition
Risk Quantum analysis of 36 banks from 11 European Union countries found that capital declined on average by 34bp between December 31, 2017, and March 31, 2018