StanChart slashes $6.6 billion of RWAs

- By Alessandro Aimone
- @aimoneale
- 31 Oct 2018

Tweet
Facebook
LinkedIn
Save this article
Send to
Print this page

Standard Chartered cut its risk-weighted assets in the third quarter off the back of a series of optimisations.

The UK lender shed $6.6 billion (2.4%) of RWAs in three months to end-September, to $265 billion from $272 billion. So-called 'RWA efficiencies' accounted for $4.9 billion of this reduction – $2.4 billion related to credit exposures and $2.9 billion to market exposures.

A further $2.2 billion of shrinkage was due to foreign exchange movements.

Credit and counterparty RWAs fell to

Only users who have a paid subscription or are part of a corporate subscription are able to print or copy content.

To access these options, along with all other subscription benefits, please contact info@risk.net or view our subscription options here: http://subscriptions.risk.net/subscribe

You are currently unable to print this content. Please contact info@risk.net to find out more.

You are currently unable to copy this content. Please contact info@risk.net to find out more.

As outlined in our terms and conditions, https://www.infopro-digital.com/terms-and-conditions/subscriptions/ (point 2.4), printing is limited to a single copy.

If you would like to purchase additional rights please email info@risk.net

You may share this content using our article tools. As outlined in our terms and conditions, https://www.infopro-digital.com/terms-and-conditions/subscriptions/ (clause 2.4), an Authorised User may only make one copy of the materials for their own personal use. You must also comply with the restrictions in clause 2.5.

If you would like to purchase additional rights please email info@risk.net