Banks
HSBC’s SA market RWAs double on new structural FX rules
Move from Pillar 2 to Pillar 1 for unhedged FX risk adds $6.8bn of RWAs
UniCredit ties buybacks to Russian exposure fallout
The Italian lender could lose as much as 200bp of CET1 ratio from a full write-down of Russian assets
Barclays, HSBC held $12trn of Libor swaps on eve of cessation
Both banks made significant progress over 2021, but more remains to be done
Barclays’ modelled RWAs jump 71%
SVAR pinned to Covid-19 panic drives latest quarterly increase
Raiffeisen’s Russia assets hit new high at end-2021
The Austrian lender kept growing its balance sheet in the country even as Moscow’s manoeuvres put it on a path to all-sweeping sanctions
VTB Bank’s timely sale of RCB Bank stake raises questions
The new ownership structure is currently pending approval from the ECB
StanChart reports first VAR breach since Q2 2020
Three exceptions recorded in the fourth quarter put the bank one step away from a higher capital requirement
Russian banks draw over 3trn rubles at 1-day repo auction
Country’s central bank allotted full amount on offer, the highest amount since 2014
Citi leads US banks in cutting market risk
Aggregate market RWAs across systemic banks down $26 billion, despite Bank of America bucking the trend
Russia sanctions risk putting $105bn out of foreign banks’ reach
But international claims on the country have fallen by half since 2014
SG, UniCredit, RBI most exposed to Russia as sanctions loom
EBA data shows €47bn of exposure to Russia from five most-exposed EU banks
Regulation triple-whammy lops 63bp off StanChart’s CET1
January 1 saw the introduction of SA-CCR, curbs on IRB modelling and the reversal of software capitalisation benefits
US banks see highest number of loss-making days in six years
Wells Fargo, Citi and JP Morgan the worst performers in record-breaking Q4
Rabobank sees 5–10% RWA inflation from Basel III
Dutch mortgage floor and other model curbs set to accelerate reforms’ impact
Top US banks record 14 VAR breaches
JPM, Morgan Stanley, BofA, Citi, Goldman and State Street wrong-footed in volatile end to 2021
JP Morgan incurs eight VAR breaches, triggering capital hike
Largest trading loss in Q4 reached 207% of the bank’s VAR limit
CBA sees minimum CET1 up 225bp under Basel III
Apra’s review of the country’s capital framework leaves less wiggle room from January 2023
SOFR swaps surge past $1 trillion weekly
OIS make up the majority of SOFR-referencing swaps
SocGen cut trading VAR by a third in Q4
Trading risk gauge shrinks to lowest in 17 years
RWA increase puts ABN’s core ratio closer to Basel III estimate
Higher RWAs shrink gap between actual and pro forma ratios
Credit Suisse cuts leverage exposure by $52bn
Investment banking unit bears brunt of post-Archegos balance sheet trimming
CBA’s IRRBB charge up 37% in volatile Q4
Volatility in Australian dollar swap rates the culprit for the increase
Netting challenges push ING’s market RWAs up 64%
A regulatory issue left the bank unable to consolidate cross-border positions in Q4
Apra’s overlay pushes CBA’s market RWAs up 30%
Market risk is at the highest level since Q4 2020