Banks
European banks held near €300bn of state-backed loans in Q3
Italian banks see public guarantee scheme loans increase the most quarter on quarter
Covid payment holidays for €224bn of EU loans ended in Q3
French, German and Italian banks saw most loans lose moratoria protection
EU banks’ reliance on ECB loans has grown in Covid’s wake
Central bank funding accounted for 14.5% of Greek banks’ liabilities in September
Barclays leads Europe’s banks on trading risks
Top 20 banks with most trading risks accounted for 79% of market RWAs across EBA sample
Banks worldwide have built up liquidity buffers post-Covid
Lenders in Japan have the highest LCRs of global banks surveyed
Four in five European banks don’t model their op risks
Advanced measurement approach is the preserve of large banks
Smaller US banks grew faster than larger rivals in Q3
Lenders less than $1 billion in size increased loans 16% over the quarter
CVA charges concentrated among top banks in Europe
Crédit Agricole, Deutsche Bank, Barclays, Commerzbank and Societe Generale account for 31% of total CVA across 135 banks
Regional banks, FBOs found second round of Fed tests tougher
DB, HSBC, PNC, US Bancorp and TD Group saw their peak-to-trough CET1 ratio depletion increase most
EU banks built up own-sovereign risks through Covid crisis
Italian, Spanish and French banks in particular saw holdings of domestic government debt surge
Fed’s Covid stress tests strain top banks’ leverage ratios
Citi, Goldman, JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley all had projected post-stress SLRs below 5%
IFRS 9 relief added €30bn to EU bank capital post-Covid
Greek banks are top beneficiaries of emergency measures
Post-Covid crisis, EU banks have thin dollar liquidity buffers
Dollar LCRs declined between March and June
EU changes to Basel III would soften capital blow
“Parallel stacks” approach would reduce capital shortfall by 70%
Banks in outer EU grew loan reserves most through Covid – EBA
Substantial differences found at country level on degree of coverage ratio build
Output floor to drive Basel III capital increase at EU banks
About 40% of total Tier 1 capital surge due to limits on modelled RWAs
Covid disrupted sale of bail-in bonds by EU banks
Top banking groups are short €146.5 billion of MREL-eligible instruments
Basel FRTB capital impact study confused by outliers
“Conservative estimation” of market risk capital uplift averages 69%
Wind-down of Deutsche’s ‘bad bank’ slows
German lender expects capital release unit to be €51 billion in size in 2022
CVA charges for Canadian dealers edge off Covid highs
At CIBC, CVA charges fell 12% quarter on quarter
US G-Sibs saw off-balance-sheet exposures fall post-Covid
OBS items now make up less than 18% of total exposures
Intesa’s RWAs bloat on UBI merger
Credit risk-weighted assets increased 16% post-takeover
Underwriting activity of US G-Sibs topped $3 trillion in Q3
JP Morgan increased debt transactions by 41% year-on-year alone
Canada’s Big Five see loan-loss provisions halve in Q4
BMO alone recorded a 59% quarter-on-quarter reduction