Banks
Corporate loan RWAs doubled by standardised approach
RWA densities for corporate loans under standardised approach stand at 94%, for A-IRB just 43%
State Street HQLA shift dampens investment yields
Allocations to agency mortgage-backed securities increase to 38.4% of portfolio total
Deutsche Bank's risky corporate loan pile towers over peers
German lender has one-quarter of all high-risk corporate loans reported by EU big banks
US Bancorp cuts $87 million of soured loans
Ratio of toxic assets to total loans fall 19% quarter-to-quarter
Big UK banks have £278 billion exposure to ‘junk’ loans
Non-investment grade exposures make up 31% of total corporate exposures
Morgan Stanley RWAs drop as loans fall and VAR dips
Standardised RWAs fall 4% to $370 billion
Goldman VAR drops again in third quarter
The firm’s average daily VAR dropped $11 million (17%) to $53 million
Bank of America posts lowest LCR to date
The firm's LCR fell to 120% from 122% in third quarter
Wells Fargo cuts $24 billion of RWAs
Optimisation efforts preserve capital ratio despite $14.5 billion of cash returns to shareholders
JP Morgan shrinks loan-loss provisions by 35%
Total PCLs across all divisions totalled $948 million in the third quarter of the year
US banks’ internal stress tests vary
Choice of stress period affects market risk capital requirements
Standardised market RWAs on the rise at EU banks
Standardised approach-generated RWAs increase €4.7 billion across 12 banks
Modelled market risk falls for UK banks as standardised risk rises
Barclays had the lowest percentage of market RWAs calculated under IMA, at 49.6%, and Lloyds Banking Group the highest, at 86.1%
JP Morgan cuts op risk RWAs by $12.5 billion
Operational RWAs down to $387.6 billion from $400 billion in the second quarter
Swiss banks’ market risk drops by $12 billion
Lower risk levels drive quarter to quarter fall
BNP Paribas grows SFT assets 36%
French bank has overtaken Barclays to become the largest European SFT dealer
LCR gap between EU and US banks widens further in H1
State Street had the lowest LCR, at 108%, and UniCredit the head of the pack with an LCR of 179%
US banks curb market risk
G-Sibs cut $31 billion of market RWAs in three months to June
EU bank leverage increases in H1
Average leverage ratios degrade 19 basis points in six months to June
UK leverage ratios stray from EU measures
Bank of England changes exempt central bank claims from UK measure, causing discrepancies with CRR version
European banks junk op risk modelling
Barclays and BNP Paribas move to standardised approach in the second quarter
CVA capital at top UK banks falls £260m in H1
HSBC led the way with a 38% reduction, followed by RBS with a fall of 35%
CIBC the outlier as ‘Big Five’ loan-loss ratios improve
CIBC’s PCL ratio stood at 0.29% at end-July, up from 0.24% the previous quarter
TD Bank expands credit risk model
Retail A-IRB assets grow 12% quarter to quarter