Regulators
Short-term interest rate ETD notionals leap $14trn in Q2
Open interest in exchange-traded options with maturities of a year or less rise 19%
As too-big-to-fail banks shrink, non-systemic firms play catch up
Almost three-quarters of non-systemic banks have increased their G-Sib scores since 2013
Non-banks’ role in cross-border funding grows
Non-bank financial institutions account for about one-fifth of cross-border dollar and sterling funding
Fed fund and repo borrowings top $1trn at big banks in Q2
JP Morgan had 16.8% of total outstanding borrowings of the largest banks at end-June
Off-balance-sheet exposures at US systemic banks jump $67bn
BAML expands these assets by 2.5% quarter-on-quarter to $921 billion
Firms favour swaps over spot when trading FX – BIS
Forex swaps account for 49% of global average daily turnover in April
Renminbi contracts grow share of interest rate derivatives turnover
Instruments denominated in non-G10 currencies accounted for 3.8% of average daily turnover in April 2019
Earnings fuel capital build at systemic US banks
Aggregate CET1 capital hits $1.1 trillion in Q2 2019, of which 86% is retained earnings
Short-term contracts dominate interest rate derivatives turnover
Overnight index swaps made up 31.5% of daily average turnover in April
UK dealers see over half of interest rate derivatives trades
86% of all euro-denominated contracts handled in the UK in April 2019, up from 75% in 2016
Default risk of US bank corporate exposures edges up
Median average-weighted probability-of-default of G-Sib corporate portfolios hits 1.22%
US G-Sibs shun unsecured short-term funding
Trend towards borrowings secured by high-quality collateral accelerates
Wells Fargo, BNY Mellon, State Street build repo exposures in Q2
Wells Fargo increases gross repo assets by 12.4% in three months to end-June
BAML leads US G-Sibs on swaps exposures to hedge funds
Bank has seen net current credit exposures to hedge funds rise 231% in three years
Swaps between UK banks and foreign firms climb in Q2
Total value of derivatives assets and liabilities with overseas lenders hits £2.09 trillion
Peripheral EU banks free encumbered assets
Ratio of encumbered assets to total assets at Greek banks falls to 23.9% from 31.6%
Big US banks hold more Treasuries as swaps collateral
Government securities made up 8.2% of all initial and variation margin at G-Sibs in Q2
US G-Sibs grow and multiply ties with other banks
Big eight banks grow by 1.5% in aggregate in Q2
Six US banks grow systemic footprints
BAML and Citi climb into higher G-Sib surcharge buckets
Issues of unsecured debt, CDs pick up steam at US G-Sibs
Senior unsecured debt amounts outstanding climb 31% on Q4 2014; CDs 45.5%
First-half trading revenues at US G-Sibs increase by a third year-on-year
Income from interest rate exposures more than tripled on H1 2018, while equity revenues increased 17%
Cleared swaps surge $6.6trn at US G-Sibs in Q2
Cleared swaps accounted for 54% of G-Sib notionals in Q2
State Street, Goldman push VAR limits the most
Average of largest trading losses-to-VAR at State Street above 90% over past 12 months
State Street, UBS and TD Group incur VAR breaches
Backtesting exceptions cause TD Group's and State Street's market risk capital charge multipliers to climb