Regulators
Banks see higher FDIC charges lasting through 2018
Levy adds millions to dealers' expenses
Poor governance is top factor in insurer failures – Eiopa
Internal governance and control risks primary cause of 14% of failures
Citi and Wells Fargo wary of stress capital buffer
Recent CCAR tests point to higher CET1 requirements
US G-Sibs increase off-balance sheet exposures
BAML, Citi, Goldman, Morgan Stanley and Wells Fargo boost amounts by $124 billion
Stress-test trading losses out of sync with banks’ market risk
Trading and counterparty losses triple those implied by banks’ market RWAs
FRTB: trade bodies reveal threat to risk factor modellability
Swaptions, sovereign CDS and long-dated swaps at risk of being NMRFs
US banks cut available-for-sale portfolios
Securities classifications have shifted materially since AOCI filters were removed in 2014
CCAR losses concentrated at four US banks
BAML, Citi, JP Morgan and Wells Fargo account for more than half of total CCAR projected losses
Foreign bank IHCs shed US assets in 2017
Barclays, Credit Suisse and Deutsche Bank shrunk balance sheets by $166 billion
CCAR projected losses top half a trillion
Trading and counterparty losses made up 20% of total predicted losses across participants
Foreign banks outperform US peers on CCAR
IHCs report 11.1% average post-stress capital ratio
Deutsche Bank fails CCAR; Goldman and Morgan Stanley scrape by
DB USA hit with qualitative fail, while Goldman and Morgan Stanley face dividend and buyback freeze
UK bank funding costs spike in Q1 – BoE
Total term debt issuance is around 60% higher this year to date than at the same points in 2016 and 2017
UK banks ramp up market risk
Market RWAs up £18 billion in first quarter
Ring-fencing to starve investment banks of deposit funding
BoE data estimates non-ring-fenced banks will have access to just 4% of household deposits
BIS renews claims of capital 'gaming'
Modelled capital requirements for identical portfolios can differ by up to 4%, study shows
Basel III ratios bolster bank resilience – BIS
Analysis shows regulatory minimums protect banks from distress
Stress test results show Fed toughening up
Median post-stress ratio of 7.9% the lowest pass mark to date
Banks struggle with BCBS 239 implementation
Only three G-Sibs fully compliant with all risk data and reporting principles at end-2017
Fed stress tests stretch State Street, Goldman, Morgan Stanley
State Street worst performer among complex firms on capital; Goldman and Morgan Stanley on SLR
Asian and Americas CCPs seek EU recognition
16 CCPs apply for Esma's seal of approval
CCAR winners and losers 2012–17
American Express came off worst under CCAR total capital ratio measure among large and complex firms three years out of six
EU bank securitisation exposures continue to fall
ECB data shows securitisation exposures as a percentage of total risk exposures 78% lower than in 2008
Fed credit limits likely to hit investment banks, custodians hardest
State Street, BNY Mellon, Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs have low credit limits; high bank exposures