Capital buffer
StanChart’s market RWAs hit eight-year high
Client-driven RWA deployment raises market risk exposure by $3.2 billion
UniCredit-Commerz merger could spawn sixth-largest EU G-Sib
Analysis of banks’ risk indicators suggest combined entity could have larger systemic footprint than ING and BPCE
Endgame manoeuvre: US banks put SLR reform back in spotlight
Plan to ease Basel III brings renewed focus to impact of leverage ratio on US Treasury market
Fed hikes stress capital buffers for 18 US banks
Nine dealers face record-high SCBs as poor performance in latest DFAST weighs on capital requirements
Four EU banks forecast capital hits from final Basel III reforms
BNP Paribas only dealer to disclose hit from FRTB
US banks’ performance in latest DFAST worst in six years
Fed blames higher credit card delinquencies, riskier corporate lending and lower revenue
DB USA’s stress test estimate deviates from Fed’s by record amount
US unit of German bank underestimated capital and leverage hit in latest DFAST
DFAST 2024: IHCs outperform US banks despite steeper CET1 ratio decline
US subsidiaries of Deutsche Bank, UBS and RBC lead intermediate holding companies in biggest capital requirement drops
Eleven banks fall below buffer requirements in latest DFAST
Goldman Sachs worst performer among 31 participating banks, with 450bp gap between stressed CET1 ratio and all-in capital requirements
AOCI worsens across the board at US banks in Q1
JP Morgan, Wells Fargo and Citi hit hardest in trend reversal
ECB raised Pillar 2 charges for just three CRE-heavy banks in latest SREP
Pfandbriefbank and Luminor saw largest increases across 106 banks subject to 2023 assessment
Climate capital in the balance as EBA rejects green risk weights
European regulator suggests climate change must be factored into existing risk categories
Fed methodology adds as much as 2% to US G-Sib surcharges
Morgan Stanley’s binding add-on is three times as high as under Basel framework
Substitutability cap spares JPM, Citi higher Basel G-Sib surcharges
Stalled framework review by Basel Committee benefits world’s largest bank for 10th consecutive year
UBS, three Chinese banks face higher capital surcharges
Credit Suisse and UniCredit dropped from G-Sib list in latest systemic risk assessment
KBC takes €8.2bn RWA add-on post ECB model review
Regulatory intervention and share buyback contribute to sink bank’s core ratio to lowest point since 2016
JP Morgan, BofA say Basel III plan could wipe out capital cushion
Banks forecast $82 billion cumulative hike in capital requirements from Fed proposals
Goldman most threatened by Fed’s rejig of modelled capital charges
End of credit risk modelling and scaling up of SCB’s role could tip six US banks below minimum requirements
JP Morgan only bank set to benefit from Fed’s G-Sib review
Proposal to reduce ‘cliff effects’ would generate 10bp surcharge relief while four peers face higher requirements
AOCI reinclusion would push 10 US banks below capital requirements
KeyCorp, Truist and UBS Americas the worst affected by removal of paper-loss waiver
Fed’s plan to end ‘window dressing’ stirs repo debate
Change to G-Sib surcharge could smooth year-end volatility, but some fear liquidity will worsen