Interest rate volatility
Initial margin requirements hit record highs at major CCPs
Tumultuous third quarter sees $94bn surge across 14 CCPs
Volatility drives up NatWest’s market RWAs despite IMA efficiencies
Higher VAR and SVAR readings overshadow £373 million saving from broader modelling scope
Morgan Stanley, Goldman FCMs set new margin records
Investment banks see futures, options and swaps margin hit new highs in September
Anticipating rate hike, MUFG offloaded ¥4trn of Japan government bonds
Lender reduces holdings to lowest in over a decade
CIBC’s VAR hits highest since 2008 amid interest rate risk surge
Client and market-making activities responsible for 44% increase
ABN Amro, Intesa lead EU IMA users with RWA surges
Rates volatility tests models in their twilight years before FRTB forces shelving
At US banks, paper losses on HTM securities hit new high
Bank of America leads way as mortgage-backed securities drive aggregate rise in Q3
PacWest leads banks on NII growth decline
Deutsche Bank bucks positive European trend while NatWest leads UK negative growth in Q3
Northern Trust rejigs funding as deposit costs rise
Net interest income drops 10.5%, cash at central banks falls by a quarter
US banks ditch IR futures as appetite for swaps booms
Notional for futures craters 19% in Q2, hitting lowest in at least seven years
Impaired loans surpass pandemic peaks at CIBC, Scotiabank
At five Canadian banks, troubled loans up 40% year-on-year
At Eurex, default fund grows 45% to record size
Market volatility and current interest rates level behind increase in Q2
FCM client margin for swaps hit record high in June
JP Morgan, Barclays drive required funds increase, with UBS doubling prior-year figure
Zions model change reverses positive EVE projections
Estimated impact of interest rate shocks up to 17.7pp higher under adjusted assumptions
HSBC’s trading VAR hits 10-year high
Interest rate risk behind trading risk gauge peaked in H1
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Pre-merger, PacWest reported record negative NII growth
Funding costs continue to outpace income growth at majority of US banks
JSCC’s IRS unit hit by record margin breaches
Interest rate volatility drives coverage level below CCP’s risk appetite, triggering IM methodology review
Initial margin breaches surge at JSCC government bonds division
Sharp interest rate fluctuations triggers largest backtesting deficiency on record
US banks report negative NII growth amid rising rates
Goldman, KeyCorp and Charles Schwab worst hit in Q1 as funding costs sap income growth
As rates rose, KeyBank unwound 94% of pay-fixed swaps
Sale of AFS hedges left book exposed throughout late 2022, much as at ill-fated SVB