Nordea
IRB reliance peaks at over 90% for some lenders ahead of Basel III shift
As reforms loom, IRB usage spans from marginal to near-total among European banks
People: Citi lures JPM private bank CRO, Körner crowns Credit Suisse exits, and more
Latest job changes across the industry
False start: 13 EU banks miscalculate new GAR coverage metric
Unclear instructions, late guidance and poor font choices among reasons behind diverging interpretations from EBA’s template
Op risk hits all-time highs at three Nordic banks
Regular updates drive record rises at Handelsbanken, Nordea and SEB
First green asset ratios come in low as EU banks protest methodology
ABN Amro only bank to break double digits in a sample of 23 lenders
EU banks’ incremental risk charges soared in volatile H2
Charge for traded-bond default and downgrade risk hit 10-year high at BNP Paribas
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
Nordea writes off €130m of intangibles after accounting change
Fourth quarter impairment charges fourteen times larger than year prior
HSBC leads global uptick in OTC derivatives clearing
Systemic banks cleared record €250 trillion in notionals in 2022
Nordic banks’ RWAs rise $9bn on Swedish risk-weight floor rejig
Constraints on real-estate exposure modelling result in Pillar 2 charges moving to Pillar 1 requirements
Share of op risk modelling falls at European banks
Less than half of analysed dealers rely on the AMA, as introduction of new standardised approach looms large
US banks’ RWA density dwarfs that of European peers
Truist, Capital One and PNC Bank lead with risk density above 65%
Rate of cleared OTC derivatives rises at European banks
Swedbank leads dealers in secular trend towards clearing space
European banks’ systemic indicators surged in 2022
Higher values for 10 of 14 systemic risk indicators could see capital surcharges increase later this year
EU active account rule may impose costly CCP basis
Buy-siders say end-users could be forced into volatile Eurex/LCH basis at the worst time under EU proposals
Top EU banks’ OTC derivatives climbed 12% in 2022
All but two dealers report higher notional amounts, led by Crédit Agricole
IRC capital charges surge at Deutsche and Intesa
Risk-weighted assets covering default and downgrade of traded bonds all but double at Italian lender
Santander, Credit Suisse hit hardest by AOCI in Europe
Unrealised losses, mostly from exchange rate swings, shave huge chunks off CET1 capital
CaixaBank, UniCredit most exposed to rate increases in Europe
Banks report largest hits in IRRBB tests, but remain clear of fail threshold
Nordea’s market RWAs drop 20% on Q4 SVAR cut
Last quarter marked reversal of fortunes after 30-month high hit in June
ECB ratchets up Pillar 2 charges across top lenders
UniCredit, BNP Paribas, SEB and Swedbank worst-hit in latest SREP round