Capital adequacy
EC official: focus on bad loans will drive bank consolidation
Supervisory and market pressure to tackle NPLs will force some banks out of market
Model ban adds A$375m to Australian securitisation capital
One bank - Westpac - sees 40% jump in size of charge
US bank VAR-based charges surge in volatile first quarter
Average quarter-on-quarter increase of 23% for VAR-based capital across 11 large dealers
ING market risk charge edges higher
Dutch bank adds €0.8 billion of market RWAs
JP Morgan counterparty credit risk grows
Risk-weighted assets consumed by least-risky counterparties decline from 57% to 36% in two years
EU banks’ CVA capital to triple if exemptions axed
Seven banks would incur 200bp-plus hit to capital if long-standing waivers were repealed, says EBA
EU’s evolving CCP resolution rules get mixed reviews
Isda AGM: Parliament tackles big issues in recovery and resolution text, but 'doesn’t go far enough'
Danske Bank targets lower capital ratio
Danish lender bought 6.8 million of its own shares for DKK 1.6 billion
Santander reaps capital benefit with close of toxic asset sale
The bank aims to have CET1 above 11% by end-2018
Uneven Basel rule adoption threatens regulatory arbitrage
Committee names and shames regulatory laggards
Modelled RWAs fall at BNY Mellon
Gap between RWAs calculated under the two approaches shrinks
CCAR threatens BNY Mellon dividend payout
Fed's test "noticeably more stringent" - BNY Mellon's Santomassimo
US Bancorp unfazed by Fed’s new capital buffer
Lender targets dividend payout ratio of 40%
Fed’s new capital buffer refocuses on risk
Low-risk activities and larger management buffers likely to become more attractive
Fed to ease CECL capital impact
Phase-in of capital impacts over three years proposed
BAML approaches Collins floor
The gap between RWAs calculated under the two approaches continues to shrink
JP Morgan criticises revised leverage ratio
"Time is right" to reconsider G-Sib capital framework, says CFO
New BoE stress test puts focus on banks critical to UK
Annual test will attempt to gauge impact of IFRS 9
Chinese megabanks set to lose out in switch to SMA
Bank of China, ICBC likely to see lower reductions in operational risk capital due to reliance on interest income
Basel set to hammer Japanese megabank capital ratios
Sharp increase in risk weights for unrated corporates could lead to 30% jump in RWAs