Capital ratio
Goldman edges closer to Collins floor
Six of the eight US G-Sibs are currently below the Collins floor
Shareholder giveaways deplete US G-Sib capital
Aggregate CET1 ratio robust at 12.1%
EU bank capital ratios creep up in Q3
Average transitional ratio increases to 14.7%
IFRS 9 hits standardised banks harder than IRB peers
Capital wallop over eight times greater for SA banks than IRB
Fall in market risk prods UK bank RWAs lower
Total RWAs amounted to £2.9 trillion at end-September
UniCredit retreats from capital target as bond run bites
Italian bank swallows 39bp capital hit in third quarter; 9bp through BTP moves
Accounting change dents Aussie bank earnings
Four largest Australian lenders lose about $2bn in earnings on the switch to new accounting standard AASB 9
Big EU banks lost €22bn capital on IFRS 9 switch
Italian banks saw the largest capital depletion, losing €9 billion (8.9%) of CET1 capital on the transition
Danske money laundering scandal leads to capital add-ons
The add-ons pushed Danske’s management to revise its target CET1 capital ratio higher
BNP Paribas bolsters capital ratio on First Hawaiian sale
CET1 capital increases €516 million in third quarter
Deutsche sweats accounting switch, model probe
CET1 ratio could fall 40bp following ECB-led internal model assessment
EU banks short €14.6 billion of Basel III capital
Total capital ratios would fall to 14.5% from 18.5% if reform package were implemented today
UK banks build up risk in Q2
Total RWAs were up £57 billion, from £2.89 trillion to £2.94 trillion
The price of trust: tackling the risks of ring-fencing
Learning the wrong lesson from Lehman? Ring-fencing hikes risk of bank failure, says Credit Suisse’s Wilson Ervin – he proposes an alternative
Scotiabank acquisitions come with risks attached
The bank’s RWAs jumped 9.4% in the third quarter
To be resolved: the FDIC and the future of bank failure
Will Jelena McWilliams finally nail down the FDIC’s role as a resolution authority?
ABN Amro sustains assault on market risk
The bank's market RWAs dropped 24% quarter to quarter, to €1.7 billion, following a 41% reduction in the first quarter
UBS faces capital hike from credit model curbs
Bank estimates Sfr35 billion jump in RWAs from Basel III, with credit modelling one driver, says CRO Bluhm
RBS puts RMBS woes behind it, draining capital
DoJ settlement incurs 50bp CET1 ratio charge
SG eyes capital savings from business exits
Sales of Eastern European and Spanish units to furnish CET1 buffer
Mortgage add-on elevates ING credit risk
Credit RWAs up 4.2% on loan growth and Belgian regulator-set multiplier
New accounting clips EU bank capital
IFRS 9 capital impact largest on Irish and Bulgarian dealers, EBA health check shows
Tired of overshooting, BNY Mellon revamps stress test model
Capital distributions crimped by conservative CCAR estimates
SEB purchase saps Danske Bank’s capital ratio
Despite hike in minimum required capital, Danske has ample buffer