Capital requirements
Mizuho faces steepest capital squeeze from Basel floor
Fully floored RWAs would cut core capital ratio by 244bp, the sharpest drop among Japanese megabanks
Citizens’ growth won’t bow to regulatory thresholds, CRO says
Risk Live: Bank faces stricter capital and liquidity requirements if it crosses $250 billion in assets
G-Sib pair has largest TLAC shortfall since 2018
Basel monitoring report estimates €30bn below their fully loaded requirements
Nine jurisdictions yet to finalise Basel III rules
Turkey and South Africa worst laggards, with no final drafts published
FDIC’s McKernan wants single capital stack in Basel III endgame
Rebuffing Barr’s offer of a partial rollback, Republican director also targets op risk framework
Chinese G-Sibs load up on non-core capital ahead of TLAC introduction
Agricultural Bank of China boosts AT1 capital, while Bank of China drives Tier 2 growth
Fed relief plan for G-Sib agency clearing welcomed
Rollback may revive interest in European FCM model, as principal clearing still treated punitively
SocGen closest to TLAC minimum among G-Sibs
Gap between bail-in funds and required amounts narrows at Canadian lenders; Wells Fargo buffer smallest in US
Fed’s new liquidity rule spells more pain for regional banks
Limit on HTM assets follows move to deduct unrealised losses from capital buffers
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
Regulators want to fix AT1s. Investors want restraint
Tweaking the instrument that regulators love to hate may be the only way to prevent its abolition
Fourteen US banks poised to benefit from curtailed market risk rule
Fed’s changes to Basel III endgame proposal would keep regional banks with limited trading activity exempt from costly FRTB requirements
ANZ takes A$20bn RWA add-on from capital floor
Charges linked to output floor adjustment rose sevenfold in the second quarter
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
EU banks lose relief on model test after FRTB delay
Deferment of new trading book regime to January 2026 eats into transition period for “erratic” P&L attribution test
Some EU banks wanted option to start FRTB on time
Representatives of member states raised possibility with European Commission at July meeting discussing the delay
Sliced and sliced again: investors’ latest trick for risk transfer
‘Retranched’ synthetic securitisations offer higher yields, but questions remain over legality of structures
NatWest securitisation RWAs hit record high in Q2
Higher amounts of significant risk transfers originated by the bank behind latest increase
American Express set to become category III bank
Payment card lender to be subject to stricter capital, liquidity and prudential requirements from next quarter
Four EU banks forecast capital hits from final Basel III reforms
BNP Paribas only dealer to disclose hit from FRTB
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