Capital requirements
FCA presses UK non-banks to put their affairs in order
Greater scrutiny of wind-down plans by regulator could alter capital and liquidity requirements
Industry calls for major rethink of Basel III rules
Isda AGM: Divergence on implementation suggests rules could be flawed, bankers say
EBA’s correlated currencies shake-up raises EU banks’ charges
Capital requirements for FX risk double after EUR/USD and other 196 pairs deemed no longer in sync
CFTC chair backs easing of G-Sib surcharge in Basel endgame
Isda AGM: Fed’s proposed surcharge changes could hike client clearing cost by 80%
UK investment firms feeling the heat on prudential rules
Signs firms are falling behind FCA’s expectations on wind-down and liquidity risk management
EU banks’ incremental risk charges soared in volatile H2
Charge for traded-bond default and downgrade risk hit 10-year high at BNP Paribas
Bank of Communications moves early to meet TLAC requirements
China Construction Bank becomes last China G-Sib to release TLAC plans
BofA, Citi, JPM slash $18trn of derivatives in latest window dressing effort
Systemic indicator reduction in Q4 keeps lid on trio’s capital surcharges
Goldman faces higher 3.5% G-Sib surcharge in 2026
50bp step up in capital add-on looms after dealer’s systemic footprint rose to a record high in 2023
EU watchdogs to launch prop trader capital review in April
Prop traders say bank-style IFR rules are driving them out, but doubt EBA will suggest changes
CFTC hears ‘call to action’ from swaps end-users on Basel III
Commissioner Pham mulls engaging with prudential regulators over capital hit on clearing
Canadian banks’ market RWAs spike on FRTB switch
CIBC, TD Bank and Scotia saw end-January charges jump amid overall ditching of internal models at Canada’s big five
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
Large EU prop traders dump once-loved capital method
Industry lobbied for requirement based on margin haircuts, but it has provided little relief
Quarter-ends add $184bn to FX swap costs, study finds
Academics observe 36% increase in bid/ask spreads in short-tenor liquid currency pairs at quarter-end
Standardised FRTB leaves banks befuddled on residual risk
Benchmarking exercises find “weak consensus” among banks over notional values for exotics
First Citizens’ high-volatility CRE loans doubled last year
Rise in 150%-weighted class of exposures largest among 260 US lenders
Why Canada is giving FRTB internal models the cold shoulder
“Crazy” cost of tech upgrades among reasons why banks snub own models to calculate market risk capital
Fears of runaway risk on offshore reinsurance
Life insurers catch the eye of UK regulator for pension buyout financing trick
BoE puts American spin on fix for FRTB’s govvies dilemma
Four jurisdictions find four different ways to resolve Basel market risk capital quirk
RBI’s op risk charges climb 22% on input-series update
Recalibration reverses savings from discontinuation of AMA a year earlier
Taming the systemic risk Hydra: 10 years of mandatory clearing
Regulators, clearers and market participants reflect on a decade of the clearing requirement
Bank of China issuance not ‘sufficient’ to cover TLAC needs
Announced issuance still only a fraction of total bail-in debt needs for Chinese G-Sibs
The impact of the Fundamental Review of the Trading Book: evaluation on a stylized portfolio
The authors investigate banks' market risk capital requirements under the internal models approach through the lens of the Basel Fundamental Review of the Trading Book, using data from the period 2007-19.