Common Equity Tier 1 (CET1) capital
Basel III capital shortfall shrinks to €8bn
G-Sibs responsible for 77% of the aggregate deficit
Citi hits the Collins floor
Of the eight systemic banks in the US, Goldman Sachs remains the only one above the threshold
RBC lifts CET1 ratio by 80bp with model parameter update
Reclassification of small business clients carves out C$26 billion of credit risk
EU banks get first taste of new stress test-driven buffer regime
Of the 50 stress-tested lenders, three would fall into the highest Pillar 2 Guidance bucket
EU stress tests: market risk cuts 107bp off average bank’s CET1
SocGen, Deutsche and UniCredit the hardest hit among EU systemic banks
Natixis buyout cost BPCE 70bp of CET1 ratio in Q2
Cash cost of offer for main subsidiary offset partly by increase in shareholder equity
ECB sees slim gains, larger losses if EU tweaks Basel III
Staff paper says using parallel stack output floor would push up funding costs longer-term
HSBC’s Asia RWAs up $22.9 billion in H1
Asia accounts for 47% of total RWAs as reallocation strategy gathers steam
SA-CCR to add up to £5bn to Lloyds’ RWAs
Further headwinds are expected to come from CRD IV implementation
Trim, SA-CCR weigh on Santander’s RWAs
Regulatory changes and model updates shave 24bp off the bank’s CET1 ratio
EBA guidelines on IRB boosts Danske’s credit RWAs
The bank expects further increases in the second half of the year after adding $3.17 billion in Q2
Nordea faces higher capital requirement following ESRB recommendation
A decision by the Finnish Financial Supervisory Authority may add 95bp to the bank’s CET1 capital ratio requirement
Wobblier eurozone banks most exposed to climate change
Lenders with lower CET1 ratios and weaker returns could face more credit defaults from global warming
Seeking SCB relief, Goldman cuts equity investments
Plans for less capital-intensive balance sheet could shave 140bp off capital requirements
ECB tightens grip on back-to-back booking models
Supervisor could impose large exposures limit for intragroup trades, even if UK granted equivalence
Morgan Stanley’s stress test estimate strays from Fed’s
Half of US systemic lenders lowball capital hits in DFAST 2021
Citi, Wells Fargo face higher stress capital buffer add-ons
Both G-Sibs are outliers, as Fed slaps on higher capital requirements following latest round of stress tests
Banks’ DFAST performances even out
Analysis shows a more nuanced distribution of post-stress results
Foreign banks perform better in 2021 Fed stress tests
Intermediate holding companies reported higher post-stress capital and leverage ratios than their US peers did
Fed stress tests stretch Goldman Sachs, HSBC
US dealers toe binding minimums in latest DFAST exercise
Post-merger, Caixa’s credit RWAs jump 47%
In RWA terms, the newly created entity is now bigger than Commerzbank and Rabobank
Finma add-on inflates Credit Suisse’s credit RWAs
The Sfr5.8 billion additional capital buffer accounts for two-fifths of bank’s quarterly increase
Commerzbank’s op RWAs hit 10-year low
The bank added 20bp to its CET1 capital ratio in Q1
UniCredit cut RWAs the most of EU systemic banks in Q1
The €10.8 billion cull helped improve the Italian bank’s CET1 ratio 52bp