Common Equity Tier 1 (CET1) capital
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
Archegos debacle prompts Credit Suisse to slash prime services
Executives pledged $35 billion of cuts to investment bank leverage exposure
Prudential filters took a smaller bite out of bank capital in 2020
Additional valuation adjustments deducted €1.3 billion less from CET1 at top banks
EU systemic banks added €9bn to capital through IFRS 9 break
UniCredit was the top beneficiary with an 82 basis points CET1 ratio boost
Archegos fiasco clips Credit Suisse’s capital ratio
CET1 ratio will be “at least” 12% for Q1
Equity growth slowed at US banks in 2020
CET1 ratios of biggest US banks were largely flat on 2019
IFRS 9 relief added £8bn to UK banks’ capital buffers in 2020
Lloyds’ CET1 ratio reaped a 120bp benefit
High-earning banks set aside more Covid provisions – BIS
Provisions across 70 banks in H1 2020 were almost quadruple those taken in H2 2019
UK banks count cost of EU software capital reversal
Average CET1 ratio would fall 29 basis points
Regulatory breaks strengthened EU banks’ CET1 ratios in 2020
In spite of Covid turmoil, top lenders improved their CET1 ratios by around 70bp on average
ING takes capital hit for lowballing loan-loss provisions
NPE coverage ratio fell over Q4
Synthetic risk transfer plumps SocGen’s capital buffer
Risk transfer and CET1 relief smooth out add-on for model risk at the French bank
Covid hikes BNP Paribas’ cost of risk to decade high
Loan-loss provisions for 2020 totalled €5.7 billion
BBVA capital buffer will swell to 600bp on sale of US unit
Spanish lender targets 11.5-12% CET1 ratio
BoE to test UK banks against double-dip Covid recession
Stress simulation falls short of actual coronavirus crisis shock to the UK economy
BofA doubled held-to-maturity book in 2020
The bank moved mortgage bonds into HTM throughout the year
Smaller US banks grew faster than larger rivals in Q3
Lenders less than $1 billion in size increased loans 16% over the quarter
Regional banks, FBOs found second round of Fed tests tougher
DB, HSBC, PNC, US Bancorp and TD Group saw their peak-to-trough CET1 ratio depletion increase most
Fed’s Covid stress tests strain top banks’ leverage ratios
Citi, Goldman, JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley all had projected post-stress SLRs below 5%
Intesa’s RWAs bloat on UBI merger
Credit risk-weighted assets increased 16% post-takeover