Credit valuation adjustment (CVA)
BMO, Scotia crush CVA charges
CVA capital requirement fell 48% at BMO last quarter
Top US banks’ counterparties’ credit quality deteriorated in Q2
At Citi, exposures with a PD of 10% to 100% increased 73% quarter on quarter
Virus volatility swelled CVA charges at Barclays, NatWest in H1
PRA capital relief for market risk eased the CVA burden at some lenders
ABN Amro crushes CVA charge with index hedges in H1
Risk-weighted assets for CVA drops 48% in six months to end-June
Commerzbank takes €111m of XVA losses in H1
Valuation adjustment benefits gained in Q2 did not offset huge Q1 losses
HSBC trading unit hit by $355m of XVA costs in H1
Wider spreads continued to eat into derivatives values
Gaussian process regression for derivative portfolio modeling and application to credit valuation adjustment computations
The authors present a multi-Gaussian process regression approach, which is well suited for the over-the-counter derivative portfolio valuation involved in credit valuation adjustment (CVA) computation.
Dealers eye model change to cure CVA capital headache
With hopes of EU regulatory carve-out fading, some banks are taking matters into their own hands
JP Morgan posts $510m XVA gain
Benefit reverses some of the previous quarter’s record loss
US banks face capital hit from resurgent advanced approaches
Banks pushed onto internal models wrestle with procyclical capital charges
How XVAs shaped top US dealers’ trading revenues in Q1
Citi disclosed a -$835 million CVA impact on revenues
CVA capital charges jumped 50% at systemic US banks in Q1
Goldman Sachs’ charge climbs 76% quarter-on-quarter
Counterparty risk capital charges up 20% at top UK banks
StanChart CCR capital requirement jumps 41% over the first quarter
Citi’s counterparty credit risk charge up 38% in Q1
Probability of default of portfolio increases to 0.73% from 0.68%
ING hit by €92m XVA loss
Credit trading business tagged for trading losses
Crédit Agricole, Natixis, UniCredit pummelled by XVA losses
Top banks take combined €207 million hit from valuation adjustments
NatWest Markets’ CVA reserve swells £136m
Funding benefit and debit valuation adjustment help offset derivatives charge
XVAs take $346m bite out of HSBC’s trading profits
Derivatives valuation adjustment impact pushes trading profits down 49%
European banks seek capital relief for CVA hedges
Volatile trading in March caused CVA hedges to dominate market risk RWAs at some smaller dealers
Credit Suisse takes $51m derivatives hedging loss
Net trading revenues down 47% on year-ago quarter
JP Morgan takes $951m XVA hit
Funding spread widening blamed for majority of Q1 hit
Podcast: Horvath and Lee on market generator models
Quants explain the application of the latest techniques
Rates trading revenues up 154% at top US banks
Net gains on interest rates-related exposures top $21 billion
One bad apple: default risk at CCPs
One clearing member's disproportionately large position increases the credit risk for all CCP members