FRTB
WHAT IS THIS? The Fundamental Review of the Trading Book (FRTB) is a set of market risk capital rules designed to replace a series of patches introduced after the financial crisis. It seeks to better-capture tail risk, to redraw the boundary between banking and trading books, and to raise the bar for internal models.
New CVA regime to hike affected RWAs fivefold at EU banks
Systemically important lenders face 622% increase in CVA RWAs; but effect could be less if existing exemptions are carried over
FRTB to double market RWAs of EU banks
Risk-weighted assets across 44 banks to increase 105% on average
Final Volcker rule spurs rethink on FRTB trading desks
Regulators encourage structural alignment between the two rules, but hurdles remain
Smaller Japan banks set to adopt CVA accounting
IFRS convergence levels playing field as regional banks start to price in credit risk
The Fundamentals of market risk rules
With the 2022 Fundamental Review of the Trading Book (FRTB) deadline looming, banks are fast coming to grips with the amount of work still to be done to achieve a successful implementation
G-Sibs eye simpler market risk calculations in Hong Kong
HKMA may need to ease rules on NMRFs to incentivise use of internal models
FRTB costs force banks to weigh IMA desk by desk
Risk USA: Some desks “may not be able to pass these more rigorous standards”, says Morgan Stanley FRTB lead
Stress-testing: still worth the stress?
There may be more efficient ways to assess if banks are misjudging their risks
VAR breaches push NatWest Markets’ RWAs higher
Turbulence in rates behind higher market risk charges
Double trouble: don’t blur FRTB deadlines, warns ECB
Ignoring reporting model deadline could muddy capital approval cut-off
Keeping watch: EBA stress-testing head plans overhaul
Top-down approach, dynamic balance sheet and multiple shock scenarios all possible for 2022
EU banks grapple with NMRF proposals for volatility models
EBA options for lighter capital treatment of parametric curves could prove impractical
Basel III capital shortfall estimate drops by €9 billion
Lower projected credit and market risk capital requirements and model output floor drive reduction
European FRTB proposals spark XVA overload fears
Banks warn of overly complex revaluation process and heightened risk of backtest fails
Floating start date for 2020 stress test alarms EU banks
Regulator proposal could lead to less reliable market risk data, critics warn
RNIV charges account for big chunk of Swiss banks’ capital
At UBS, 37.5% of its market risk capital requirement was for risks-not-in-VAR
Industry expects US FRTB proposals by year-end
Fed likely to co-ordinate progress with EU, which may also accelerate its timetable
Enria: no reason for EU to deviate from Basel output floor
ECB supervision chief urges lawmakers to implement contentious Basel III model constraints
Levelling the playing field of the FRTB’s forex rules
Hany Farag argues that changing the base currency may address FRTB forex asymmetry
Revealed: FRTB impact three times higher than expected
Undisclosed Isda study finds capital hike outweighs previous Basel Committee estimate
Virtue bonds, Hong Kong FRTB and letting go of Lehman
The week on Risk.net, August 24–30, 2019
The minimally biased backtest for ES
Acerbi and Szekely present a backtest for expected shortfall
Global banks fear Hong Kong frontrunning FRTB
Local subsidiaries of EU and US banks may be forced to adopt models before their parents
