Funding
Regional US banks became more systemically risky in 2020
US Bancorp, PNC disclosed an increased reliance on short-term wholesale funding over the year
Deposits boosted top US banks’ short-term funds in 2020
Unsecured funding from outside the financial sector increased 22% to $934.6 billion
NSFR may clear up questions about Nomura’s balance sheet
The risks of off-balance sheet financing remain largely hidden from view
Top US banks saw liquid assets grow over $500bn in 2020
JP Morgan saw HQLAs increase 28% year on year
Non-US banks cut back on MMF dollar funding post-Covid – BIS
Non-bank dollar deposits offered alternative supply of greenbacks
SOFR trading surged at year end
End-2020 volume and rate spike was muted compared to previous years
Banks worldwide have built up liquidity buffers post-Covid
Lenders in Japan have the highest LCRs of global banks surveyed
Post-Covid crisis, EU banks have thin dollar liquidity buffers
Dollar LCRs declined between March and June
Shadow banks muscled in on traditional lenders’ turf in 2019
NBFIs grew 8.9% last year
Liquidity buffers thinned at Morgan Stanley, Goldman in Q3
Build-up of HQLA slows over the third quarter after post-Covid surge
EU funds lack liquidity management tools – Esma
Most Ucits can only rely on temporary borrowing or gating to weather crises
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Top US-based foreign banks shrink systemic footprints
US units of Barclays, Credit Suisse and Deutsche Bank have cut assets 40% since Q3 2016
Funding pain prompts calls to rehome FVA
Dealers push to move derivatives funding costs out of P&L following March’s outsize losses
Barclays, unlike UK peers, saw its LCR surge in Q3
High-quality liquid assets surged 9% quarter on quarter
One-third of EU banks used TLTROs to hit supervisory targets
Twenty-three per cent said future TLTROs would improve their ability to fulfil regulatory or supervisory requirements
Deutsche’s cash buffer ballooned in Q3
The bank had borrowed €34 billion through the ECB’s TLTRO III as of September
Deposits grow share of US G-Sibs’ short-term funding
Unsecured funding from within the financial sector also edged higher
LCRs of big EU banks rebound faster than smaller rivals in Q2
G-Sibs bolster ratios 19 percentage points in three months to end-June
Bank resolvability in the time of Covid
We will balance flexibility and resilience, says director of EU’s Single Resolution Board
Tri-party repo trades backed by GSE debt gain popularity
Agency bond trades made up 37% of total tri-party transactions on September 4
France, Germany lead EU on MREL debt sales
French banks account for 27% of total bail-in bond issuances
Fed dollar swap operations slow as funding strains ease
Seven-day swap utilisation has dropped off since May
Deposit flows shape systemic US banks’ liquidity risk
Non-operational deposits accounted for over 25% of cash outflows in Q2