G-Sibs
At US G-Sibs, 11 VAR breaches in 2018
The final quarter of 2018 saw a record number of VAR breaches at the biggest US banks
JP Morgan's repo book bulged at year end
US bank added $101 billion of repo assets in three months to end-December
Buy-siders eye ways to get ahead of US resolution stay rules
Come July 1, asset managers will be unable to dump derivatives as a G-Sib is unwound. Lawyers are standing by
Small banks in China carry outsized risk – research
Study shows systemic risk of smaller banks snowballs during stress periods
Deutsche-Commerz merger would birth giant G-Sib
The combined bank would likely attract 2.5% G-Sib surcharge
Unmoved, Fed stands by G-Sib surcharge
Facing down frenetic lobbying and even US Treasury, central bank doesn’t blink on surcharge
US G-Sibs hike loan-loss provisions by $737m
Five banks increased PCLs in the fourth quarter of 2018, with JP Morgan leading the way
State Street leads US custody banks’ assets drop
Equity rout drives down value of assets under management
Citi’s SLR falls to four-year low
Leverage exposure rises $1.9 billion in fourth quarter
Non-netting status denies capital boost for Chinese banks
Reliable close-out netting could cut China’s SA-CCR capital requirements by around 20%
For US banks, billions in regulatory manna
The unwind should help mid-tier banks, but the G-Sib impact is a complex balancing act
No bank would benefit from planned eurozone G-Sib waiver
Neither Deutsche nor BNP Paribas would move to a lower capital buffer, based on end-2017 data
Repo rate hits 7.25% on year-end volatility
US Treasury issuance on December 31 said to have fuelled last-minute dash for cash
Nordic banks shoulder weightiest capital buffers in EU
DNB Bank has 9.10% combined buffer, the largest of stress-tested banks
Competing against Sifis ‘leads to higher risks’
But research finds weaker implied sovereign support reduces impact on non-Sifi competitors
FX swaps to avoid year-end basis blowout, banks say
Earlier rollovers likely to ensure no repeat of previous cross-currency volatility
What’s Finnish for ‘too big to fail’?
Strange case of Nordea highlights flaw in G-Sib assessments
US banks bolster quality of short-term funding
Eight US G-Sibs increase share of total borrowings made up of well-collateralised repo
Cross-border risks drive European G-Sib scores
Basel method shows cross-jurisdictional activity makes up 30.8% of banks’ total G-Sib scores
Too-big-to-fail resolution regimes found wanting
Fourteen of 24 member countries do not have bail-in powers
Custody banks add $1.2trn assets, BNY Mellon overtakes State Street
The combined total hit $93 trillion at end-September
JP Morgan on brink of 4% G-Sib surcharge
US bank will have to cull balance sheet by year-end
Basel and Fed G-Sib methods pose dual test to US banks
Different emphasis of rival frameworks could frustrate bank efforts to reduce systemic risk
TD Bank on verge of G-Sib capital jump
Cross-jurisdictional activity behind ramp-up in Canadian bank's systemic riskiness