G-Sibs
JP Morgan, BofA say Basel III plan could wipe out capital cushion
Banks forecast $82 billion cumulative hike in capital requirements from Fed proposals
Up to their necks in it: banks wrestle with change management
Banks recognise risks in transformation, but struggle to measure them
Wells Fargo has thinnest TLAC headroom globally
Bail-in funds sat 8% above required amount at end-June, smallest gap among the 25 banks subject to the standard
BNP Paribas’s default contributions hit record high in H1
Requirements from CCPs up 19% across 13 EU and UK banks
RBC’s credit derivatives book grows fourfold on market-making push
Notionals of credit protection sold and purchased have ballooned 236% and 382% respectively since October 2022
Citi, JP Morgan slash $3tn of OTC notionals in Q2
Trimming of cleared portfolios bucks trend across top US banks
UBS leapfrogs global peers following Credit Suisse takeover
Swiss lender reports big increases in RWAs, leverage exposures and other key metrics
US systemic risk scores hit records at JPM, Citi and 5 others
Riskiness of top dealers inflated by fair-value securities and higher reliance on short-term funding
Rate of cleared OTC derivatives rises at European banks
Swedbank leads dealers in secular trend towards clearing space
European banks’ systemic indicators surged in 2022
Higher values for 10 of 14 systemic risk indicators could see capital surcharges increase later this year
US banks reshaped liquidity buffers in Q2
Truist, BofA and US Bancorp lead highly liquid assets pile-up
JPM’s new EU arm is bloc’s 4th largest derivatives bank
Frankfurt-based dealer eclipsed homegrown G-Sibs in 2022 on several indicators
Goldman most threatened by Fed’s rejig of modelled capital charges
End of credit risk modelling and scaling up of SCB’s role could tip six US banks below minimum requirements
JP Morgan only bank set to benefit from Fed’s G-Sib review
Proposal to reduce ‘cliff effects’ would generate 10bp surcharge relief while four peers face higher requirements
Fed throws curveball with agency clearing surcharge proposal
Revived plan could see capital for G-Sibs’ client clearing jump 40 times, says industry body
Fed’s plan to end ‘window dressing’ stirs repo debate
Change to G-Sib surcharge could smooth year-end volatility, but some fear liquidity will worsen
Banks fear G-Sib tweak will increase capital volatility
Fed proposal would raise capital surcharge in 10bp increments
US banks rue missed opportunity to reform G-Sib surcharge
As method 2 drifts away from Basel, critics fear comparability and competitiveness will suffer
Power play: how geopolitics is shaping op risk at G-Sibs
Geopolitics is a top five fear for G-Sibs, but most banks lack specialist risk staff and classical tools
Eight US banks slapped with higher capital buffers
US units of Deutsche and UBS hit with highest SCBs yet imposed by the Fed
Sizing cyber: banks split on who owns and measures hack threats
G-Sibs split on risk modelling and management for IT disruption and infosec
Op Risk Benchmarking: Inside the G-Sibs
New initiative scrutinises op risk measurement and management practices at the world’s largest banks
The AOCI elephant in the DFAST room
After March’s banking crisis, Fed stress tests should adopt harsher and wider ranging rate scenarios
Modelled RWAs diverge further from standardised at BNY Mellon
Gap grows to highest since 2019, pushing bank high above Collins floor