G-Sibs
Goldman’s op RWAs climb $13bn on 1MDB settlement
Bank settled with Malaysian government for $2.5 billion in July
CRR ‘quick fix’ pushes UniCredit’s RWAs lower
Italian bank nets €2.4 billion of RWA relief from regulatory changes
How the Fed’s Covid stress test got stuck in the middle
Experts fear CCAR add-on has neither informed investors nor guided capital management
Cash flood expanded systemic footprint of top US banks
Intra-system liabilities up 26% in Q1
Systemic riskiness of top US banks increased in Q1
JP Morgan’s systemic risk score increased enough to attract a 4% capital surcharge
Blurred lines in bank capital standards
Boundaries between capital buffers and capital requirements are looking worryingly unclear
UK banks’ derivatives books shrunk at year-end
The gross fair value of portfolios declined 22%
Output floor cliff edge effects threaten EU banks
Capital measure to have uneven impact across five-year phase-in
Banks fear time-limit on Fed leverage ratio reprieve
Capital constraints not covered by relief also weigh on balance sheet strategy
Fed defies coronavirus to push ahead with stress test
US diverges from Europe and forces banks to juggle CCAR with real-life operational burden
Bankers say discount window is imperfect fix for UST woes
Further changes advocated to ensure Treasuries are used in US bank liquidity buffers
The Fed’s stress capital buffer: relaxed but not relaxing
Bankers welcome key methodology improvement, but final rule could still curb dividends
Systemic banks could free $156bn of capital after Fed plea
Banks asked to use management buffers to support economy in combating coronavirus
US banks’ systemic footprints grew in 2019
Balance sheet growth lifts systemic risk scores
HSBC to reallocate $100bn of RWAs in shake-up
Global banking and markets division to take brunt of cuts
Systemic EU banks’ bail-in requirements vary
One G-Sib resolution group has an MREL requirement of 32.8% of RWAs
Credit Suisse may slip leverage capital bind
Swiss bank has risk density of 32%
Loosening ties, pt 2: how US G-Sibs cut intra-system liabilities
Citi and Goldman expelled huge amounts of deposits in Q4 2017
How US G-Sibs shrink down at year-end
Derivatives exposure reductions make up bulk of year-end savings
Loosening ties, pt 1: how US G-Sibs cut intra-system assets
Goldman Sachs reduced links with other financial firms the most in Q4 2018
Squeezed or saved? Market divided over year-end repo stress
Fears of a cash-crunch hang heavy despite Fed’s repo giveaway and move to term funding
G-Sibs in US grow leverage exposures faster than EU rivals
HSBC saw exposures fall 2.81% in Q3
Fifth Chinese bank nears G-Sib designation
Build-up of trading assets and hard-to-value instruments contributed to Bank of Communication’s G-Sib score increase
Threats posed by systemic banks vary by region
Eurozone and UK G-Sibs are too big to fail because of their cross-border activities, Chinese G-Sibs because of their size