Liquidity coverage ratio (LCR)
ECB’s Enria unsure banks will dip into capital buffers
Anxiety over investor and rating agency reaction may limit banks’ use of Covid relief measures
EU banks’ liquidity buffers weathered Covid turmoil
Central bank cash reserves edge up across EU lenders
Non-operational deposits flooded US G-Sibs in Q1
JP Morgan also sees a big jump in its maturity mismatch add-on
US bank liquidity ratios eroded in Q1
Net cash outflows and HQLA spike to record levels
Deutsche Bank liquidity buffer shrinks €17bn
Clients’ clamour for cash forces bank to monetise liquidity pool
Many EU banks have dollar LCR shortfalls
Twenty-two surveyed banks had USD LCRs below 100% as of June 2019
US banks still fret about cutting liquidity buffers
Fed instructions to banks to run down LCR undermined by governance rules, other liquidity metrics
Deutsche Bank cut liquidity buffer in 2019
Cash balance dropped €49 billion last year
Bankers say discount window is imperfect fix for UST woes
Further changes advocated to ensure Treasuries are used in US bank liquidity buffers
US G-Sibs urged to release surplus liquidity to fight virus sell-off
Top banks have about $378 billion of extra HQLA that could be released
Aggregate LCR of systemic US banks edged lower in 2019
Net cash outflows increased at a faster pace than HQLA last year
LCRs of UK banks diverged in 2019
StanChart’s dropped 14 percentage points last year
US banks anticipate fresh guidance on resolution liquidity
Consultation in first half of 2020 expected to clarify intra-group and forecasting requirements
Worth the cost? EU rethinks Mifid disclosure rules
Banks would gladly be rid of cost disclosures, but some clients want them improved, not scrapped
At US G-Sibs, 30-day funding still in vogue
Short-term funding is secured by higher-quality collateral than two years ago
Eurozone banks' excess liquidity highly concentrated – ECB
German and French banks hoarding cash
Morgan Stanley’s LCR suffers in Q3 on rise in cash outflows
Projected secured wholesale funding outflows surge $10.3 billion
UK bank LCRs fall again in Q3, led by StanChart
Buildup of net cash outflow amounts erode liquidity coverage ratios
Liquidity coverage at Nomura improves in Q2
HQLA buffer shrinks for third consecutive quarter
Cash burn drives UBS’s LCR lower in Q3
Swiss bank’s HQLA at lowest level since public disclosure began
US Bancorp could trim liquidity buffer by $15bn
Relaxation of liquidity coverage ratio for mid-sized banks would reduce HQLA requirement
PNC eyes $50m windfall from regulatory easing
Capital relief could be used to plump shareholder distributions next year
JP Morgan borrowed $240bn in fed funds and repo markets in Q3
Average quarterly balance was 30% up year-on-year
Buy-to-hold inventories empty at US banks
Mid-sized lenders have trimmed held-to-maturity portfolios the most