Risk-weighted assets (RWAs)
SG eyes capital savings from business exits
Sales of Eastern European and Spanish units to furnish CET1 buffer
Mortgage add-on elevates ING credit risk
Credit RWAs up 4.2% on loan growth and Belgian regulator-set multiplier
Switch to standard model boosts BNP Paribas’ op risk
Operational RWAs grow €6 billion in the second quarter
StanChart culls debt, switches model, and market RWAs drop
Structured product RWAs now calculated using internal model, saving $1.1 billion
Credit Suisse scraps legacy businesses at even faster tempo
The firm’s strategic resolution unit shed $6.2 billion of leverage exposure in the three months to June
BBVA gets forex model update from ECB
Foreign exchange risk added €366 million in capital requirements in 2017
Nomura’s capital ratio edges lower as RWAs skip higher
Legal wrangle with US Federal Housing Finance Agency swells risk-weighted assets
VAR cut helps shrink UBS market RWAs
Average management VAR falls Sfr10 billion
UBS far exceeds 2018 credit and counterparty risk estimate
Sfr2.4 billion growth attributed to model changes alone
BAML drops below Collins floor
BAML becomes the sixth big US bank to report higher standardised RWAs than modelled RWAs
Stress-test trading losses out of sync with banks’ market risk
Trading and counterparty losses triple those implied by banks’ market RWAs
UK banks ramp up market risk
Market RWAs up £18 billion in first quarter
BIS renews claims of capital 'gaming'
Modelled capital requirements for identical portfolios can differ by up to 4%, study shows
Basel III ratios bolster bank resilience – BIS
Analysis shows regulatory minimums protect banks from distress
New US buffer triggers fresh focus on CCAR transparency
Banks fear capital volatility and may also push for changes to US G-Sib surcharge
European banks op risk losses dominated by business failures
Losses relating to accident and neglect account for 38% of op risk losses at eight big dealers
EU bank securitisation exposures continue to fall
ECB data shows securitisation exposures as a percentage of total risk exposures 78% lower than in 2008
Take-up of credit modelling varies at European banks
Percentage of credit RWAs calculated using IRB approaches ranges from 42% to 91% across large dealers
Crédit Agricole and Groupe BPCE hardest hit by countercyclical buffer
Minimum capital requirement will rise around 20 basis points at BPCE; 16 at Crédit Agricole
French countercyclical buffer lowest in EU
0.25% surcharge the lowest of nine CCyBs across member states
Model and policy changes behind billions in UK bank RWA shifts
Net capital charges of £368 million across five lenders attributable to model updates alone
US bank RWA density edges higher
Morgan Stanley density increases from 41.46% to 45.47% year-on-year
The special one: a eurozone G-Sib waiver for BNP Paribas
Experts say French bank’s G-Sib buffer could fall to 1%, saving €3 billion in regulatory capital
Royal Bank of Canada RWAs return to growth
Loan growth contributes to C$22 billion increase