Articles by Lorenzo Migliorato
BMO takes C$983m loss on Bank of the West merger hedges
Temporary inversion of yield curve hit swaps safeguarding target’s fair value
BoComm’s CET1 ratio drops to lowest since 2013
RWAs jumped 8% in the first half, dragging capital adequacy down 63bp
Citi leads US banks’ jump in rates VAR-based charges
In a volatile Q2, the bank saw requirements for interest rate positions rise more than 300%
RBC takes $296m hit on underwritten syndicated loans
The latest markdowns were higher than at the outbreak of the pandemic
China Merchants’ real estate NPLs double in H1
Some 3% of property development loans were non-performing, double the end-2021 level
ING’s market RWAs jump 30% as FX positions breach waiver limit
Increase arose from stricter EU rules under which FX exposures qualify as structural hedges
Morgan Stanley’s top-of-the-league TLAC rises further
The bank’s bail-in RWA buffer, already the highest among US peers, rose five percentage points in Q2
Net-zero pledges bring big unknown for credit risk
Uncertainty on how governments plan to curb emissions adds political dimension to credit quality assessments
Norway oil fund marks down Russia stocks by 87%
Country’s sovereign wealth fund moved equity holdings to lowest level of fair-value hierarchy
PNC, Truist most reliant on tailored LCR requirements
Liquidity ratios would be below regulatory minimum without Fed's cap for regional US banks
Westpac’s IRRBB charges rose faster than peers’ in Q2
Over 9% of bank’s total RWAs linked to interest rate risk, up from 6% three months earlier
Netting uncertainty inflates Citi’s Russia exposure
Russia made up 1.2% of the bank’s top 25 exposures by country, up from 0.8% in Q1
Rabobank’s shaky loans up 35% on emissions cut plans
Bank says Dutch government proposal to reduce pollution from livestock farming risks making loans unviable
Allianz, Generali post €52bn in fair value losses in H1
Bond portfolio values crash as equities tailwinds fades
BNP Paribas’ CVA capital charge hits record high
Risk-weighted assets for potential drop in value of derivatives instruments reached €6bn in June
Commerz’s VAR multiplier ratchets up after H1 breaches
Bank dodged increase in market RWAs by rebalancing to a lower-risk trading portfolio
Crédit Agricole’s VAR jumps 88% on fixed income blow-up
Trading risk gauge reached the highest since Q2 2020
Erste sees provisions rising fourfold in gas embargo scenario
Vienna-based bank wargamed for an unlikely but devastating halt to Russian gas shipments
RBI’s CET1 ratio rebounds after briefly breaching requirements
The Austrian bank said capital adequacy temporarily fell below the regulatory minimum in May
HSBC’s China real estate exposures see fourfold rise in defaults
Proportion of “impaired” exposures to mainland investments jumped $1.7 billion in six months
NatWest cuts banking book market risk by 48%
Lower credit spread risk from bond disposals partly offset by interest rate risk on hedges
Barclays adds £984m to ETN snafu bill
Market sell-off in Q2 has increased cost of buying back notes mis-sold by the bank in 2019
Deutsche’s market RWAs climb 28% as VAR multiplier bites
RWAs in the ‘corporate and other’ segment surged to €7.8bn in Q2 from €715m at end-2021
UniCredit rebounds on ruble rally, Russia RWA cut
Strengthening profile of Russian operations added 62bp to the bank’s CET1 ratio in Q2