Data
Morgan Stanley RWAs drop as loans fall and VAR dips
Standardised RWAs fall 4% to $370 billion
Goldman VAR drops again in third quarter
The firm’s average daily VAR dropped $11 million (17%) to $53 million
Bank of America posts lowest LCR to date
The firm's LCR fell to 120% from 122% in third quarter
LCH units bolster liquidity buffers
Cash at central banks and with commercial banks higher in the second quarter
Wells Fargo cuts $24 billion of RWAs
Optimisation efforts preserve capital ratio despite $14.5 billion of cash returns to shareholders
JP Morgan shrinks loan-loss provisions by 35%
Total PCLs across all divisions totalled $948 million in the third quarter of the year
US banks’ internal stress tests vary
Choice of stress period affects market risk capital requirements
NSCC posts $137m margin breach
Securities CCP records largest margin shortfall since public disclosures began
European LCRs improve as cash outflows drop and HQLA rises
Greek banks' liquidity buffers lag far behind EU average
FICC concentration risk ebbs
Open positions in government securities held by ten largest clearing members falls to 37%
EU banks cut €67 billion in non-performing loans
Greece remains the country with the highest NPL ratio, at 45%, followed by Cyprus at 34%
Market risk capital requirements will soar come 2022
FRTB implies 54% capital uplift for G-Sibs
Output floor to constrain almost half of G-Sibs – Basel study
The Basel III output floor will impose the single largest Tier 1 capital requirement on 46% of G-Sibs
Basel III op risk capital savings dissipate for G-Sibs
Median savings shrink to 5.1% from 19% at end-2015
Basel III: EU G-Sib capital requirement to jump 25%
Basel III output floor will add 5.4% to minimum required capital
Almost all banks compliant with NSFR – Basel survey
Just seven of 193 surveyed below 100% minimum requirement at end-2017
EU banks short €14.6 billion of Basel III capital
Total capital ratios would fall to 14.5% from 18.5% if reform package were implemented today
Standardised market RWAs on the rise at EU banks
Standardised approach-generated RWAs increase €4.7 billion across 12 banks
US banks shuffle structured product portfolios
Investments classified as available-for-sale drop $8.7 billion across six largest dealers
Goldman Sachs is last major bank holding CDO squared
$50 million of legacy positions reported in dealer's trading book at end-June
OCC default fund shrinks $3 billion
Change reflects CCP's model methodology and calmer markets in Q2
UK derivatives market arrests decline
Gross derivatives values grow £132 billion quarter to quarter
Wells Fargo swells MBS trading portfolio
San Francisco-based dealer grows allocation by $11 billion from end-2016