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US banks’ liquidity buffers thinnest among G-Sibs
Mean LCR of US banks hits 122.5% in Q1
Default fund costs dominate US G-Sibs’ cleared swaps charges
Default fund contributions accounted for 62% of the eight banks’ RWAs
Local Asian custodians not ready for IM phase five
Banks’ sluggish preparations for initial margin rules could hit buy-side clients
A mystery: why did the NY Fed use a survey to get SOFR?
Almost a week later, still no word on why SOFR was set using a market survey instead of submissions
People moves: new role for SG CIB’s Cartier, LCH rates head departs, BNP Paribas’s Akbay joins Goldman, and more
Latest job changes across the industry
At US G-Sibs, off-balance-sheet exposures climb $44bn
Goldman Sachs is only big bank to post lower amounts on quarter
At US G-Sibs, loan-loss reserves hit $5.6 billion in Q1
Wells Fargo’s PCLs climb 62% quarter-on-quarter
Over four years, US non-cleared swaps books get riskier
Risk density of non-cleared trades has increased under standardised approach
JP Morgan cleared swaps balloon $8trn in Q1
Total G-Sib cleared notionals climb 23% in three months to end-March
G-Sibs add $33trn of OTC notionals in Q1
JP Morgan expands swaps book by 23% in first quarter
Systemic risk scores surge at six US G-Sibs
JP Morgan and Goldman Sachs bump up against higher-risk surcharge thresholds
Most US G-Sib assets attract low risk weightings
Of total assets, 53% have a standardised risk weighting of 50% or lower
US G-Sibs curb reliance on unsecured debt
Citi cuts outflows related to issued securities 68% year-on-year
Morgan Stanley’s CVA charge swells 19% in Q1
Credit valuation adjustment capital charges have decreased at most G-Sibs year-on-year
US G-Sibs keep on expanding repo books
JP Morgan has increased repo exposure by 34% year-on-year
Five US banks had fewest down days since 2015 in Q1
BofA Securities, BNY Mellon, Citi, JP Morgan and Wells Fargo had most 'up' days in four years
At systemic US banks, HQLA falls $35bn in Q1
LCRs drop at JP Morgan, Citi and BofA Securities
As legal losses recede, Morgan Stanley's op risk falls
Bank cuts op RWAs 7% in the first quarter
People moves: Barclays’ investment bank chief exits, Citi president to retire, Vos promoted at BNY Mellon, and more
Latest job changes across the industry
US G-Sibs build capital even as shareholder windfalls surge
The eight large US banks return more than $30 billion to equity holders
Custody assets rebound after Q4 equity rout
Total Auca at three leading custodians hits $91.9 trillion at end-March, up 4.5% quarter-on-quarter
Custodians eye leverage savings of more than $200bn via new SLR
Central bank deposit carve-out won’t change holdcos’ capital requirements
New SLR could cut $63bn off BNY Mellon’s leverage exposure
Proposed rule change would exempt central bank reserves from SLR denominator
Swap book values of US G-Sibs dropped in 2018
Settled-to-market technique responsible for some deductions year-on-year