European Central Bank (ECB)
Eurozone banks' excess liquidity highly concentrated – ECB
German and French banks hoarding cash
EBA’s Campa: reduce Pillar 2 charges to offset output floor
Bankers plead for smaller capital hit and more predictability on implementation of Basel III
Trading non-cleared derivatives tougher in Q3 – ECB
Twelve percent of respondents said trading conditions worsened for interest rate products
Trim review pumps up Commerzbank’s credit RWAs
Additional RWA increases also expected in coming quarters
French banks, jump-to-default and STS for synthetics
The week on Risk.net, October 26–November 1, 2019
CaixaBank approaches MREL target
Innovative social bond helps fill bail-in buffers
ING confident of capital target despite headwinds
Countercyclical capital charges push minimum capital requirement higher
Model scrutiny depletes Santander’s capital ratio
Targeted review of internal models takes 28bp off CET1 ratio year-to-date
Stress-testing to improve strategic decision‑making
Banking regulators remain focused on expanding and developing the range of stress-testing regimes across the globe to maintain stability, monitor emerging risks and avoid another financial crisis. Here, a forum of industry leaders discusses the evolution…
Double trouble: don’t blur FRTB deadlines, warns ECB
Ignoring reporting model deadline could muddy capital approval cut-off
Nordea builds loan-loss provisions following ECB scrutiny
Net loan losses jump to €331 million in Q3
Banks detect daylight between EC and EBA on op risk capital
EC consultation seeks input on ‘cliff effects’ of including past losses
Europe eyes the pitfalls of Japanification
Does the cultural and demographic experience of Japan apply to a heterogeneous grouping of nations that have no common monetary policy or a unified social outlook?
EU banks pare own-country sovereign exposures
Banks held €1.76 trillion of domestic government bonds in Q2 2019, down from €1.91 trillion a year ago
ECB exposes LCR window-dressing
Banks use collateral swaps and term deposits to improve key liquidity ratios
Short-term interest rate ETD notionals leap $14trn in Q2
Open interest in exchange-traded options with maturities of a year or less rise 19%
Benchmark reform, LCH-Eurex basis and FX algo fears
The week on Risk.net, September 7–13, 2019
Retained earnings power capital growth at top eurozone banks
Retained earnings increased €29.7 billion as part of CET1 at 16 large eurozone banks in two years to end-2018
Over €1trn of EU insurer assets subject to climate risks
Housing exposures make up bulk of those vulnerable to climate change
LCH sets €STR swap clearing launch date
Clearing house to offer the swaps from October 21, discounted at Eonia
Brexit flips LCH-Eurex basis
LCH-Eurex basis has inverted on buy-side flows, hitting –1.3bp at July low
Enria: no reason for EU to deviate from Basel output floor
ECB supervision chief urges lawmakers to implement contentious Basel III model constraints
Insurers slow purchases of eurozone sovereign bonds
Annualised growth rate of government debt holdings falls to 2%
Peripheral EU banks free encumbered assets
Ratio of encumbered assets to total assets at Greek banks falls to 23.9% from 31.6%