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JP Morgan sails through DFAST with 200% AOCI reversal
Only major dealer to turn mark-to-market losses into gain in simulated recession
HSBC North America breached leverage ratio minimum in latest DFAST
Ratio of UK bank’s US subsidiary ended stress test 20 basis points below regulatory threshold
Capital One, Discover loan portfolios hardest hit in Fed stress test
Simulated losses wipe out more than 1/6th of respective exposures
Eleven banks fall below buffer requirements in latest DFAST
Goldman Sachs worst performer among 31 participating banks, with 450bp gap between stressed CET1 ratio and all-in capital requirements
More data urged for effective counterparty credit risk management
Disclosure of client positions may not be commercially realistic, expert warns
US Fed reveals its five use cases for generative AI
Internal sandbox used to assess viability and risks; coding and content generation on the agenda
How steepener trades burned hedge funds, and what happened next
Delays to central bank rate cuts torpedo popular trade, causing funds to pull capital – to the chagrin of sell-side desks
House of cards? The $3 trillion (non-systemic) real estate risk
Regional banks share the bulk of US commercial real estate exposure, but the sector’s downturn doesn’t faze them
US Treasury official calls for SLR relief during market stress
Under Secretary Liang also urges scrutiny of “artificial incentives” for Treasury futures in 40-Act rules
US banks seek to open vendors’ black box on green data
Inaugural Fed climate scenario analysis flags lack of transparency around third-party models
Reframing the Fed’s discount window
Funding window incentives and collateralised credit lines could transform bank liquidity in a crisis, argues Bill Nelson
US systemic banks’ use of STWF hits record high
BofA, Citi, Goldman and JP Morgan hit new peaks
Attention shifts to US, UK after European Union postpones FRTB
Risk Live: Global timeline still unclear, with banks hoping lawmakers will use delay to soften rules
Decoding the decoupling in US and eurozone inflation
ECB rates cut and Fed’s refusal to follow suit point to differing fundamentals in stateside and EU economies
US large bank CRE risks could be understated, say researchers
Community banks have the most direct exposure, but systemic banks extend more credit to REITs
Fed needs to fix discount window op risk – ECB official
Suggests the BTFP might have been unnecessary if existing US facility was more reliable
FRTB start dates must align globally, says European Commission
Lawmaker could trigger delay to market risk rules in Europe if US implementation drags on
Fed green lights more capital relief trades
Five US banks authorised to issue repeat credit-linked notes backed by financial guarantees
Basel III endgame: why moving fast might prove better for banks
Republicans are pushing for reproposal, but a rapid finalisation may prove less far-reaching
NYCB turns to repos, discount window in cash-hoarding push
Bank had previously supplemented funding needs almost exclusively with FHLB advances
One year on, regulators still want a cure for bank runs
Broad support for higher outflow assumptions on uninsured deposits, but that won’t save insolvent banks
NYCB doubles down on borrowing as deposits keep ebbing
Wholesale funding made up a third of the bank’s interest expense in Q1
End of BTFP curtails Comerica’s contingent funding pool
Decision not to take avail of facility’s paper-loss amnesty showcases US regional banks’ conundrum
One-tenth of US banks exceed CRE concentration thresholds
US supervisors face operational challenge with constellation of 536 lenders above risk benchmarks at end-2023