Goldman Sachs
Keys to the kingdom: FX dealers open doors to passive trades
Banks provide entry to internal exchanges and principal trading desks
US systemic banks’ use of STWF hits record high
BofA, Citi, Goldman and JP Morgan hit new peaks
Trading and AFS securities hit record high at US G-Sibs
Rebounding fair values and appetite for trading inflate indicator used in annual G-Sib assessment
FX automation plans focus on predictive analytics – panel
Panellists suggest banks could explore AI tools for foreign exchange pricing
People: Barclays’ macro trade reshuffle, UBS board moves, and more
Latest job changes across the industry
Continued decline of the one-stop shop
Dealer Rankings 2024: Only two banks make the top 10 across all rankings tables – others have focused on vertical dominance
Often fluid. Not always liquid
Dealer Rankings 2024: On the buy side and the sell side, the make-up and depth of OTC mini-markets can change rapidly
Record number of US banks turned to riskless assets in Q1
Western Alliance leads pack with doubling of exposures in 0% bucket
The squeezing middle: data shows Europeans taking on US foes
Dealer Rankings 2024: Barclays, BNP Paribas and Deutsche grab bigger share of the pie
Citi tops second edition of Risk’s Dealer Rankings
Dealer Rankings 2024: Data shows five big US dealers still lead, but with Europeans closing in
MassMutual adds to mammoth interest rate swaps book
Counterparty Radar: Firm was responsible for 28% of US life insurers’ notional aggregate in Q4 2023
DVAs inflate US banks’ liabilities by $4.9bn
Credit spread retrenchment since last year’s crisis comes with flipside of larger structured-product liabilities
BNY Mellon dips below Collins floor after surge in standardised RWAs
All nine US banks using internal models now bound by regulator-set approach
Citi halves swaptions book with US retail funds
Counterparty Radar: Mutual funds and ETFs cut exposures by 22% in Q4
People: Isda taps four new directors, O’Callaghan joins CA, Berlinski quits Goldman, and more
Latest job changes across the industry
US banks’ non-core funding dependence ratio jumped in 2023
BHCs’ aggregate figure almost doubled to post-pandemic high last year
BlackRock’s interest rate swaps notional climbs 20%
Counterparty Radar: US retail funds continued to add to their positions in Q4
US systemic banks increase reliance on short-term funding in 2023
Contentious STWF metric weighs heavily on Morgan Stanley and Goldman G-Sib scores
US banks’ IRRBB transparency: one step forward, two steps back
A year on from the 2023 crisis, more lenders monitor EVE sensitivity, but full Basel-like disclosures remain the exception
Slicing algos blamed for market impact on dark venues
Fragmented markets contribute to sixfold jump in possible price moves
BofA, Citi, JPM slash $18trn of derivatives in latest window dressing effort
Systemic indicator reduction in Q4 keeps lid on trio’s capital surcharges
Six US G-Sibs face higher surcharges under Fed’s proposals
Goldman and BNY Mellon only top banks to escape increase, analysis shows
Goldman faces higher 3.5% G-Sib surcharge in 2026
50bp step up in capital add-on looms after dealer’s systemic footprint rose to a record high in 2023
JP Morgan leads US banks’ FX trading revenues
Only two dealers saw revenue growth through 2023 as Goldman Sachs reports 75% drop