Nordea
German banks biggest losers in EBA stress tests
Eight German lenders projected to shed €41 billion in CET1 capital under adverse scenario
European credit model outputs vary wildly
Risk densities range widely and out-of-sync with average probabilities of default
Model changes threaten 30% rise in Nordea's RWAs
Imposition of new risk weight floors will harm bank's capital ratio
Corporate loan RWAs doubled by standardised approach
RWA densities for corporate loans under standardised approach stand at 94%, for A-IRB just 43%
Standardised market RWAs on the rise at EU banks
Standardised approach-generated RWAs increase €4.7 billion across 12 banks
EU bank leverage increases in H1
Average leverage ratios degrade 19 basis points in six months to June
Top European banks shed $32 billion in op risk
5% average drop across 16 European banks reported quarter to quarter
EU banks get different MREL levels and deadlines
Average bail-in requirement is 28% of RWAs
Nordea plumps bail-in buffers as it moves to Finland
Nordic bank plans €10 billion senior non-preferred debt issue by 2021
Take-up of credit modelling varies at European banks
Percentage of credit RWAs calculated using IRB approaches ranges from 42% to 91% across large dealers
Over one-quarter of EU bank credit exposures overseas
Spanish banks exhibit highest level of overseas risk, Nordic banks the lowest
The special one: a eurozone G-Sib waiver for BNP Paribas
Experts say French bank’s G-Sib buffer could fall to 1%, saving €3 billion in regulatory capital
US CVA charges over seven times higher than EU
Huge disparity appears to result from EU exemption for corporate trades
European banks face forex volatility on bail-in ratios
Use of funding in foreign currencies creates new risk, especially in non-eurozone countries
Nordea de-risking improves loan-loss ratio
Provisions down €73 million year-on-year
North-South divide: Basel makes Nordic and Dutch banks bristle
Lobbyists confident EU policymakers can be persuaded to implement softer credit risk rules
Banks fear fresh burden from new EU branch supervision plan
EBA insists enhanced supervision of largest branches will not bring additional requirements
EU could impose negative rate shocks via IRRBB rules
Banking Book Risk Summit: EBA guidance on shocks is “outdated”, says ECB official
EBA stress test shines light on interest income hedging dilemma
Non-maturing liabilities pose problems for banks' IRRBB hedge accounting
Risk management body hires technical director, and other recent job news
Paul Hopkin moves to Institute of Risk Management
Nordea Markets: speedy trading book revamp "not safe"
Hard to gauge impact of ambitious proposals, says market risk head
Nordea loses head of operational risk to Danske Bank, and other recent job news
Jørgensen leaves Nordea for compliance and AML role at Danske Bank
Operational Risk & Regulation Awards 2014: the winners
We recognise the best performance in a year when data was king
Bank of the year: Nordea
Business continuity overhaul lets Nordea stand out