United Kingdom (UK)
Fraud op risk losses edged up at UK banks in 2020
An average 38% of losses by value last year were because of internal or external fraud
Some dealers are much cheaper than others; now you know who
New system will name the three cheapest dealers for liquid securities and show how much they cost
Isda plans ‘modular’ RFR conventions
Swaps definitions will be updated in response to divergent compounding styles in loan markets
BoE to consult on Sonia clearing mandate
Long-dated Sonia swaps set to lose clearing exemption as liquidity shifts from Libor
Riskiness of internationally-active UK banks edged up in 2020
Risk density across top five UK banks fell year on year
NatWest to quit US dollar Libor panel at year-end
Fifteen banks will continue submitting US dollar Libor quotes until mid-2023
UK banks added £140bn to HQLA in 2020
Barclays saw its LCR improve the most over the course of 2020
IBA rolls out Sonia indexes for lending markets
Alternative to BoE index includes 0% floors and support for both lag and shift conventions
IFRS 9 relief added £8bn to UK banks’ capital buffers in 2020
Lloyds’ CET1 ratio reaped a 120bp benefit
State Street to look after bitcoin, just don’t call it custody
The second-biggest custodian will provide “record-keeping services” for the unregulated asset
Seismology models sound out safe ground for DG Partners
Quake technology helps quant firm time entry and exit points – and buck trend-following trend
Italian job: the real UK stock trading heist
Italy has not been seen as a candidate to pick up business from the UK – until now
UK banks count cost of EU software capital reversal
Average CET1 ratio would fall 29 basis points
Ailing loans added $15bn to StanChart’s RWAs in 2020
Effects of credit deterioration offset by disposals, portfolio reductions
At Lloyds, more loans miss repayments as they exit moratoria
Majority of delinquent loans are mortgages
All roads lead to Bergamo: Euronext eyes new home for its tech
Market participants fear a “horrible” relocation project and more room for latency arbitrage
HSBC pares down market RWAs after model update, VAR change
Risk-weighted assets for trading exposures fall $2.8 billion quarter on quarter
Swaps users shun cash compensation in LCH Libor switch
Members push for spread adjustment to maintain risk profiles, ignoring warnings of market bifurcation
NatWest cut markets unit RWAs by almost one-third in 2020
NatWest Markets now makes up 16% of group RWAs
UK seeks to take the lead on climate risk standards
New research centre intended to help UK financial firms build better climate risk models
Barclays cut liquidity buffer in Q4
High-quality liquid assets fall 19% quarter on quarter
Acadiasoft brings IM standards in-house with Quaternion buy
Deal will help data standardisation efforts and cut outsourcing risk in Simm calculation service
CCP open access will be ‘integral’ part of Mifid review
EC official says politicians will need to decide whether to further delay open access
Expected European loan losses push up Santander’s Q4 credit reserves
Full-year LLP came to €12.2 billion, contributing to an overall loss in 2020