Banks
US banks rejig securities to cut mark-to-market losses
Fifth Third leads charge with $12.6bn transfer from AFS to HTM pen
US Bancorp adds on $8bn in long-term debt
Interest expense from LTD rises to $569 million in Q4
Basel III endgame expected to push PNC’s RWAs up 3%
Forecast from US regional much tamer than increases expected by advanced-approach banks
Soured CRE loans pile up at BofA, Wells Fargo and PNC
Proportion of non-performing loans surges past the pandemic’s worst stretches
At Canada’s big five, impairments keep creeping up
BMO leads the group with bad loans up 39% quarter on quarter
BNP Paribas USA in line for $1.2bn capital reprieve
Bank’s subsidiary small enough to escape stress capital buffer under current rules
SA-CCR charges double at OCBC in Q3
Singaporean bank’s counterparty credit risk up 28% to multi-year high
Secured wholesale funding outflows surge 74% at Australian banks
Winding down of term funding facility responsible for September spike
AmEx expansion puts it on track for tougher prudential standards
Lender is within spitting distance of category III designation, which would attract stricter capital and liquidity requirements
Citi, JP Morgan bail-in buffers ebb above minimums
Duo’s long-term debt headroom closest to regulatory requirements among top US banks
Goldman, Barclays, MUFG reap largest G-Sib score cuts
Compressions driven by reductions in complexity and cross-border activity
Rabobank LCR down 7% on TLTRO prepayments
Decline expected to continue as bank pays off final loans extended via EU-wide funding scheme
US dealers’ leverage adequacy hits two-year high on repo compression
Lower repo exposures freed up capacity for derivatives and off-balance sheet items in third quarter
State Street and Northern Trust offload riskless assets in Q3
Combined $40bn plunge sees both banks hit four-year lows
CRE books at Goldman, Morgan Stanley most laden with provisions
Duo increased allowance coverage fastest among top US banks since September 2022
Loss of ruble volatility waiver costs UniCredit €2.2bn in RWAs
Lender forced to capitalise FX risk from Russian operations after ECB withdraws key exemption
ABN Amro ditches op risk modelling
Dutch lender latest EU bank to switch to the standardised approach ahead of SMA introduction in 2025
HQLAs slide to multi-year lows at largest US regionals
Drops make US Bancorp, PNC and Truist ever more dependent on reduced LCR
SMFG loads up on foreign bonds
A 34% quarterly rise swells non-domestic portfolio to record size
Indian CCPs derecognition costs BNPP, Deutsche €6bn in RWAs
Esma’s decision forces re-weighting of local exposures by EU dealers
VAR breaches trip up Citi, CS USA and two others in Q3
Comerica’s VAR multiplier ratchets up while Huntington’s remains at record high
At US banks, paper losses on HTM securities hit new high
Bank of America leads way as mortgage-backed securities drive aggregate rise in Q3
Bank of America refills AFS book with T-Bills
Bank makes head start on peers in reshaping battered fair-value investments
KBC takes €8.2bn RWA add-on post ECB model review
Regulatory intervention and share buyback contribute to sink bank’s core ratio to lowest point since 2016