Capital adequacy
UK banks accelerate RWA increases in Q2
Market and operational RWAs return to growth after shrinking in Q1
Buy-to-hold inventories empty at US banks
Mid-sized lenders have trimmed held-to-maturity portfolios the most
Goodwill makes up $69bn of BAML’s equity
Across eight US G-Sibs, goodwill comprises 18.7% of pre-adjusted CET1 capital
Metro Bank poised to miss MREL target
After a cancelled bond sale, UK lender is running out of time to raise bail-in capital
How banks rode out the EU stress tests’ market shock in 2018
During the last round of tests, projected trading portfolio losses sapped 89 basis points off EU banks’ aggregate CET1 ratio
Higher retained earnings boost Barclays, Lloyds and RBS capital
Barclays and RBS legally transferred share premium account balances to retained earnings over last two years
Earnings fuel capital build at systemic US banks
Aggregate CET1 capital hits $1.1 trillion in Q2 2019, of which 86% is retained earnings
Retained earnings power capital growth at top eurozone banks
Retained earnings increased €29.7 billion as part of CET1 at 16 large eurozone banks in two years to end-2018
Over €1trn of EU insurer assets subject to climate risks
Housing exposures make up bulk of those vulnerable to climate change
At US G-Sibs, capital buffers have thinned since 2016
Median G-Sib buffer stands at 3.1% and minimum requirement 9.5%
The standard market risk model of the Swiss solvency test: an analytic solution
This paper derives an alternative fast Fourier transform-based computational approach for calculating the target capital of the SST that is more than 600 times faster than a Monte Carlo simulation.
Contagion risk cap threatens Aussie banks
Limiting exposures to overseas units to 25% of Tier 1 capital will constrain ANZ’s Kiwi subsidiary
MREL target drifts further out of Rabobank’s reach
Dutch bank has current MREL ratio of 27.8%, compared with target of 28.58%
Sliding rates dent Legal & General’s capital ratio
Solvency capital requirement rises to £8.2 billion from £7.9 billion over first half of 2019
Holdco issuances spur Barclays’ MREL progress
UK bank issues £7.1 billion of MREL debt in first half of 2019
Basel III op risk method a stronger guard against losses – EBA
Number and size of op risk loss overshoots relative to capital would have been lower under new standardised approach
Rates decline sinks Allianz’s Solvency II ratio
Market impacts take 11 percentage points off ratio in first six months of 2019
Global bank equity levels return to growth
US lenders made up 28% of global bank shareholder equity
As revamp begins, Deutsche’s RWAs for CVA fall
Credit valuation adjustment RWAs down 30% year-on-year
EU stress tests not as tough as financial crisis
Projected GDP decline for Spain, Ireland and Italy milder than during the credit crunch
UK bank RWAs inch up on credit and counterparty risk
Total RWAs stable year-on-year
Fed stress test AOCI wallop softens in 2019
Fourteen participants see projected capital drain due to unrealised losses drop 63% year-on-year
Fixing the roof while the sun – wait, is that rain?
The Fed is split on whether to apply a countercyclical buffer. But so is everyone else
Double jeopardy: CCAR and the countercyclical buffer
Some US regulators want to hike capital while times are good; banks say Fed’s stress test already does