Covid
ECB’s Covid capital relief boosted too-big-to-fail banks
Capital headroom increased 176%
UBS factors in Covid shock to stressed VAR, causing RWA surge
Market RWAs increased 11% quarter on quarter
Repair the leverage ratio, revive the repo market
Domestic currency government bonds and repo should be exempted, suggests former supervisor
Banks’ claims on the public sector up a third post-Covid
Own-country debt and reserves climbed 44%
ETF options: the market’s latest credit hedge
Investors look to derivatives on fixed income exchange-traded funds to manage credit risk exposure
Credit risk of EU state-backed loans deteriorated in Q3
Almost 5% of public guarantee scheme loans are designated ‘stage two’
BoE to test UK banks against double-dip Covid recession
Stress simulation falls short of actual coronavirus crisis shock to the UK economy
Union beckons for the three quant tribes
Studies may be deferred, but future for grads is bright, argues UBS’s Gordon Lee
Fed stress tests find critics on all sides
Conflicting results fuel arguments over dividends and buybacks
Jumbo Goldman 1MDB fine upends 2020 trend to lower losses
Financial fraud and fat fingers loom large, but annual top 10 op risk losses still show fewer fails. Data by ORX News
Citi releases $2bn from loan-loss reserves as macro outlook brightens
Total allowances for loan losses are 95% larger than at end-2019
JP Morgan calls for SLR relief to be made permanent
Around 16% of the bank’s exposures were excluded from the ratio in Q4
European banks held near €300bn of state-backed loans in Q3
Italian banks see public guarantee scheme loans increase the most quarter on quarter
Covid payment holidays for €224bn of EU loans ended in Q3
French, German and Italian banks saw most loans lose moratoria protection
EU banks’ reliance on ECB loans has grown in Covid’s wake
Central bank funding accounted for 14.5% of Greek banks’ liabilities in September
Bonds fall from favour as shock absorbers for equity losses
Ultra-low rates force investors to rethink role of fixed income as diversifier
Can CCPs zone in on improved margin buffers?
Dynamically adjusting margin add-ons could reduce cyclical funding demands
Banks worldwide have built up liquidity buffers post-Covid
Lenders in Japan have the highest LCRs of global banks surveyed
FCMs fret over S&P 500 options settlement changes
Dealers say CME, Cboe settlement time shift for S&P 500-linked options causes risk management headache
Banks in outer EU grew loan reserves most through Covid – EBA
Substantial differences found at country level on degree of coverage ratio build
Parallel lines: EU begins fight over Basel output floor
Leaked plan to exclude buffers from floor would please EU banks, could anger Basel and US
CVA charges for Canadian dealers edge off Covid highs
At CIBC, CVA charges fell 12% quarter on quarter
Never mind the buffers: Covid reveals deeper flaws in Basel III
Tweaking discretionary capital buffers won’t address all the prudential issues raised in 2020
MMFs lengthen portfolio maturity post-Covid – BIS
Average holdings had maturity of 41 days in November