Held-to-maturity (HTM)
At big US banks, Treasury holdings grew over $350bn in 2020
US debt held-to-maturity increased 92% over the year
BofA doubled held-to-maturity book in 2020
The bank moved mortgage bonds into HTM throughout the year
Systemic US banks shifted assets to buy-to-hold pens in Q3
JP Morgan almost doubled its held-to-maturity portfolio last quarter
Seeking capital savings, JP Morgan shifts assets to holding pen
Transfer of assets to HTM portfolio could reduce stress capital buffer in future
French, UK banks have largest trading portfolios in Europe
Fair value and HFT assets concentrated among biggest banks
Structured product losses weigh on Canadian G-Sibs
CDOs held by RBC lose C$369 million over three months
At systemic US banks, CLO holdings dip
Wells Fargo sees 15% sliced off the value of its portfolio
Top insurers mark down CLO holdings following Covid-19 tumult
MetLife discloses $773 million unrealised loss
Bank of America shifts mortgage bonds into holding pen
By cutting available-for-sale assets, bank should avoid equity volatility
Top banks’ US Treasury holdings up 26% in 2019
Fair value gains follow plummeting yields on government paper
Top banks’ trading books dwindled in 2018
Trading and available-for-sale assets dropped €160 billion year-on-year
Buy-to-hold inventories empty at US banks
Mid-sized lenders have trimmed held-to-maturity portfolios the most
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
Fed stress test AOCI wallop softens in 2019
Fourteen participants see projected capital drain due to unrealised losses drop 63% year-on-year
Deutsche Bank's asset cull to lower systemic risk buffer
G-Sib surcharge could drop to 1.5%; leverage ratio to 3.75%
Illiquid trading assets drop at big US banks in Q4 2018
Non-HQLA securities fell $146 billion in aggregate
Accounting switch saps Ping An's investment yield
IFRS 9 lops 37 billion yuan from investment return
Structured product holdings fall at big US dealers
Morgan Stanley's portfolio more than halves in 2018 to $401 million
RBS, Nordea escape G-Sib cuffs, BPCE joins the club
The once-largest bank in the world is no longer considered a systemic threat
JP Morgan slashes UK exposures ahead of Brexit
Derivatives and securities exposures halved since June 2016
Capital One MBS sale to boost CET1
Portfolio shuffle will take $200 million out of AOCI
US banks shuffle structured product portfolios
Investments classified as available-for-sale drop $8.7 billion across six largest dealers
US banks cut available-for-sale portfolios
Securities classifications have shifted materially since AOCI filters were removed in 2014
CCAR projected losses top half a trillion
Trading and counterparty losses made up 20% of total predicted losses across participants