Market risk
HSBC, Intesa incorporate 2022–23 downturn into SVAR models
Turbulent past two years implied to be worse than GFC in stressed simulations
EBA’s correlated currencies shake-up raises EU banks’ charges
Capital requirements for FX risk double after EUR/USD and other 196 pairs deemed no longer in sync
EU banks’ incremental risk charges soared in volatile H2
Charge for traded-bond default and downgrade risk hit 10-year high at BNP Paribas
Canada’s top dealers boost derivatives clearing as FRTB kicks in
BMO, RBC and TD Bank cleared record C$45.1 trillion in notionals in Q1
SVAR updates push Barclays’ modelled market charges up 9%
Trading portfolio regulatory risk gauge up 52% over the second half of 2023
Canadian banks’ market RWAs spike on FRTB switch
CIBC, TD Bank and Scotia saw end-January charges jump amid overall ditching of internal models at Canada’s big five
Credit Suisse USA rounds 2023 with fifth VAR breach
Wall Street unit’s capital multiplier ratchets back up to 3.4x
Canada’s FRTB pioneers get snowed on fund-linked trades
As Basel capital reforms go live, risk managers eye early adopters’ progress and push to improve capital treatment of fund-linked products
Citi, JP Morgan incurred record VAR overshoots in Q4
Peak single-day losses rank among worst for US banks post-pandemic
Standardised FRTB leaves banks befuddled on residual risk
Benchmarking exercises find “weak consensus” among banks over notional values for exotics
Why Canada is giving FRTB internal models the cold shoulder
“Crazy” cost of tech upgrades among reasons why banks snub own models to calculate market risk capital
No Canadian banks using internal models as FRTB kicks in
One bank still plans to adopt IMA after delays prevented it going live in January
BoE puts American spin on fix for FRTB’s govvies dilemma
Four jurisdictions find four different ways to resolve Basel market risk capital quirk
The impact of the Fundamental Review of the Trading Book: evaluation on a stylized portfolio
The authors investigate banks' market risk capital requirements under the internal models approach through the lens of the Basel Fundamental Review of the Trading Book, using data from the period 2007-19.
US climate guidance stokes debate over defining material risks
Banks welcome flexibility, but it could lead to big divergence on climate risk management
FRTB could put Indian banks at competitive disadvantage
Simplified approach could leave local banks with higher capital charges than foreign branches
Asia moves: Senior hires at Societe Generale, Linklaters and more
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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
Citi propels G-Sibs’ OTC derivatives notionals to nine-year high
Bank leapfrogged Goldman as fourth-largest derivatives dealer after 20% jump over 2022
Markets Technology Awards 2024 winners' review
Vendors spy opportunity in demystifying and democratising – opening up markets and methods to new users
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
FRTB managers face hard facts about risk factors
There are ways to reduce the capital charges caused by NMRFs, but they come at a price
Peak-to-valley drawdowns: insights into extreme path-dependent market risk
The authors investigate risk in relation to peak-to-valley market drawdowns and aim to gain insights into the drawdown behaviour of asset classes across time intervals.
Party’s over as more banks drop internal models for market risk
At least three systemic banks in Europe intend to ditch IMA for capital requirements