Risk-weighted assets (RWAs)
IM and default funds drive big variance in EU bank CCP exposures
BNP Paribas accounts for 55% of top dealers’ €126 billion exposures
Scotiabank pivots to standardised approach for securitisation exposures
Risk-weighted assets under SEC-SA jump 450% in three months to end-July
TD Bank’s op risk charges spike amid anti-money laundering probe
Record-high RWAs push bank’s core ratio to its lowest in four years
ANZ takes A$20bn RWA add-on from capital floor
Charges linked to output floor adjustment rose sevenfold in the second quarter
Nykredit reclassifies Dkr70bn of credit risk to A-IRB
Reserves held in anticipation of upcoming regulatory requirements transferred from F-IRB approach in Q2
New CRE model adds $1.8bn to UBS’s RWAs
Swath of exposures moved from standardised to IRB approach in the second quarter
NatWest, StanChart, Nationwide drive record op RWAs at UK banks
BoE data shows operational risk RWAs highest going back to 2014
SocGen’s TLAC ratios drop following senior preferred debt exclusion
Bank’s decision to waive CRR option pushes bail-in funds to lowest since 2020
Nomura’s market risk jumps ¥800bn in Q2
Yen depreciation and rising default risk drive RWAs to record high
RBI’s VAR spikes on FX fluctuations
Ruble trouble sends market RWAs up €1.4bn
NatWest securitisation RWAs hit record high in Q2
Higher amounts of significant risk transfers originated by the bank behind latest increase
Four EU banks forecast capital hits from final Basel III reforms
BNP Paribas only dealer to disclose hit from FRTB
Shift to SEC-SA pushes Helaba’s charges for securitisation exposures to record high
Standardised RWAs account for 63% of the bank’s total following fivefold increase
Capital rules explain leverage craving in US bank risk transfers
Tougher requirements have led to conservative structuring and lower coupons
At BayernLB, Nykredit and Erste, op risk charges hit multi-year highs
Annual model recalibrations responsible for double-digit rises
Record number of US banks turned to riskless assets in Q1
Western Alliance leads pack with doubling of exposures in 0% bucket
ABN Amro takes €1.7bn RWA add-on from credit models rejig
Just over 40% of credit risk RWAs still calculated under the A-IRB approach, down from 90% two years ago
Lloyds’ standardised market risk charges tripled in Q1
Hedging-related setback pushes market RWAs to an all-time high
HSBC, StanChart SVAR charges hit multi-year highs
Stressed trading-loss measure makes up 43% of banks’ modelled market risk charges
ANZ’s end-period VAR spikes to highest in a decade
Interest rate risk drives 53% surge; market risk up A$1.6bn
Six Chinese banks set market risk records in Q1
Market RWAs spike 63% overall in first disclosures after rules update
Op risk hits all-time highs at three Nordic banks
Regular updates drive record rises at Handelsbanken, Nordea and SEB
BNY Mellon dips below Collins floor after surge in standardised RWAs
All nine US banks using internal models now bound by regulator-set approach
Benchmark switch leaves hedging headache for Philippine banks
If interest rates are cut before new benchmark docs are ready, banks face possible NII squeeze