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BNP Paribas leads EU banks on repo exposures
French bank increased securities financing transactions by €66bn in the first half of the year, the most among the bloc’s top lenders
China’s first global multi-asset index embedding ESG criteria
China Minsheng Bank explores its joint initiative alongside Societe Generale – the Minsheng multi-asset ESG global allocation index – and its objective to provide investors across several regions with balanced returns from assets with ESG criteria…
Euro swaps relocation stalls as equivalence deadline nears
Nine months before equivalence deadline, over 70% of EU euro swap trades still clear in the UK
Asia Risk Awards 2021: The winners
All the winners of this year's Asia Risk Awards and Technology Awards
Santander’s CVA charge jumps 94% in Q2
Among the other EU systemic banks, higher capital requirements also at SocGen, ING, Crédit Agricole and UniCredit
Bank consortium seeks to cure post-trade data ills
Project led by Societe Generale uses privacy-enhancing technologies to tackle data management problems
Level 3 assets at global systemic banks down 36% since 2014
Hard-to-value holdings down sharply over the past six years, but pandemic threw spanner in the works at some banks
People moves: Credit Suisse senior shake-up, and more
Latest job changes across the industry
Societe Generale links FX algo fees to ESG targets
Clients face penalties if they fail to meet sustainability criteria during algo rental period
Cleared portfolios surge at EU G-Sibs
Systemic banks post highest share of cleared trades in seven years, as IM phases five and six approach
Crédit Agricole grew OTC derivatives notionals 17% in 2020
Bank pulls ahead of SocGen as third-largest European derivatives bank but risks incurring a higher G-Sib score
EU banks get first taste of new stress test-driven buffer regime
Of the 50 stress-tested lenders, three would fall into the highest Pillar 2 Guidance bucket
EU stress tests: market risk cuts 107bp off average bank’s CET1
SocGen, Deutsche and UniCredit the hardest hit among EU systemic banks
LCR rises for EU banks in Q1, but liquidity strategies diverge
Eurozone banks are still hoarding liquidity, but as vaccines take effect a rethink may be needed
People moves: five leave JP Morgan, MS names co-presidents, and more
Latest job changes across the industry
Deutsche leads eurozone banks on exempted exposures
German bank increased central bank reserves currently excluded from leverage ratio the most in Q1
Not so green machine? Questioning commodities’ credentials
As ESG investors eye commodities, issues around measurement and management are unearthed
Is short vol taking the long count?
Short volatility players try to box clever after strategy’s Covid rout
Range accruals under spotlight as Taiwan prepares for FRTB
Taiwanese banks review viability of products offering options on long-dated rates
UniCredit cut RWAs the most of EU systemic banks in Q1
The €10.8 billion cull helped improve the Italian bank’s CET1 ratio 52bp
SocGen’s cash pile grew to €163bn in Q1
Central bank deposits surge while other HQLAs shrink
Who wants to buy US Treasuries?
Federal Reserve’s journey to tapering will be paved with volatility and weaker demand
ARRC’s Wipf ‘puzzled’ by appeal of Libor-like benchmarks
Credit-sensitive benchmarks face questions over inputs and compliance
Derivatives footprint of top EU banks shrinks
Deutsche Bank reduced these exposures by 12% alone