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Europe’s regulators play ‘time the downturn’ with CCyB
Indicators justify hikes in countercyclical capital buffer, but shock-driven recession looms large
Euro banks’ funding plans lag TLTRO repayments – EBA
Survey on funding plans shows banks don’t plan to replace ECB lines just yet
Raiffeisen to rejoin Euribor panel, reversing exodus
Austrian bank’s return as benchmark contributor could be “turning point” for interbank rate, says administrator
House of the year, Vietnam: VP Bank
Asia Risk Awards 2022
Sluggish SOFR lending keeps CLO basis contained
Slow credit markets keep risk in check for CLO equity holders
SOFR swap basis could pose ‘systemic risk’
Trading curbs must be loosened to prevent tripling of unhedgeable basis risk, says senior banker
At some Chinese banks, NPL growth outpaces allowances
Bank of Beijing, Bank of China, China Merchants Bank and Industrial Bank see bad loans climb faster than set-asides
BoE’s planned procyclical capital hike bewilders banks
Some doubt regulator will go through with buffer hike while forecasting recession
Credit checks, what credit checks? How crypto lending ate itself
Collapse of hedge fund Three Arrows Capital exposes “sloppy and irresponsible” credit standards among crypto lenders
LCH cuts to the chase in SOR conversion plan
Proposal would skip interim stage in demise of Singapore’s outgoing rate
RBC takes $296m hit on underwritten syndicated loans
The latest markdowns were higher than at the outbreak of the pandemic
China Merchants’ real estate NPLs double in H1
Some 3% of property development loans were non-performing, double the end-2021 level
Net-zero pledges bring big unknown for credit risk
Uncertainty on how governments plan to curb emissions adds political dimension to credit quality assessments
Rabobank’s shaky loans up 35% on emissions cut plans
Bank says Dutch government proposal to reduce pollution from livestock farming risks making loans unviable
‘Are we nearly there yet?’ Banks navigate ESG loan accounting
Lenders ask standards boards for guidance on how rules should be applied
Canada term rate plan sparks ‘inverted pyramid’ debate
Some dealers push back on forward-looking Corra proposal amid low derivatives liquidity
Fed ‘tailoring’ led to larger, less capitalised regional US banks
Lenders freed from toughest requirements in 2018 grew balance sheets but saw capital ratios slip
‘Strong case’ for US synthetic Libor in bond markets
Temporary publication under SOFR-based methodology could mop up 40% of dollar bond issues
Major lender hikes borrowing costs as crypto flounders
Brokers warn crypto market faces a reckoning with wrong-way risk as lenders rush to tighten terms
BofA, Citi among hardest hit in latest Fed buffer review
Five out of eight US systemic banks face higher stress capital buffer add-ons
US banks underestimate loan losses in Fed stress test
Systemic lenders predict 34% lower hit to their loan books in latest DFAST exercise
EC official signals ‘preference’ for synthetic US Libor fix
UK regulator has resisted calls for a synthetic fallback for legacy dollar contracts
Calls grow to ease restrictions on term SOFR derivatives
Ban on interdealer trading is raising costs for end-users transitioning from Libor, banks say
The stETH slide and what it means for crypto liquidity
Q&A: Automated market-making may have contributed to depegging, says a crypto fund manager