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Currenex case may herald focus on e-FX’s ‘Wild West’ days
FX sources say “uncomfortable secrets” could emerge as attention turns to platform relationships
Systemic US banks’ bail-in buffers rose in Q2
Morgan Stanley posts largest amount of headroom, while Citi, State Street and Wells Fargo trail behind
Off-balance-sheet exposures at US systemic banks jump $42bn
JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs and Citi drove the overall increase in the second quarter
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
Majority of US G-Sibs’ assets attract sub-100% risk-weighting
Risk Quantum analysis shows top US banks retrenched to lower-risk assets through the pandemic
Currenex class action faces hurdles, say legal experts
Case could raise questions around statutes of limitations and damages calculations
People moves: Credit Suisse senior shake-up, and more
Latest job changes across the industry
RWA density at Goldman drops to seven-year low
Change to the distribution of the bank’s exposures by risk weighting likely contributed to the reduction
Citi leads US banks in shrinking market risk
First aggregate drop in capital charges stemming from market risk since mid-2020
JP Morgan flirts with VAR limits
Largest trading loss in Q2 reached 96% of bank’s VAR limit
Wells Fargo, Citi amass losing days in Q2
On average, the eight top US banks reported 32 loss-making days
Client margin down 33% at Credit Suisse’s swaps unit in Q2
Drop in IM could signal clients jumping ship in the aftermath of Archegos blowout
After Archegos, prime brokers put the squeeze on hedge funds
Hedge funds are told they will need to pay more margin, more frequently, to back their trades
Eurex plans hedging contest in default auction revamp
New step in the default management process would enhance transparency in hedge provider selection
Archegos report details margin failings at Credit Suisse
Dynamic margining and a $150,000 software fix for ‘bullet swaps’ could have saved the bank $3 billion
People moves: Credit Suisse taps Goldman for new CRO, and more
Latest job changes across the industry
End of SLR relief weighs on JP Morgan
All eight US systemic banks saw their supplementary leverage ratio drop in Q2
Goldman tackles climate risk controls
Lender joins other banks in translating physical and transition threats into controls framework
Seeking SCB relief, Goldman cuts equity investments
Plans for less capital-intensive balance sheet could shave 140bp off capital requirements
Loan losses: Banks’ estimates out of sync with Fed’s
Wells Fargo worst performer in latest DFAST exercise
Morgan Stanley’s stress test estimate strays from Fed’s
Half of US systemic lenders lowball capital hits in DFAST 2021
At Citi, Goldman larger OTC swaps books drive up systemic risk scores
Increase in trading and available-for-sale securities bump systemic risk scores higher at BofA and JPM
Citi, Wells Fargo face higher stress capital buffer add-ons
Both G-Sibs are outliers, as Fed slaps on higher capital requirements following latest round of stress tests