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Barclays used securitisations as credit risk shield in 2019
Risk-weighted assets for these exposures increased 44%
StanChart’s derivatives exposures climb 42% in 2019
UK bank’s leverage ratio falls 30 basis points year-on-year
Treasurers turn to AI in bid for sharper forecasting
Wider automation could usher in future of ‘hands-free hedging’, but obstacles lurk in data standards and sharing
UK bank market RWAs ebbed in 2019
HSBC shed $5.9 billion of market RWAs in 2019
Who killed FX volatility?
Beyond central bank policy, traders see a range of hidden structural factors at work
‘Rounding errors’ prompt EBRD to break with Sonia FRN norms
Index-friendly coupon structure touted as a template for future issuance in the UK market
HSBC to reallocate $100bn of RWAs in shake-up
Global banking and markets division to take brunt of cuts
Chinese banks set for mass loan repricing
Options launch slated for February to help industry switch to new benchmark by August
Custody battle: competing tensions put IM prep in jeopardy
Conflicting custody interests and delayed docs call IM phase five readiness into question
Top 10 operational risk losses of 2019
Fraud, embezzlement, tax evasion, subprime (still) and rogue trading – and Citi crops up twice. Data by ORX News
HSBC leads EU banks on VAR measures
In aggregate, IMA risk exposures focused on traded debt
Outsourced model validation: is it viable?
Consortium promises cost savings in outsourcing model validation, but some say pooling doesn’t float
EU banks pare back commodities risk
Risk-weighted assets for commodities trading positions under standardised approach fall almost 30%
SocGen leads EU banks on trading asset gains – EBA
Almost three-quarters of H1 2019 income came from gains on trading assets at French bank
Four UK banks improve resilience to stress tests compared with 2018
Aggregate CET1 capital ratio headroom over hurdle rate improves by 50 basis points
UK banks could withstand leveraged loan crisis
Losses projected to hit overall CET1 capital ratios by 40 basis points
At UK stress test banks, loan-loss estimates up £8bn in 2019
Impairments estimated to cut 5.7% off of the banks’ aggregate CET1 capital ratio
UK banks pass BoE stress tests
Dividend and AT1 bond coupon cuts needed to clear minimum requirements
G-Sibs in US grow leverage exposures faster than EU rivals
HSBC saw exposures fall 2.81% in Q3
Bank risk manager of the year: HSBC
Risk Awards 2020: New market risk system proves its worth in a year of emerging market blow-ups
People moves: CRO Landy takes helm at Brevan, SocGen names new Asia chief, Murray out at Bridgewater, and more
Latest job changes across the industry
Asia moves: Soc Gen replaces Asia chief, Deutsche Bank appoints wealth management head, and more
Latest job changes across the industry
Asia lenders usher in year of the virtual bank
The surge in online banking is informing risk technologies in traditional banks
Foreign exchange prime broker of the year: HSBC
Risk Awards 2020: UK bank manages risk in real time, while building tool to cut exposures up to 80%