Credit risk capital
Basel III endgame: why moving fast might prove better for banks
Republicans are pushing for reproposal, but a rapid finalisation may prove less far-reaching
Norinchukin’s credit RWAs up 31% on early Basel III opt-in
Bank’s standardised charges surge 19-fold following overhaul of models’ scope and parameters
Partial relief for synthetic securitisation in final EU rules
Internal model banks will see punitive multiplier reduced, but standardised banks miss out
Plumb job: can Basel III unblock US credit risk transfer?
Deals from G-Sibs have slowed in recent years due to regulatory confusion over capital relief
ING’s Russia loans sour five times faster than UniCredit’s
Risk density of Dutch bank’s Russia portfolio soars from 54% to 229% during 2022
US banks’ risk-free exposures keep falling
Assets with 0% risk-weighting lowest proportionally since Q1 2020, replaced by riskier exposures
Swedbank takes $3.47bn RWA hit from credit model overhaul
Rejig of IRB models is expected to reduce the bank’s Pillar 2 requirement
IRB risk-weights highest at smallest EU banks – ECB
Lenders with less than €30 billion in assets consistently report lower risk densities than bigger banks across all modelled portfolios
At US banks, risk-free exposures hit lowest in two years
Just under a third of credit assets carried a 0% risk-weight in Q3
F-IRB captured more of EU banks’ credit risk in H1
Gains mostly accrued from bank-modelled A-IRB portfolios
Ulster Bank exit sheds £8.7bn off NatWest’s A-IRB credit RWAs
Reversal to standardised approach helps lower capital charges in Q3 despite €514m exit costs
A-IRB to lose credit risk reach under Basel III
Americas banks expected to generate just 40% of RWAs using internal models, from 67% currently
European banks set for 17.5% capital hike under Basel III
Output floor could account for almost half the increase in Tier 1 capital requirements by 2028
A chilly reception for climate risk capital
Bankers don’t believe climate-adjusted risk-weights will enter EU prudential framework – not for now, at least
US banks underestimate loan losses in Fed stress test
Systemic lenders predict 34% lower hit to their loan books in latest DFAST exercise
Nationwide’s IRB charges up 89% on PRA’s parameter curbs
The building society’s strict focus on mortgages meant impact was all-sweeping
SA-CCR could spur move to FX futures
Impact of new capital rules on swaps pricing could see shift to the exchange-traded product, say panellists
Credit risk capital models hanging by a thread in the US
Industry insiders expect Fed to drop IRB and IMM when adopting Basel III, but market risk models may survive
US banks anticipate delay to Basel III implementation
New Fed supervision head expected to align schedule with EU and Japan, but time is tight
New model simplifies loan-loss forecasts. Some say it’s too simple
Modelling approach devised by Commerzbank quant promises to ease computational burden, but may not suit complex portfolios
Weather, or not: is climate risk just part of credit risk?
Practitioners divided on whether climate risk can fit into existing credit risk weights