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Understanding Goldman’s $687m trading loss

30 December 2024BanksBasel rules, Federal Reserve, Goldman Sachs, Value-at-riskNick Dunbar

The bank may look profitable to shareholders, but disclosures compiled by Risky Finance made it possible to uncover the story of this trading loss at Goldman Sachs

Barclays and Labour’s growth plan

4 July 2024BanksNick Dunbar

UK Labour’s plan for growth could prompt a boom in capital markets, with Barclays as the biggest potential beneficiary

Dimon rolls trading dice with excess capital

13 June 2024Banks, Risk Commentarybank capital, Basel rules, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Federal Reserve, JP Morgan, share buybacks, Stress tests, tradingNick Dunbar

The Fed softened its stress tests, which freed up bank capital, then came the Basel Endgame which would eat it all up again. Now, with the Endgame in doubt, JP Morgan has deployed its excess capital in trading bets

Private credit helps drives surge in bank securitisation exposures

23 May 2024BanksCLOs, collateralised loan obligations, leveraged loans, private credit, securitisationNick Dunbar

Banks are originating, sponsoring and investing in CLOs are an accelerating pace

How CoCo bonds became indispensable for banks

9 May 2024BanksAT1, bank capital, Basel rules, CoCo bonds, corporate bonds, Credit SuisseNick Dunbar

A year on from Credit Suisse, AT1 securities remain an essential part of bank Tier 1 capital, as our corporate bond tool preview shows

UK motor finance scandal reawakens ghost of PPI

11 April 2024BanksBarclays, Lloyds Banking Group, mis-selling, motor finance, NatWest Group, operational riskNick Dunbar

Our banking tool shows how payment protection insurance was a ‘slow burn’ op risk event that eventually cost UK banks $60bn. Could something similar happen with motor finance?

Smoke, mirrors and net interest margins

2 April 2024BanksAccounting, Barclays, derivatives, hedging, HSBCNick Dunbar

UK banks use accounting tricks and derivatives to boost their net interest margins, and HSBC is under pressure to follow suit.

HSBC’s overvalued Chinese bank

12 March 2024BanksAccounting, China, HSBCNick Dunbar

Experts say HSBC’s BoCom stake is overvalued by $12 bn. Risky Finance trawled through ten years of data to understand the giant’s accounting controversy.

Market RWAs, trading revenues and the Basel Endgame proposal

26 January 2024Banksbank capital, Basel rules, Federal Reserve, tradingNick Dunbar

Banks complain that customers will lose access to capital markets products, but the Fed isn’t buying their argument. Use Risky Finance data to assess the debate between the Fed and the banks.

How averaging will solve Wall Street’s repo window dressing problem

17 January 2024BanksFederal Reserve, repo lendingNick Dunbar

The Federal Reserve’s Basel Endgame is about to solve an age-old problem: How big is a bank’s balance sheet? Right now, it depends when you look

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