Banks

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.

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

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.

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

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

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?

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

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.

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.

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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