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Stock buybacks and dividends hit $117.7 billion last year

Standardised RWAs have increased for three consecutive quarters, putting pressure on the bank’s CET1 capital ratio

Bank will pause stock buybacks until new year to mitigate new methodology impact and create extra capital headroom

EBA data shows lenders whose capital benefitted most from transitional loan-loss relief also have skinniest CET1 capital ratios

BNY Mellon, Citi and Wells Fargo saw their headroom shrink from a year ago

Dealers could all become members of the club next year if trend continues

Banks slapped with extra 50 basis points of capital add-on

Verzekeraar NN Group heeft een akkoord bereikt met de Amerikaanse bank Goldman Sachs over de verkoop van vermogensbeheerder NN Investment Partners (NN IP).

Citigroup To Maintain Dividend Of $0.51/shr WASHINGTON (dpa-AFX) - Citigroup (C) said it looks forward to continuing with its planned capital actions, including common dividends of at least $0.51 per share, and to continuing share repurchases. Citi said that, by the end of the first two quarters of this year, it will have returned to shareholders the maximum amount of capital permitted under Federal Reserve rules. Based on Citigroups updated regulatory capital requirements, Citi continues to be...

Risk.net Print this page   By offloading its US lending business, Spanish bank BBVA will see its core capital ratio improve by around 285 basis points, providing it with a 600bp buffer above its minimum requirement. As of end-2020, the bank’s Common Equity Tier 1 (CET1) capital ratio was 11.73%. Had the sale of BBVA USA to US lender PNC completed, though, it would have been 14.58%, almost one-quarter higher. Its regulator-set minimum requirement is 8.59%, meaning once the sale ...