Aggregate risk-weighted assets (RWAs) at Canada’s top lenders barely edged up over the 12 months to end-January. However, the slight overall rise masked a big increase in those RWAs linked to counterparty credit risk (CCR) and operational risk. CCR RWAs across BMO, CIBC, RBC, TD Bank and Scotiabank hit C$134 billion ($106 billion) in aggregate at end-January, up 9% on the year prior. These increased the most at RBC, by 22% to C$56.9 billion. Op RWAs at the ‘Big Five’ jumped 5% over the same Only users who have a paid subscription or are part of a corporate subscription are able to print or copy content.