The job of a financial regulator can often feel like fixing a leaky boat: just when you’ve plugged one hole, the water starts gushing in from somewhere else. US banks are using held-to-maturity bonds to underpin liquidity adequacy, grating against accounting guidance. What happens if they’re forced to sell?
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US banks vulnerable to losses if held-to-maturity (HTM) securities need to be sold: Overall mark-to-market value $300bn lower than amortised cost across 30 banks. Global systemically important banks, or G-Sibs, were the most vulnerable, bearing $236 billion of the total and recording a devaluation of 13%.
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