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Goldman Sachs Report on US Bank Regulation
1. The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
US Banks: Regulation
May 2010
Large Cap: Attractive
Regionals: Neutral
Trust Banks: Neutral
Consumer Finance: Neutral
Richard Ramsden Goldman Sachs & Co. 212-357-9981 richard.ramsden@gs.com
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2. Regulation
1. Stepping back – what’s really on the table
– First tenant: limitations of scope, which would restrict the activities of banks (ie the Volcker
rule, the Blanche Lincoln proposal)
– Second tenant: alterations to existing practices and market structures (ie the derivatives
proposals, the consumer protection agency)
2. An off-setting force – credit and liquidity
– Must be weighed against credit availability and liquidity in secondary markets
– This may moderate some of the worst case scenarios (eg momentum seems to be building
to remove an outright prohibition on swaps dealing by banks )
Where we would position
– We believe big banks have lagged enough to justify the legislative risk
– Continue to favor JPM and BAC
– Exchanges (CME, ICE, NDAQ and NYX) should benefit from the move to central clearing
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4. The Senate’s proposal on one page
Derivatives Reform Resolution Authority
• Bank Prohibition: No institution that receives federal support may • Process: Modeled on FDIC resolution process; FDIC may take
be a (1) swap dealer or (2) “major swap participant”. control of institution, sell assets or transfer to bridge firm.
• Clearing and Execution: Central clearing of standardized contracts • Creditor Protections: (1) panel of 3 bankruptcy judges must agree
and execution on exchange or alternative execution facility. with Treasury that company is in “default or danger of default.” (2)
Creditors receive at least what they would in Chap. 7 bankruptcy.
• Capital and Margin: Prudential requirements for large market
participants; higher capital for non-standardized contracts. Initial and • Emergency Lending: Federal Reserve lending under Sec. 13 (3)
variation margin required for all non-cleared contracts. limited to broadly available programs; FDIC may guarantee
bank/BHC obligations, but requires 2/3 support of council + Fed.
• End-user exemption: Smaller users that hedge “commercial risk” –
not financial risk—exempt from clearing, execution, and margin reqs.
• Reporting: Real-time price reporting for centrally cleared contracts Bank Tax
(even if end user is exempt); aggregated delayed reporting for non-
cleared swaps. Block trades subject to delayed reporting.
• $50bn Fund: Financed through assessments on BHCs $50bn+ in
assets, and systemic non-bank firms. Raised over 5-10 yr period.
• Position Limits: CFTC may impose position limits. Add’l industry assessments if fund incurs losses.
• Coverage: Covers commodity, rates, securities, and FX swaps. • Other tax proposals not included: President Obama’s “Financial
Crisis Responsibility Fee” (15bps non-deposit liability tax); Boxer-
Webb 50% bonus tax.
Systemic Risk Regulation
• Scope: Banks with $50bn+ assets; systemic important non-banks. Consumer Financial Protection
• Prudential Requirements: Capital, leverage, liquidity requirements. • Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection: Housed within
Federal Reserve, but director appointed by President, and Fed is
• “Hotel California” Provision: BHCs $50bn+ assets that took TARP
prohibited from intervening in Consumer Bureau actions.
capital deemed systemically important if it drops BHC status.
• Volcker Rule: BHCs may not engage in proprietary trading, may not
• Scope: Takes primary jurisdiction over consumer financial products
for institutions with $10bn+ in total assets, and non-banks that deal
sponsor or invest in hedge or private equity funds; systemically
in mortgages or are a large participant in other consumer markets.
important non-banks may still operate in these areas, but with
Does not regulate activities regulated by the SEC/CFTC.
increased prudential requirements.
• Concentration limits: No financial company may exceed 10% of
• No State Preemption: Federal rules would set floor for regulation,
but state laws could supersede federal if stronger.
national financial liabilities through M&A.
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5. Summary of key proposals and potential
impact to financial sub sectors
Potential Sector Risk
Big Regional Credit Smid Mkt Asset
Area of reform What seems likely Points of greatest debate from here Banks Banks Cards Brokers Structure Mgrs
1. Section 106 - can banks own swaps dealers
Derivatives Greater use of central clearing 2. Margin requirements ─ +
3. Central clearing vs. exchange trading
1. Sponsorship of hedge funds and private equity --
Volcker rule Less proprietary trading i.e. can banks put HF and PE into asset mgmt ─ +
divisions
1. Rule making authority: CFPA vs. Fed
New Consumer Financial
Consumer Protection
Protection Agency (CFPA) 2. National pre-emption vs. state by state lending
─ ─ ─
laws
1. Pre-funded money for any future crisis
Some form of tax to fund any
Bank tax & size limitations
losses from TARP
─
2. Legislative restrictions on size of banks
Ability to wind down systemically 1. Impact on credit markets including potential
Resolution Authority
important firms ratings agency actions
─
MOST POTENTIAL
OVERALL RISK --> NEGATIV LESS AT RISK MODEST
E RISK POSITIVES
Source: Goldman Sachs Research estimates.
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6. The reform debate from here
House Senate
Passes Financial Services
Committee (Nov. 2009)
Banking Committee Markup
(March 2010)
Passes House Floor 223-202
Ag. Committee Markup
(Dec. 2009)
(April 2010)
Senate Floor
(April/May 2010)
Option 1: Conference Committee
House-Senate Conference
Committee
(May/June 2010)
House Passage of Conf. Senate Passage of Conf.
Report (June 2010) Report (June 2010)
Option 2: House Passage of Senate Bill
House Passage of Senate
Bill (May/June 2010)
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8. RAFSA has two important proposals that
impact market structure companies
The Volcker Rule (Section 619 or Title VII)
Would prohibit certain types of high risk activity
Proposal could reduce overall trading activity, potentially lower market liquidity, and
impact fees generated by exchanges in the transaction parts of their business
Creating a safer derivatives market: there are three tenets to this proposal:
Central clearing of OTC derivatives: all OTC products would be required to be centrally
cleared with requisite initial margin requirements for all products
Exchange trading as a price transparency mechanism would be required
• Can be exchange traded or traded on an alternative swap execution facility
(ASEF)
Allow for some customized bilateral contracts. Exceptions are fairly well defined:
• One counterparty is not a swap/security dealer or MSP (major swap participant),
the product does not meet the eligibility requirements of a clearing house
• Margin may be waived in certain circumstances if one party is not a swap/security
dealer or MSP, is using the swap to hedge under GAAP, and is not predominantly
engaged in financial activities
Source: Goldman Sachs Research estimates.
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9. Market Structure & Exchange stocks
appear well positioned to benefit
Difficult to see how exchange and clearing stocks are not incremental beneficiaries
CME: currently trades and clears 99% of U.S. futures products on interest rates
NDAQ: acquired the International Derivatives Clearing Group (IDCG) in 2009, which is
the only market participant to have announced it has an interest rate swap clearing
platform ready for clients to test
Dealers/Brokers have less directional authority to drive clearing strategy than they have had
in the past few years
ICE Trust is the dominant provider of clearing services in CDS clearing in the U.S.
Dealers were able to secure 49% of net profits from ICE Trust to support that platform
NYSE – sold 49% stake in its U.S. options business to attract flow
Beyond clearing, there could be positive impacts on transactions and associated exchange
traded product
Clearing tends to have a higher profit stickiness given underlying liquidity pool
Other market structure names may benefit: GFIG, BGCP, MKTX, NITE
Source: Goldman Sachs Research estimates.
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10. Sizing the OTC markets: $604 tn notional
and multiple the size of exchange markets
$800 Interest rate contracts Unallocated Credit default swaps
Foreign exchange contracts Commodity contracts Equity-linked contracts
• OTC markets have grown at a 24% CAGR
OTC notional amount outstanding ($, trillions)
$700 684
596 604
$600
516
592
since 1998
$500
$400 370
414
• Interest Rate swaps have grown the
297
$300
220
257
281
fastest at 26% and represent 72% of total
$200 197
169
$100 72 80 81 88 94 95 99 111
127 141
• CDS swaps are now $25 tn
• But exchange traded products turn over
$0
1H98
2H98
1H99
2H99
1H00
2H00
1H01
2H01
1H02
2H02
1H03
2H03
1H04
2H04
1H05
2H05
1H06
2H06
1H07
2H07
1H08
2H08
1H09
much more rapidly
100 93.0x 92.0x
90
80
500
Interest rate and F/X OTC markets are multiple of exchange peers 70
450 437.2
60
6.5x 50 45.0x
400
40
350
30 21.2x
300 20 11.9x
10 4.5x 2.8x
0.6x 1.2x 1.1x 1.0x
250
0
200 Total FX FX Swaps FX Total FRAs IRS IR F/X Rate Equity
Forward Options Options Futures Futures Futures
150 F/X OTC Interest Rate OTC Exchange Traded
100
67.1
48.8 157x
50 1.2x
6.6 5.8 0.3
-
Interest Rate Equity Index F/X
Source: Goldman Sachs Research estimates.
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11. CDS markets: $25 tn gross notional, but
netting reduces risk roughly 90%
$30 Index Single Name
• The CDS markets remain quite robust, with
$25.0 tn
$25 90% Com pression over $25 tn in gross exposure
from Gross to Net
$20 CDS exposure • With compression and tear-ups, the amount
of net exposure is $2.4 tn
$15
• 77% of CDS is dealer to dealer and is likely to
$10
move into the ICE Trust Clearing House
$5 $2.4 tn • The average length of time to termination is
$0
2.7 years
Gross Net
Dealer to $16 Cumulative Single Name Notional Outstanding ($ tn) Cumulative Notional % Outstanding 120%
Client $14
100%
23%
$12
80%
$10 Average Years to Sw ap
Term ination: 2.7 years
$8 60%
$6
40%
$4
20%
$2
Dealer to
$0 0%
Dealer
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
77%
Source: Goldman Sachs Research estimates.
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12. We estimate $75 bn in CDS initial margin
requirements for U.S. companies
CDS Market Summary ($ in bn)
• We estimate 40% of
Dealer to Dealer Dealer to Client Client to Client Total outstanding CDS
Single Name 12,167 2,735 24 14,927 contracts are in the U.S.
Index 4,455 2,929 3 7,386
Tranched 2,568 130 0 2,698 • Initial margin
Gross Exposure Outstanding 19,190 5,794 27 25,011
requirements are likely
% of Total
Single Name 49% 11% 0% 60%
to be 5%-10% of net
Index 18% 12% 0% 30% notional
Tranched 10% 1% 0% 11%
% of Total 77% 23% 0% 100% • We estimate dealers will
Compression estimate need to contribute close
Single Name 95% 75% 75% 91%
Index 95% 75% 75% 87% to $20 bn, and clients
Tranched 95% 75% 75% 94% $55 bn when all
Estimated Compression 95% 75% 75% 90%
contracts are loaded
Net Exposure
Single Name 602 670 6 1,279 into ICE Trust
Index 221 718 1 939
Tranched 127 32 0 159 • Today, there is $635 bn
Net Exposure Outstanding 950 1,420 7 2,377
in net notional CDS in
U.S. estimated Exposure 40% 40% 40% 40% ICE Trust U.S. ($367 bn)
Net U.S. exposure (estimate) 380 568 3 951
Initial Margin required for U.S. firms (% of net, est) 5% 10% 10% 8%
and EU ($268 bn)
Initial Margin required for U.S. firms ($ bn, est) $19 $56 $0 $75
• There is likely an
• ICE has indicated it expects $80-$100 mn in CDS clearing revenue in additional $45 bn in
2010, we estimate it will at least double over the next 1-2 years initial margin required
among U.S. firms
• This revenue is split with participating dealers
Source: Goldman Sachs Research estimates.
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13. Interest Rate Swaps: the upcoming $437 tn
opportunity
Interest Rate Swaps by Currency: Total $437 tn • 35% of global interest rate swap products are U.S.
CAD Other
Swedish krona
1% 1% 4%
based
Swiss franc
1% • More than three-quarters are interest rate swaps,
Sterling Euro plain vanilla and somewhat easy to standardize
7% 38%
Yen
13%
• Roughly 60% of product is dealer-to-dealer, with the
remaining 40% up for client central clearing and thus
impacted by U.S. regulatory changes
US dollar
35%
Interest Rate Swap Clearing Opportunity
More bespoke structures
Exotics
Interest Rate Swaps by Derivative Type: Total: $437 tn w hose eligibility w ill Currently cleared
10%
require further product Basis and X- 25%
expansion currency
6%
FRAs 30 yr + Options
Options eligibility via 9%
11%
product set
expansion
Interest rate sw aps 3%
78% Eligible to clear by
Customer trades -
focus on customer cpty and type
clearing 27%
Eligible w / smaller
Forw ard rate 12% Backloading
dealers - focus on
agreements
11% increased program to
Sw apclear 8% address
Source: Goldman Sachs Research estimates.
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14. Client Clearing U.S. denominated swaps is
the targeted Interest Rate product
Total Global Interest Rate Swap • The interest rate swap market is the focus of
Market: the next leg of clearing. It represents 72% of
$437 tn the global OTC market
• Dealer to Dealer transactions (52%) are cleared
Dealer to Client at LCH SwapClear
(25%):
$109 tn • The clearing opportunity lies in plain vanilla
client transactions
USD • The initial opportunity to clear will be in USD
Swaps:
(35%):
denominated swaps
$39 tn • However, their could emerge global solutions
following a successful U.S. Launch
Source: Goldman Sachs Research estimates.
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15. Could be up to $570 bn in IRS initial margin
requirements needed for USD swaps
Interest Rate Margin Estimates for U.S. Clients ($ bn) • We estimate USD swaps
Less than 1 Between 1-5
Duration Year Years Over 5 Years Total
account for 35% of total
Total Interest Rate OTC Global Market ($ bn) 159,143 128,301 149,754 437,198
global swaps.
% of total 36% 29% 34% 100%
• Initial margin
U.S. denominated swaps, % of total 35%
U.S. denominated swaps, in $ bn 56,118 45,242 52,807 154,167
requirements are likely to
% of original interest rate swap notional value 35% 35% 35% 35% be 1%-5% of notional
Transaction Type based on duration
Dealer-to-Dealer 60%
Dealer-to-Client 25% • We estimate clients may
Non-Clearable (bespoke, option, basis) 15%
need to post up to $570
Dealer-to-Client summary of notional exposure ($ bn) 14,029 11,311 13,202 38,542 bn in initial margin on
% of original interest rate swap notional value 9% 9% 9% 9%
swap positions for USD
Estimated Compression (netting, tear-ups) 25%
Net Exposure 10,522 8,483 9,901 28,906
swaps
% of original interest rate swap notional value 7% 7% 7% 7%
• The size of the client swap
Initial Margin required for U.S. denominated Swaps (est)
Initial Margin required for U.S. firms ($ bn, est)
1.0%
$105
2.0%
$170
3.0%
$297
2.0%
$572
market may decline
meaningfully with higher
costs/margin
• NDAQ and CME have announced they would offer an interest rate swap
product for clients; LCH SwapClear has also launched a client product • Today, there is a de
minimis amount of margin
• NDAQ’s IDCG indicated it would charge $1/$100K of notional value
collected on client swaps
cleared per contract
outside hedge fund
• Average duration is 5-7 years for most plain vanilla swaps clients
Source: Goldman Sachs Research estimates.
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16. How we think about the interest rate swap
clearing opportunity: up to $400 mn annually
Interest Rate Swap Clearing opportunity
Summary Notes
Total Global Interest Rate Swap Notional Outstanding $437,198,000,000,000 $437 tn
U.S. Percentage of total 35%
U.S. Dollar denominated IRS $154,167,000,000,000
Swap participant break-down
Dealer to Dealer - plain vanilla 60% $92,500,200,000,000 Already within LCH SwapClear Clearing mechanism
Dealer to Client - plain vanilla 25% $38,541,750,000,000 Target market opportunity
Other (bespoke, option, basis, etc) 15% $23,125,050,000,000 Will require initial margin, not likely to be cleared
Dealer to Client Notional $38,541,750,000,000 This is the sector CME, NDAQ are pursuing
Number of 'one $ mn units' 38,541,750 Assumes full backloading, probably takes 4-7 years to reach this level
Potential Clearing Revenues Cost per million Potential revenue
$2 $77,083,500
$5 $192,708,750
$10 $385,417,500 This is IDCG's target pricing
• The only part of the market up for competition is the dealer-to-client
IRS market, about 25% of the total IRS market, or about $39 tn in
notional
• There is limited netting given client positions are bespoke
• Potential revenue opportunity from clearing of $100-$400 mn over time,
though this could take 4-7 years to achieve
Source: Goldman Sachs Research
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18. The CFPA is arguably the biggest concern but most
has been accomplished via overdraft protection
(Reg E) and credit card legislation (CARD Act)
Reg E Impact CARD Act Impact
Reg E Impact CARD Act Impact
Pre-tax 2009 EPS Norm
$BN Guidance % $BN Guidance %
Impact DSC Impact EPS
PNC $115MM after-tax impact in 2010 (half year impact) 0.35 1.0 37% COF Margin to decline to 15% from 17% currently $0.93 $5.00 19%
USB $200MM-$300MM impact in 2010 0.25 1.0 26% DFS Margin to decline by 25-50 bps from 2009YE $0.30 $2.00 15%
BAC about $2.0BN / quarter run rate vs $2.57BN currently 2.00 11.0 18% AXP Margin to decline to 9% from 10% currently $0.34 $3.15 11%
KEY $50MM on an annualized basis 0.05 0.3 15% BAC $900MM after-tax annual impact $0.09 $2.40 4%
STI reduction of 10-20% during the 2H of the year 0.13 0.8 15% JPM $500-$750MM net income reduction $0.15 $6.50 2%
JPM $500MM +/- annualized after-tax impact 0.77 5.6 14% C $400-600MM pre-tax annual net impact $0.01 $0.45 2%
WFC $500MM after-tax annualized impact 0.77 5.7 13% PNC $40MM after-tax annual impact $0.08 $6.50 1%
FITB $20MM / quarter by 4Q09 0.08 0.6 13% USB $100MM pre-tax impact in 2010 $0.03 $2.85 1%
BBT $70-$80MM pre-tax annual impact 0.08 0.7 11% WFC $235MM after-tax gross impact $0.05 $4.35 1%
FNFG $5-6MM on annualized basis 0.01 0.05 10%
Average 6%
RF $70MM pre-tax annual net impact 0.07 1.2 6% *: EPS impact for COF, DFS, AXP are based on GS estimates.
Average 16%
Source: Company reports, Goldman Sachs Research
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23. Size caps would be a big deal but we’re
not sure there is support to enact them
Liabilities would increase through a boom,
2% GDP cap implies $2.7TN of shrinkage then need to fall in a bust
310
Non- Implied Implied
$BN Assets Liabilities Deposits 2% of GDP 290
Deposits Decline shrinkage
BAC 2330 2,103 976 1,127 285 842 36%
270
JPM 2130 1,971 925 1,046 285 761 36%
2% of Nominal GDP ($bn)
C 2000 1,848 828 1,021 285 735 37% 250
MS 820 765 64 701 285 416 51%
230
WFC 1220 1,105 805 301 285 15 1%
Total 8500 7794 3598 4,196 1,426 2,770 33%
210
190
170
150
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
Source: Company data, SNL, Goldman Sachs Research estimates.
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25. Less interest rate hedging = more volatile
mortgage rates relative to 10yr UST
Less hedging = more volatility
500bps Conforming Mortgage spread to 10yr Treasury
450bps Average
+1SD
400bps -1SD
Standard Deviation
350bps 1970 - 1989 70
1990 - Now 32
300bps
250bps
224bps
200bps
170bps
150bps
134bps
116bps
100bps
50bps
0bps
Jan-72
Jan-73
Jan-74
Jan-75
Jan-76
Jan-77
Jan-78
Jan-79
Jan-80
Jan-81
Jan-82
Jan-83
Jan-84
Jan-85
Jan-86
Jan-87
Jan-88
Jan-89
Jan-90
Jan-91
Jan-92
Jan-93
Jan-94
Jan-95
Jan-96
Jan-97
Jan-98
Jan-99
Jan-00
Jan-01
Jan-02
Jan-03
Jan-04
Jan-05
Jan-06
Jan-07
Jan-08
Jan-09
Jan-10
Source: Federal Reserves, Freddie Mac, Goldman Sachs Research estimates.
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26. As private sector credit shrinks, loans are
shifted to the government balance sheet
Transfer of credit to government balance sheet most pronounced in resi mortgages
% of US YoY % YoY $bn
Credit Market Change Change
Non-banks and securitization account for biggest piece of
Non-banks + securitization 40% -12% -607
credit outstanding and credit shrinkage
Bank loans 31% -7% -552
Private credit is being transferred to Government balance
Government incl GSEs 29% +8% +495
sheet
Total 100% -3% -664
500 100%
US Resi Real Estate Credit - YoY Change, $bn
Mortgage origination share - Fannie, Freddie, FHA
400 90%
300 80%
200 70%
100 60%
0 50%
-100 40%
-200 30%
-300 20%
-400 10%
0%
-500
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
1Q09
2Q09
3Q09
Gov't incl GSEs Bank Loans Non-banks + securitization
Note: Loan shrinkage data cited here differs from similar data points cited on p14 and p24 as this data point is sourced from Federal Reserve- Flow of Funds data while p12 and
p28 data points are derived from the Federal Reserve- H-8 data
Source: Industry sources, Goldman Sachs Research.
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