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BASEL II: Impact & Implications
BASEL II: Impact & Implications
BASEL II: Impact & Implications
Roadmap
• BASEL II – Overview
• Credit Risk
• Market Risk
• Operational Risk
BASEL II - Overview
Banking on Risk
• Credit Risk
• Operational Risk
• Market Risk
Capital Adequacy
Capital >= 9%
Credit RWA + Operational RWA+ Market RWA
• Spells out the capital requirement of a
bank in relation to the credit risk in its
portfolio.
• Sets out the allocation of capital for
operational risk and market risk in the
trading books of banks.
• Provides a tool to supervisors to:
– keep checks on adequacy of capitalization
levels of banks.
– link capital to the risk profile of a bank.
– take appropriate remedial measures, if
required.
– ask banks to maintain capital at a level higher
than the regulatory minimum.
• Provides framework for dealing with other
risks (residual risks) like systematic risk,
liquidity risk, legal risk, etc.
• Provides a framework for improvement of banks’
disclosure standards for financial reporting, risk
management, asset quality, regulatory
sanctions, etc.
• Indicates remedial measures to keep a check on
erring banks.
• Allows banks to maintain confidentiality over
certain information, disclosure of which could
impact competitiveness or breach legal
contracts.
From Basel I to Basel II
BASEL I BASEL II
Less risk sensitivity More risk sensitivity by
structuring business class
and asset class.
Focus on single risk Focus on operational
measure. components of a bank as
well as market risk.
‘One size fits all’. Flexibility, menu of
approaches, capital
incentives for better risk
management.
Credit Risk
Credit risk has been traditionally defined
as default risk, i.e. the risk of loss from a
borrower / counterparty’s failure to repay
the amount owed (principal or interest) to
the bank on a timely manner based on a
previously agreed payment schedule.
INTERNAL INTERNAL
STANDARDISED
RATINGS BASED RATINGS BASED
APPROACH
APPROACH - APPROACH -
FOUNDATION ADVANCED
BUSINESS
BUSINESS PROCESSES
PEOPLE
ENVIRONMENT
OPERATIONAL
BUSINESS CONSTANT
RISK CHANGE
STRATEGY
CONTROL
IT SYSTEMS SYSTEMS
Risk Measurement Methods
Basic Indicator Approach
KBIA = [Σ(GI1…n x α)]
n
Where,
• GI=net interest income + net non-interest income.