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Index
Cover Page
INTERNATIONAL REGULATION OF BANKING
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
PREFACE
Contents—Summary
Contents—Detailed
Tables of Legislation
List of Abbreviations
PART I The Elements of Bank Financial Supervision
Chapter 1. Introduction to Banks and Banking
A. Banks Considered as Risk Takers
B. A Prototypical Bank
Business summary
Risk analysis
Credit risk
Market and asset liquidity risks
Funding liquidity risk
Interest rate risk
Operational risk
Risk consolidation
Economic capital
Chapter 2. Why Are Banks Supervised?
A. Basis of Bank Supervision—the Basel Principles
B. Capital Regulation
C. The Constraints on Bank Capital Regulation
D. The Quantum of Bank Capital Requirements
E. Does the Banking Crisis Prove that Risk Capital-based Regulation Failed?
Quantitative risk modelling and the crash
F. Market Crisis and Regulation
G. Protecting the Public from the Consequences of Bank Failure
Bank resolution regimes
Chapter 3. Basel and International Bank Regulation
A. The Basel Committee and the Basel Accord
B. Addressing Failures of Multinational Banks
C. International Institutional Co-operation in Bank Regulation
Chapter 4. Basel III
A. Policy Responses to the Crisis
B. Basel 2.5
Trading book reform
Stress testing
Pay and bonuses
C. Basel III
Strengthening the global capital framework
Enhancing risk coverage
Leverage ratio
Countercyclical buffers
Systematic interconnectedness
Systemic risk
Introducing a global liquidity standard
Monitoring tools
Addressing reliance on external credit ratings and minimizing cliff effects
Enhanced counterparty credit risk management requirements
Stress testing
Implementation and transitional arrangements
Chapter 5. The Bank Capital Calculation—Basel II
A. The Basic Bank Capital Calculation
B. What is Capital?
C. The Bank Capital Hierarchy
D. Capital Monitoring
E. ‘Gearing’ Rules
F. The Components of Capital
G. Tier 1
Issuance
Redeemability
Permanence
Power to defer payments
Loss absorption
Subordination
Moral hazard
Associate transactions
Reserves
Share premium account
Externally verified profits
Innovative tier 1
Convertible and exchangeable instruments
Deductions from tier 1
H. Tier 2
Upper tier 2
Lower tier 2
Upper tier 2 requirements
Lower tier 2 requirements
Provisioning and expected loss
I. Deductions
Qualifying holdings (holdings in non-financial undertakings)
Material holdings (holdings in financial undertakings)
Connected lending of a capital nature
Expected losses and other negative amounts
Securitization positions
J. Tier 3
Upper tier 3
Lower tier 3
Deductions from tier 3
K. Capital Arising from Revaluation of Assets
L. Deductions for Investment Firms
M. Bank Capital Resources—Summary Table
Chapter 6. The Bank Capital Calculation—Basel III
A. The Calculation of Bank Capital under Basel III
Core tier 1 capital
Tier 2 capital
Bank holdings in banking, financial, and insurance entities
Basel III and capital requirements
PART II Commercial Banking
Chapter 7. Credit Risk
A. Background
B. Risk Weighting of Assets
C. The Basel Approaches
D. Valuation of Exposures
E. Mark to Market
Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss
Available-for-sale financial assets
Loans and receivables
Held-to-maturity investments other than loans and receivables
Chapter 8. The Standardized Approach
A. Classification of Exposures, Credit Conversion Factors, and Credit Risk Mitigation
B. Ratings and Rating Agencies
C. Exposures to Sovereigns
Regional governments or local authorities
Public sector entities
Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs)
D. Exposures to Banks and Financial Institutions
E. Exposures to Corporates
F. Exposures to Retail Customers
Retail mortgage lending
G. Commercial Mortgage Exposures
H. Overdue Undefaulted Exposures
I. High-Risk Exposures
J. Covered Bonds
K. Securitization Exposures
What is a securitization?
Tranching
Performance dependent payment
Subordination
Securitization and the specialized lending regime
Weighting of securitization positions—standardized approach
Asset backed commercial paper
L. Short-Term Claims on Financial Institutions and Corporates
M. Fund Exposures
N. Other Assets
O. Off-Balance Sheet Items
Chapter 9. Model Based Approaches to Risk Weighting
A. Introduction to the Basel Risk Model
B. VaR and the Basel Framework
C. The Basic Basel Formula
Maturity adjustment
Default tail
Consequences
D. Putting It All Together
E. The Retail Exposures Formula
F. Translating between Capital Requirements and Risk Weightings
G. Model Types
H. Illustrative Risk Weights
I. Modelling in Practice
J. Variations in Credit Risk Weightings between Firms
K. Inputs and Outputs
The ‘use’ test
The meaning of default
Validation of PD estimates
Loss given default
Exposure at default
L. Becoming an IRB Firm
Eligibility for the IRB approach
Corporate governance
Chapter 10. The Internal Ratings Based Approach
A. Corporate, Sovereign, and Bank Exposures
PD
LGD
Downturn LGDs
B. Exposure at Default
Netting and EAD
Commitments—when should a CF/EAD be applied?
Maturity
Basel III and Financial Sector Exposures under IRB—the Asset Value Correlation multiplier
Highly leveraged counterparties
Basel III, LGD, and EAD
C. Specialized Lending
D. Retail and Mortgage Exposures
Retail exposures
Specialized retail exposures
Default in the retail portfolio
E. Eligible Purchased Receivables
F. Equity Exposures
The simple risk weight approach for equity
The PD/LGD approach for equity
The internal models approach for equity
Chapter 11. Netting, Collateral, and Credit Risk Mitigation
A. Introduction
B. Netting
On balance sheet netting
Off balance sheet netting and master netting agreements
C. Collateral
The simple approach
The comprehensive approach
Haircuts
Secured lending transactions
Government repo market concession
D. Unfunded Credit Protection
Effect of unfunded credit protection
Multiple default credit derivatives
PART III Investment Banking
Chapter 12. The Trading Book
A. Introduction
B. Trading Book Eligibility
Trading book eligibility under Basel 2.5
C. Trading and Market Exposures
Position risk requirement
Interest rate PRR
Position netting
Notional legs
Specific risk
General market risk
D. Equity PRR and Basic Interest Rate PRR for Equity Derivatives
Standard equity method
Standard equity model—specific risk
Standard equity method—general market risk
Simplified equity interest rate PRR
E. Commodity PRR
The simplified approach
The maturity ladder approach
The extended maturity ladder approach
F. Foreign Currency PRR
G. Option PRR
The option standard method
Options on funds
H. Annex—A Guide to Option Terminology
Chapter 13. Securities Underwriting
Chapter 14. Trading Book Models
A. ‘CAD 1’ Models
B. VaR Models
C. The Multiplication Factor
D. Basel 2.5
Stressed VaR
The incremental risk charge (IRC)
Securitization positions in the trading book
Correlation trading
Chapter 15. Credit Derivatives
A. Introduction
B. Notional Positions
C. Recognition of Risk Reduction
D. Nth-to-default
Chapter 16. Counterparty Risk
A. Introduction
B. Credit Derivatives
C. Collateral in the Trading Book
D. Double Default in the Trading Book
E. Rules Common to Banking and Trading Books
Unsettled transactions
Free deliveries
F. Basel III and CCR
Counterparty credit risk
General wrong-way risk
Credit Value Adjustment—the ‘bond equivalent approach’
Collateralized counterparties and margin period of risk
Downgrade triggers
Collateral management
Securitization and resecuritization collateral
Chapter 17. Counterparty Credit Risk for Derivatives, Securities Financing, and Long Settlement Exposures
A. Introduction
B. Calculating Exposures
C. The Mark to Market Method
PFE calculation
Netting within the mark to market method
D. The Standardized Method
E. Credit Risk Exposure Calculation
F. The CCR Internal Model Method
Contractual netting within the CCR regime
CCR models and securities financing transactions
Chapter 18. Securitization and Repackaging
A. Introduction
B. What is a Securitization?
C. True Sale and Derecognition of Assets
‘Derecognition’ for synthetic securitizations
Implicit support, or ‘de-derecognition’
D. Risk Weighting of Securitization Exposures
E. Weighting Holdings of Securitization Positions—the Standardized Approach
Liquidity facilities
F. The IRB Approach
The ratings based approach
The supervisory formula approach
The ABCP IAA
G. Revolving Credit Securitizations
Treatment of the originator’s share
H. Securitization and Basel III
Resecuritization
Self-guarantees
Standardized approach resecuritization risk weights
Credit analysis
PART IV Other Risks
Chapter 19. Operational Risk Requirements
A. Operational Risk
B. The Basic Indicator Approach
C. Standard and Advanced Measurement Approaches—Criteria for Use
D. The Standardized Approach—The Charge
E. Advanced Measurement Approach—The Charge
F. Corporate Governance and Operational Risk
Chapter 20. Concentration and Large Exposures
A. The Large Exposures Regime
B. Exposure
C. Counterparty
Connected counterparties
Total exposure
D. Exposure Limits
Parental guarantees
Collateralization
Advanced IRB firms
Treasury concession
Intra-group securities financing transactions
National integrated groups
The UK Integrated Group
PART V Basel III Requirements
Chapter 21. Liquidity Requirements
A. Liquidity Supervision
B. Qualitative Supervision of Liquidity
C. Quantitative Supervision of Liquidity—pre Basel III
The simplified ILAs liquid assets buffer
Contents of the liquidity pool
Cross-border and intra-group management of liquidity
D. Liquidity under Basel III
The two requirements
Liquidity Coverage Ratio
The net stable funding ratio
Chapter 22. The Leverage Ratio
A. The Leverage Ratio
B. Transitional Arrangements
Chapter 23. Basel III, Derivatives, Clearing, and Exposures to CCPs
A. Exposures to Central Counterparties
B. Summary of the Proposed Reforms
The proposed CCP framework
Default fund exposures
PART VI Bank Group Supervision
Chapter 24. Group Supervision
A. Introduction
Solo supervision
Consolidated supervision
Conglomerate supervision
B. Consolidated Supervision
C. Scope of Consolidation
D. Minority Interests
E. Solo Consolidation
F. Consolidated Capital
G. Consolidated Capital Resources Requirements
Operational risk
Advanced IRB approaches
Large exposures
Chapter 25. Financial Conglomerates
A. Issues with Conglomerates
Double or multiple gearing
Debt downstreamed as equity
Unregulated intermediate holding companies
Unregulated entities engaged in financial business
Participations and minority interests in regulated entities
B. Banks in Non-Financial Groups
C. Mixed Activity Groups
D. Methods of Regulating Financial Conglomerates
Method 1
Method 2
Method 3
Method 4
E. Consolidating Unconnected Entities
F. Groups Headquartered Outside the EU
Chapter 26. Cross-Border Supervision of Bank Groups
A. International Group Supervision
B. EU Group Supervision
Chapter 27. Pillar Three—Disclosure Requirements
A. Introduction
B. Scope of the Pillar Three Regime
C. Basic Requirements
Basel requirements
EU requirements
D. Capital Structure
Basel requirements
EU requirements
E. Capital Adequacy
Basel requirements
EU requirements
F. Credit Risk: General Disclosures for All Banks
Basel requirements
EU requirements
G. Credit Risk: Disclosure for Portfolio Subject to the Standardized Approach and Supervisory Risk Weights in the IRB Approaches
Basel requirements
EU requirements
H. Credit Risk: Disclosures for Portfolio Subject to IRB Approaches
Basel requirements
EU requirements
I. Credit Risk Mitigation: Disclosures for Standardized and IRB Approaches
Basel requirements
EU requirements
J. General Disclosure for Exposures Related to Counterparty Credit Risk
Basel requirements
EU requirements
K. Securitization: Disclosure for Standardized and IRB Approaches
Basel requirements
EU requirements
L. Market Risk: Disclosures for Banks using the Standardized Approach
Basel requirements
EU requirements
M. Market Risk: Disclosures for Banks using the Internal Models Approach (IMA) for Trading Portfolios
Basel requirements
EU requirements
N. Operational Risk
Basel requirements
EU requirements
O. Equities: Disclosures for Banking Book Positions
Basel requirements
EU requirements
P. Interest Rate Risk in the Banking Book
Basel requirements
EU requirements
Q. Remuneration
Qualitative disclosures
Quantitative disclosures
Index
Footnotes
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
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