We know that in order for banks to be profitable and also earn from their assets, banks give out loans to borrowers in the form of loans. Since, the 2008 sub-prime crisis, it was mandatory to hold capital against risky assets.

So, banks were required to keep Capital in excess of risk-weighted assets (RWA) by 8%. Simply, put Capital Adequacy Ratio= Capital/RWA >= 8%

The minimum capital requirements are based on Basel II Accord

*Minimum Capital Requirements

*Supervisory Review

*Market Discipline

Our focus today is specifically on Minimum Capital requirements, and it consists of the following components:

*Credit Risk

*Operational Risk

*Market Risk

Since we are focusing on Credit Risk, let’s talk more about it. There are two approaches:

  1. Standardized Approach (SA)
  2. Internal Ratings Based (IRB) Approaches

The IRB approach has in turn two components:

  1. Foundation Internal Ratings Based (F-IRB) Approach
  2. Advanced Internal Ratings Based (A-IRB) Approach

Now, I’ll let you let that sink in, and we will connect again to discuss more on this.

Stay tuned, learners, we got this! ❤ ❤

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