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Solution Framework For Credit Risk Under Basel II

- by Prashant Jadhav *

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Part - IV

Comparison of Credit Risk Approaches

The BASEL II Accord offers three distinct approaches for arriving at the capital requirements arising out of Credit Risk. Some of the key comparative features of these approaches are mentioned below:

Criteria Standardized Foundation IRB Advanced IRB
Risk Weight Calibrated on the basis of external ratings by the BASEL Committee Function provided by the BASEL Committee Function provided by the BASEL Committee
Probability of Default (PD)
Exposure at Default (EAD)
Loss Given Default (LGD)
Implicitly provided by the BASEL committee through the risk weights which are based on External ratings Provided by Bank based on its own internal estimates Provided by Bank based on its own internal estimates
Loss Given Default (LGD) To be computed as per guidelines given by the BASEL Committee To be computed as per guidelines given by the BASEL Committee Provided by bank based on its own internal estimates
  Implicitly provided by the BASEL committee through the risk weights which are based on External ratings To be computed as per guidelines given by the BASEL Committee Provided by bank based on its own internal estimates: extensive process and history data required
Maturity: the remaining economic maturity of the exposure Implicit recognition To be computed as per guidelines given by the BASEL Committee Or At national discretion,provided by bank based on own estimates Provided by bank based on its own internal estimates
Credit Risk Mitigation Techniques (CRMT) Includes financial collateral, credit derivatives,guarantees, netting (on and off balance sheet) and realestate All collaterals from Standardized Approach plus receivables from goods and services and other physical securities if certain criteria are met All types of collaterals are allowed if a bank can prove a CRMT by internal estimation methods

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* Contributed by -
Prashant Jadhav,
2nd Year PGeMBA (Finance),
Mumbai Educational Trust (MET) Schools of Management, Mumbai.