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Annex IIIb-A: Illustrations on Reporting of Recognized Credit Risk Mitigation

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority issued Annex IIIb-A to provide detailed illustrations for reporting recognized credit risk mitigation under the Banking (Capital) Rules. The document demonstrates risk-weighted amount calculations for on-balance sheet loans, off-balance sheet commitments, and collateralized derivatives using both the Simple and Comprehensive Approaches. It specifies the application of risk weights, supervisory haircuts, and conversion factors to determine the final capital requirements for various secured exposure scenarios.

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1 Annex IIIb-A Illustrations on Reporting of Recognized Credit Risk Mitigation All monetary figures in HK$ million unless otherwise stated. Case 1: On-balance sheet exposure – collateralized loan  Exposure: A 5-year term loan of $1,000 to an unrated corporate incorporated in Hong Kong.  Collateral: Debt securities that are− — issued by a bank; — denominated in Euro; — rated AA by the Standard & Poor’s; and — maturing in 7 years.  The collateral is subject to daily revaluation and presently has a market value of $1,050. Simple Approach

  1. Calculation of Risk-weighted Amount  Exposure: Applicable risk-weight (RW) is 100% (see §61(4) of the BCR).  Collateral: An AA-rating is mapped to a RW of 20% (see §59 (Table 3) of, and Table B in Schedule 6 to, the BCR).  Credit protection covered portion: $1,000  Credit protection uncovered portion: $0  RWA of the loan calculated by substituting the RW of the corporate with the RW of the collateral: $1,000 × 20% = $200

2 2. Reporting Arrangement Division A Comprehensive Approach

  1. Calculation of Risk-weighted Amount  Standard supervisory haircut applicable to the collateral: 8% (see item 2 in Part 1 of the Table in Schedule 7 to the BCR).  Standard supervisory haircut for currency mismatch: 8% (see item 2 in Part 3 of the Table in Schedule 7).  As the above standard supervisory haircuts only assume a 10-day holding period, they have to be scaled up to haircuts for 20-day holding period (which is the minimum holding period assumed for secured lending transactions) using Formula 5A in §91(3) of the BCR and Formula 33 in §3 of Schedule 7: H = H10 x 10 NR  (TM 1) = 8% x 10 1 (20 1) = 11%  The exposure after CRM (E*) is calculated by using Formula 2 in §87 of the BCR: E* = max {0, [E × (1 + He) - C × (1 - Hc - Hfx)]} = max {0, [1,000 × (1 + 0%1 ) - 1,050 × (1 - 11% - 11%)]}

1 As the lending involves only cash, no haircut is required for the loan exposure (i.e. He = 0).

3 = max (0, 181) = 181  RWA of the loan = E* × risk-weight of the unrated corporate = 181 × 100% = 181 2. Reporting Arrangement Division A

4 Case 2: Off-balance sheet exposure - collateralized loan commitment Now assuming that the corporate borrower in Case 1 has not yet drawn down the loan facility and the facility has an original maturity of 2 years (i.e. the borrower has to draw down the loan within 2 years). It is also assumed that the loan facility cannot be cancelled by the AI unconditionally. Simple approach

  1. Calculation of Risk-weighted Amount  CCF applicable to a commitment with an original maturity over 1 year: 50% (see item 9(b) of Table 10 in §71(1) of the BCR).  CEA of the commitment = $1,000 × 50% = $500  RWA of the commitment (with the RW of the corporate replaced by the RW of the collateral): $500 × 20% = $100
  2. Reporting Arrangement Division A

5 Division B - I Comprehensive Approach

  1. Calculation of Risk-weighted Amount  The standard supervisory haircuts for both the collateral and the currency mismatch are scaled up from 8% to 11% (as shown in Case 1 above).  The CEA after CRM (E*) is calculated by using Formula 3 in §88 of the BCR: E* = max {0, [E × (1 + He) - C × (1 - Hc - Hfx)]} × CCF = max {0, [1,000 × (1 + 0%) - 1,050 × (1 - 11% - 11%)]} × 50% = 90.5  RWA of the loan commitment = E* × risk-weight of the unrated corporate = 90.5 × 100% = 90.5

6 2. Reporting Arrangement Division A Division B – I

7 Case 3: Collateralized derivative contract covered by recognized guarantee  Interest rate contract with a notional of $1,000 with a four-year residual maturity.  Not subject to margin agreement and netting agreement.  The counterparty is an unrated corporate.  The contract is covered by a guarantee of $8 provided by a bank with an “A1” Moody’s rating.  It is assumed that the replacement cost and potential future exposure of the contract calculated under the SA-CCR approach are $1 and $18 respectively.

  1. Calculation of Risk-weighted Amount Default risk exposure in respect of the interest rate contract is calculated as follows: 𝐷𝑒𝑓𝑎𝑢𝑙𝑡 𝑅𝑖𝑠𝑘 𝐸𝑥𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑒 = 𝑎𝑙𝑝ℎ𝑎 ∗ (𝑅𝐶 + 𝑃𝐹𝐸) = 1.4 ∗ (1 + 18) = 26.6  RW applicable to the bank guarantee: 50%.  RWA of credit protection covered portion = $8 × 50% = $4  RWA of credit protection uncovered portion = ($26.6 - $8) × 100% = $18.6  Total RWA = $4 + $18.6 = $ 22.6

8 2. Reporting Arrangement Division A Division B - II