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The National Bank of Rwanda mandates a comprehensive stress testing framework for commercial banks, requiring them to assess credit, market, liquidity, concentration, and operational risks against defined minor, moderate, and major shock scenarios. Institutions must evaluate key performance metrics including expected credit losses, non-performing loans, liquidity coverage ratios, and counterparty defaults to determine capital adequacy under adverse economic conditions. The guidelines standardize risk assessment methodologies and provide concrete examples to ensure consistent, forward-looking vulnerability identification across the banking sector.
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AMA Advanced Measurement and Approach
BoD Board of Directors
CCF Credit Conversion factor
EAD Exposure at Default
EL Expected Loss
FSIs Financial Soundness Indicators
GDP Gross Domestic Product
GDP Gross Domestic product
HHI Herfindahl-Hirschman Index
ICAAP Internal Capital Adequacy Assessment Process ILAAP Internal Liquidity Adequacy Assessment Process LGD Loss Given default MST Macro Stress Testing NBR National Bank of Rwanda P&L Profit and Loss PD RBC Probability of default Risk Board Committee RMC Risk Management Committee RST Reverse Stress Test RWA Risk Weighted asset STF Stress Testing Framework
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EXAMPLES OF FACTORS AND SCENARIOS FOR STRESS-TESTING (1) Credit risk a) Increase in ECL when there is a stress on PD, LGD and EAD Magnitude of Shock % (Minor) % (Moderate) % (Major) Expected Credit Loss Migration from low EL to higher EL bands b) increase in NPLs
2) Market risk
a) Change (decrease or increase) in interest rate,
3) Liquidity risk
Magnitude of Shock % (Minor) % (Moderate) % (Major) Total Loan portfolio Total Performing Loan book Total Non-Performing Loan Book (NPLs) NPLs to Total outstanding loans (%) Increase in RWA amounts due to migration of exposures in PL to NPLs Total restructured loans Total upgraded loan portfolio Migration from PL to NPL Net migration ratio (%) Exchange Rate Risk –Adverse Movement in Exchange Rate: Magnitude of Shock % (Minor) % (Moderate) % (Major) Net Exposure in FX Loss on Exchange Rate movement Magnitude of Shock % (Minor) % (Moderate) % (Major) Withdrawal of Top 10/20 largest single customers
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4) Concentration risk
a) Assets concentration
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Source: National Bank of Rwanda — original document · Summary generated with machine assistance and reviewed before publication; the authoritative text is the regulator's original document. How RegAlert works
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