
Explanation:
The Basel II capital requirement for banks under the IRB approach is given by:
where WCDR is defined as the worst-case default rate, and it is 99.9 percentile of the default rate distribution defined as in the Vasicek model.
Therefore, we need to calculate WCDR, which is the 99.9 percentile of the default rate based on the Vasicek model.
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Q.40 Aiden Bank has a $500 million loan portfolio with a PD of 0.5%, and the recovery rate in the event of default is 40%. Assuming the Vasicek Model, what is the required regulatory capital if the correlation parameter is 0.75? Please click here if you want to use the standard normal table
A
$36 million.
B
$90 million.
C
$45 million.
D
$175.2 million.