
Explanation:
Under the Basel II.5/III framework for general market risk, the capital requirement based on internal models is calculated as the sum of the maximum of the latest available 10-day 99% VaR and the multiplier times the 60-day average 10-day 99% VaR, plus the maximum of the latest available 10-day 99% Stressed VaR and the multiplier times the 60-day average 10-day 99% Stressed VaR.
For market risk capital, we must use the 99% confidence level.
From the table at the 99.0% confidence level:
Given the multiplication factor ( and ) is 4:
Capital Requirement =
=
=
= $3,600 + 9,840 = 13,440$ million CAD.
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Q.36 Prime Bank, based in Canada, uses VaR and stressed VaR market risk framework in line with Basel requirements. The bank’s internal models for market risk have been used to analyze current trading positions taken by the bank and have generated several risk measures (in CAD million) as outlined in the table below.
| Confidence level | Latest Available 10-day VaR | Latest Available 10-day Stressed VaR | Average 10-day VaR of Previous 60 Days | Average 10-day Stressed VaR of Previous 60 Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99.9% | 1,250 | 2,849 | 1,170 | 3,050 |
| 99.0% | 970 | 2,200 | 900 | 2,460 |
| 95.0% | 500 | 1,100 | 561 | 1,235 |
The banking regulator in Canada has set the multiplication factors for both the VaR and stressed VaR values to 4. Based on this information, what’s the capital requirement for general market risk for Prime Bank?
A
CAD 9,340 million
B
CAD 23,596 million
C
CAD 13,440 million
D
CAD 3,600 million