
Explanation:
Under the Basel II.5 market risk framework, the total capital requirement for general market risk is the sum of the capital charges based on the normal VaR and the stressed VaR. The market risk charge utilizes a 99% confidence level over a 10-day holding period.
The capital formula is:
Given the parameters at the 99% confidence level:
Let's calculate the two components:
Total Capital Requirement = $3600 + 9840 = 13,440$ million.
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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