- Advanced IRB
The term "Advanced IRB" or "A-IRB" is an abbreviation of "advanced internal rating-based approach" and it refers to a set of credit risk measurement techniques proposed under
Basel II capital adequacy rules for banking institutions.Under this approach the banks are allowed to develop their own empirical model to quantify required capital for credit risk. Banks can use this approach only subject to approval from their local regulators. For more background on the types of models banks have applied, see the
Jarrow-Turnbull model .Under A-IRB banks are supposed to use their own quantitative models to estimate PD (probability of default),
EAD (Exposure at Default) ,LGD (Loss Given Default) and other parameters required for calculating theRWA (Risk Weighted Asset) . Then totalrequired capital is calculated as a fixed percentage of the estimated RWA.ome formulae in internal-ratings-based approach
Some credit assessments in standardised approach refer to unrated assessment. Basel II also encourages banks to initiate internal-ratings based approach for measuring credit risks. Banks are expected to be more capable of adopting more sophisticated techniques in credit risk management.
Banks can determine their own estimation for some components of risk measure: the probability of default (PD), loss given default (LGD), exposure at default (EAD) and effective maturity (M). For public companies, default probabilities are commonly estimated using either the structural model of credit risk proposed by Robert Merton (1974) or reduced form models like the
Jarrow-Turnbull model . For retail and unlisted company exposures, default probabilities are estimated using credit scoring or logistic regression, both of which are closely linked to the reduced form approach. The goal is to define risk weights by determining the cut-off points between and within areas of the expected loss (EL) and the unexpected loss (UL), where the regulatory capital should be held, in the probability of default. Then, the risk weights for individual exposures are calculated based on the function provided by Basel II.Below are the formulae for some banks’ major products: corporate, small-medium enterprise (SME), residential mortgage and qualifying revolving retail exposure. (S being Min(Max(Sales Turnover),5),50 )
Notes:
*10 Function is taken from paragraph 272
*11 Function is taken from paragraph 273
*12 Function is taken from paragraph 328
*13 Function is taken from paragraph 229In [http://www.bis.org/publ/bcbs118.htm Basel II: International Convergence of Capital Measurement and Capital Standards: a Revised Framework (BCBS) (November 2005 Revision)]
*PD = the probability of default
*LGD = loss given default
*EAD = exposure at default
*M = effective maturityThe advantages
*Basel-II benefits customers with lower probability of default.
*Basel-II benefits banks to hold lower capital requirement as having corporate customers with lower probability of default (Graph 1).
*Basel-II benefits SME customers to be treated differently from corporates.
*Basel-II benefits banks to hold lower capital requirement as having credit card product customers with lower probability of default (Graph 2).External links
*http://www.bis.org/publ/bcbsca.htm Basel II: Revised international capital framework (BCBS)
*http://www.bis.org/publ/bcbs107.htm Basel II: International Convergence of Capital Measurement and Capital Standards: a Revised Framework (BCBS)
*http://www.bis.org/publ/bcbs118.htm Basel II: International Convergence of Capital Measurement and Capital Standards: a Revised Framework (BCBS) (November 2005 Revision)
*http://www.bis.org/publ/bcbs128.pdf Basel II: International Convergence of Capital Measurement and Capital Standards: a Revised Framework, Comprehensive Version (BCBS) (June 2006 Revision)References
* cite book | author = Duffie, Darrell and Kenneth J. Singleton | title = Credit Risk: Pricing, Measurement, and Management | year = 2003 |publisher = Princeton University Press
* cite book | author = Lando, David | title = Credit Risk Modeling: Theory and Applications | year = 2004 | publisher = Princeton University Press | id =ISBN13 978-0691089294
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