1. Presented By: Manish Gidwani 10 Kapil Israni 16
BASEL NORMS
Presented By:
Manish Gidwani 10
Kapil Israni 16

2. OVERVIEW Central bank governors of G10 countries
Capital adequacy framework
Risk weighted capital adequacy framework

3. FOUNDATION Established on 17 May 1930
The BIS is the world’s oldest international financial organization
Head office is in Basel, Switzerland and representative offices in Hong Kong SAR and in Mexico City.
The BIS currently employs around 550 staff from 50 countries.

4. LIST OF MEMBER CENTRAL BANKS
Algeria
Iceland
Russia
Argentina
India
Saudi Arabia
Australia
Indonesia,
Singapore
Austria
Ireland
Slovakia
Belgium
Israel
Slovenia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Italy
South Africa
Brazil
Japan
Spain
Bulgaria
Korea
Sweden
Canada
Latvia
Switzerland
Chile
Lithuania
Thailand
China
The Republic of Macedonia
Turkey
Croatia
The United Kingdom
The Czech Republic
Malaysia
The United States
Denmark
Mexico
The European Central Bank
Estonia
the Netherlands
Finland
New Zealand
France
Norway
Germany
the Philippines
Greece
Poland
Hong Kong SAR
Portugal
Hungary
Romania

5. BASEL COMMITTEE ON BANKING SUPERVISION
A set of agreements
Regulations and recommendations on Credit risk , market risk and operational risk
Purpose – to have enough capital on account to meet obligations and absorb unexpected losses

6. Credit risk Market risk Large exposure risk a) Counter party risk
a) Interest risk
b) Equity risk
c) Foreign exchange risk
Large exposure risk
a) Counter party risk

7. BASEL I

8. PURPOSE OF BASEL 1
Strengthen the stability of international banking system.
Set up a fair and a consistent international banking system in order to decrease competitive inequality among international banks

9. STRUCTURE OF BASEL I
Minimum Capital Adequacy ratio was set at 8% and was adjusted by a loan’s credit risk weight.
Credit risk was divided into 5 categories viz. 0%, 10%, 20%, 50% and 100%.
Commercial loans, for example, were assigned to the 100% risk weight category.
To calculate required capital, a bank would multiply the assets in each risk category by the category’s risk weight and then multiply the result by 8%. Thus, a Rs 100 commercial loan would be multiplied by 100% and then by 8%, resulting in a capital requirement of Rs8.

10. BASEL NORMS V/S INDIAN BANKING SYSTEM
Basel Accord I. was established in 1988 and was implemented by 1992 in India.
over 3 years – banks with branches abroad were required to comply fully by end March 1994 and the other banks were required to comply by end March 1996.
RBI norms on capital adequacy at 9% are more stringent than Basel Committee stipulation of 8%.
Commercial Banks , Cooperative Banks and Regional rural banks have different RBI guidelines

11. PITFALLS OF BASEL I Negotiated risk weights
Overemphasis of trading account risk (not included hedging, diversification, differences in risk management techniques)
Static measure of default risk The assumption that a minimum 8% capital ratio is sufficient to protect banks from failure does not take into account the changing nature of default risk.

12. Potential counterparty risk

13. EVOLUTION OF BASEL II

14. OBJECTIVES Ensuring that capital allocation is more risk sensitive;
Separating operational risk from credit risk, and quantifying both;
Attempting to align economic and regulatory capital more closely to reduce the scope for regulatory arbitrage.

15. STRUCTURE OF BASEL II

16. The three pillar approach
Pillar 1 sets out the minimum capital requirements firms will be required to meet to cover credit, market and operational risk.
Pillar 2 sets out a new supervisory review process.  Requires financial institutions to have their own internal processes to assess their overall capital adequacy in relation to their risk profile. 
Pillar 3 cements Pillars 1 and 2 and is designed to improve market discipline by requiring firms to publish certain details of their risks, capital and risk management  as to how senior management and the Board assess and will manage the institution's risks.

17. The First Pillar Minimum Capital Requirement
Capital Adequacy Ratio is defined as the amount of regulatory capital to be maintained by a bank to account for various risks inbuilt in the banking system. The focus of Capital Adequacy Ratio under Basel I norms was on credit risk and was calculated as follows:
Capital Adequacy Ratio = Tier I Capital Tier II Capital
Risk Weighted Assets
Basel Committee has revised the guidelines in the year June 2001 known as Basel II Norms.
Capital Adequacy Ratio in New Accord of Basel II:
Capital Adequacy Ratio = Total Capital (Tier I Capital Tier II Capital)
Market Risk(RWA) + Credit Risk(RWA)
+ Operation Risk(RWA)
*RWA = Risk Weighted Assets

19. The Second Pillar Supervisory Review Process

20. The Third Pillar Market Discipline
Covers transparency and the obligation of banks to disclose meaningful
information to all stakeholders
Clients and shareholders should have sufficient understanding of activities
of banks, and the way they manage their risks

21. EFFECT OF BASEL II ON INDIAN BANKING SYSTEM

23. Q & A

24. Thank You