BIS - Capital treatment for bilateral counterparty credit risk finalised by the Basel Committee

Capital treatment for bilateral counterparty credit risk finalised by the Basel Committee

1 June 2011

"... Today the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision announced that it has completed its review of and finalised the Basel III capital treatment for counterparty credit risk in bilateral trades. The review resulted in a minor modification of the credit valuation adjustment, which is the risk of loss caused by changes in the credit spread of a counterparty due to changes in its credit quality (also referred to as the market value of counterparty credit risk).

Under Basel II, the risk of counterparty default and credit migration risk were addressed but mark-to-market losses due to credit valuation adjustments (CVA) were not. During the financial crisis, however, roughly two-thirds of losses attributed to counterparty credit risk were due to CVA losses and only about one-third were due to actual defaults.

The Basel III framework, published in December 2010, sets out capital rules for CVA risk that include standardised and advanced methods. At the time it issued Basel III, the Committee noted that the level and reasonableness of the standardised CVA risk capital charge was subject to a final impact assessment targeted for completion in the first quarter of 2011.The impact study has been completed ..."

Source: http://www.bis.org/press/p110601.htm


Related info

Basel III: A global regulatory framework for more resilient banks and banking systems
December 2010 (rev June 2011)

Source: http://www.bis.org/publ/bcbs189.pdf