RBI releases draft guidelines for counterpart credit risk assessment
Q. RBI has released draft guidelines for exposure computation for CCR. What does CCR stand for?- Published on 24 Jun 16a. Counterparty credit risk
b. Country credit risk
c. Crucial credit risk
d. Conservative credit risk
ANSWER: Counterparty credit risk
A Reserve Bank draft was released on June 23 for computation of exposure to counterparty credit risk from derivatiev transactions and capital requirements for bank exposure to central counterparts or CCPs.
- Guidelines are framed on the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision according to the central bank
- Proposed revised guidelines will capture risks arising from OTC and centrally cleared derivative transactions
- Bimonthly policy statement announced by the Governor was first mentioned in the coming out of draft guidelines along with revision of securitisation framework
- The final guidelines will be implemented by the coming April against the BCB decision to have it moving from January 2017