Open AccessCurrent exposure method for CCP’s under Basel III
Author(s) -
Antonie Kotzé,
Paul du Preez
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
risk governance and control: financial markets and institutions
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2077-4303
pISSN - 2077-429X
DOI - 10.22495/rgcv3i1c1art2
Subject(s) - counterparty , basel ii , operational risk , credit risk , clearing , basel iii , actuarial science , credit valuation adjustment , basel i , economics , capital requirement , business , risk management , finance , microeconomics , credit reference , incentive
Exposure-at-default is one of the most interesting and most difficult parameters to estimate in counterparty credit risk. Basel I offered only the non-internal Current Exposure Method for estimating this quantity whilst Basel II further introduced the Standardized Method and an Internal Model Method. Under new Basel III rules a central counterparty is defined as being a financial institution. New principles set out by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision forces Central Counterparties in using the Current Exposure Method when estimating the credit exposures to Clearing Member banks notwithstanding its shortcomings. The Current Exposure Method relies on the Value-at-Risk methodology and its characteristics are discussed in this note. We will particularly investigate exposures to SAFCOM, the South African clearing house and point to a mathematical discrepancy on how netting is effected through the Basel accord.