EBA · 2019_4938 Rejected question

Prudential backstop (Regulation 2019/630) and interaction with RWA calculation

Regulation
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR)
Article
151, para. 1
Topic
Credit risk
Submitted by
Credit institution
Submitted
2019-10-09
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Question

Is the prudential backstop deficit under Article 151(1) taken into consideration for the calculation of risk-weighted assets on exposures treated under the advanced IRB approach?

Background

Regulation 2019/630 introduced under Article 111(1) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) that for standardised approach exposures the prudential backstop shortfall is deducted when calculating exposure value and thus no RWA will be calculated on that part of the exposure deducted from available capital. However Regulation 2019/630 does not address how to treat the prudential backstop deficit when calculating RWA on exposures treated under IRB advanced.   We find unclear what is the impact of prudential backstop (Regulation 2019/630) on RWA under IRB advanced. In our view the exposure value to be used for the RWA calculation has to be net of the prudential backstop shortfall and this reading leads to an improved capital solvency ratio.
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Original source: European Banking Authority, Q&A ID 2019_4938

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