TCH Provides Recommendations to Basel Committee on its Proposed Revisions to the Standardized Approach for Credit Risk and Capital Floors
In a comment letter filed with the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision in response to its “Revisions to the Standardized Approach for Credit Risk and Capital Floors: The Design of a Framework Based on Standardized Approaches” The Clearing House identifies areas where the Proposals should be modified to better achieve the Committee’s stated objectives of making the Standardized Approach more risk-sensitive, reducing reliance on external credit ratings and strengthening the comparability of risk-weighted asset calculations across jurisdictions.