Regulators forge compromise on banking book rate risk

Banks can use internal models under Pillar 1, but must also report standardised measures under Pillar 2

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Banks have been eagerly awaiting the Basel Committee's final rules on IRRBB

Banks will be able to use both internal and standardised measures to calculate capital requirements for the interest rate risk on loans and deposits – regardless of whether the capital charge is standardised or left at the discretion of national supervisors.

In its long-awaited consultation paper on interest rate risk in the banking book (IRRBB), published on June 8, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision proposed a standardised capital framework – the so-called Pillar 1 approach – alongside

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