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HTC Bank has the following balance sheet (in millions of dollars): Assets $ Liquidity level Liabilities and Equity $ Run- off facto r Cash 11

HTC Bank has the following balance sheet (in millions of dollars):

Assets

$

Liquidity level

Liabilities and

Equity

$

Run-

off facto

r

Cash

11

Level 1

Stable retail deposits

63

3%

Deposits at the Fed

15

Level 1

Less stable retail

deposits

15

10%

Treasury securities

113

Level 1

Unsecured wholesale funding from:

GNMA securities

87

Level 2A

Stable small business deposits

74

5%

Loans to AA rated corporations

148

Level 2A

Less stable small

business deposits

55

10%

Loans to BB rated corporations

114

Level 2B

Nonfinancial corporates

227

75%

Premises

20

Equity

74

Total

508

Total

508

Cash inflows over the next 30 days from the HTC Bank's performing assets are $7.25 million. Calculate the Liquidity Coverage Ratio (LCR) for HTC Bank (8 Marks). Does the HTC Bank comply with the liquidity requirement under Basel III based on the LCR (1 Mark)? Please state the reason (1 Mark).

Hint: UnderBASEL III, level 1 assets are not discounted when calculating the LCR, while level 2A and level 2B assets have a 15% and a 50% discount, respectively. For level 2 assets, there is also a 40% cap based on the amount of Level 1 high quality liquid asset.

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