Question
The Balance Sheet of Njenge bank as at 31 December 2017 is as follows: Assets K million Liabilities K million Cash in hand 923 Issued
The Balance Sheet of Njenge bank as at 31 December 2017 is as follows:
Assets
| K million
| Liabilities
| K million
|
Cash in hand
| 923
| Issued & Paid-up Capital
| 200
|
Balances with Central Banks (1)
| 8,986
| Reserves & Surplus (5)
| 54,464
|
Balances with Banks Abroad (2)
| 80,526
| Deposits
| 110,568
|
Investment in Govt Securities (3)
| 35,428
| Borrowings from Banks
| 66,084
|
Loans & Overdrafts (4)
| 104,362
| Other Liabilities
| 532
|
Fixed Assets
| 942
|
|
|
Other Assets
| 681
|
|
|
Total assets
| 231,848
| Total Liabilities
| 231,848
|
Memorandum Item: K million
Inward Bills held for Collection 8,231
(1) Balances with Central Banks comprise:
Rating K million
Banque de France AAA 3,212
Bank of England AAA 4,921
Central Bank of
Madagascar B- 534
Bank of Uganda BB+ 319
(2) Balances with Banks Abroad comprise:
Rating K million
HSBC London AAA 30,241
Credit Lyonnais, Paris A+ 20,212
ABSA, Johannesburg BBB- 3,424
Other Banks Unrated 26,649
(3) Investments in Government Securities comprise:
Rating K million
Government of Kenya Bills BB+ 25,231
Government of India Bonds BBB- 5,683
Other Unrated 4,514
(4) Twenty per cent of the loans and overdrafts are claims collateralized by cash deposits placed with Njenge bank. Other Claims are:
Rating K million
Company X AAA 13,421
Company Y BB- 3,211
Company Z A+ 11,345
Other Corporates Unrated 10,218
Residential Loan 15,000
Regulatory Retail Portfolio 30,294.6
(5) Reserves and Surplus include:
K million
Retained Profits 34,281
Statutory Reserves 200
General Provisions 4,521
Revaluations Reserves 3,210
Undisclosed Reserves 12,252
Additional Notes:
Risk Weights
| AAA to AA-
| A+ to A-
| BBB+ to BBB-
| BB+ to B-
| Below B-
| Unrated
|
Claims on sovereigns and central banks
| 0%
| 20%
| 50%
| 100%
| 150%
| 100%
|
Claims on banks
| 20%
| 50%
| 50%
| 100%
| 150%
| 50%
|
| AAA to AA-
| A+ to A-
| BBB+ to BB-
| Below BB-
| Unrated
|
|
Claims on corporates
| 20%
| 50%
| 100%
| 150%
| 100%
|
|
- Claims included in the regulatory retail portfolios have a risk-weight of 75%.
- Claims secured by residential property have a risk weight of 35%.
- Other assets are risk weighted at 100%.
- Cash in hand and claims collateralized by cash in the same currency have a supervisory risk weight of 0%.
You are required to:
(i) Prepare a statement showing the computation of the capital adequacy ratio of Njenge bank as at 31 December 2017 using the Standardised Approach of Credit Risk of Basel II.
(16 marks)
(ii) Comment on your result. (4 marks)
(iii) Differentiate between Supervisory Review (Pillar 2) and Market Discipline (Pillar 3) of Basel II.
(10 marks)
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