Classification of مخاطر خارج الميزانية
مخاطر خارج الميزانية - loan commitments, guarantees, letters of credit, stand-by letters of credit, etc also involve credit risk arising from the possibility that the creditworthiness of the borrowers could deteriorate after the original commitment is made. Thus, مخاطر خارج الميزانية shall also be treated the same way as loans for risk classification. When apparent signs of weaknesses that jeopardize repayment are visible, such exposures shall be classified accordingly. The exposures shall be separated into two components – the direct amount (the amount that has already been advanced) and the indirect amount (the am ount that might be advanced in the future).
In the case of derivatives, like swaps, options, futures, forward contracts, etc where the credit risk is limited to the replacement cost, the maximum loss is only the cost of replacing the contracts. In such cases, banks can classify the credit equivalent of مخاطر خارج الميزانية by using the credit conversion factors used for computing the BIS capital ratio.