CA-2.1.11

Profit-sharing investment accounts of an Islamic bank licensee are not classified as part of the Islamic bank licensee's capital because they do not meet the above-mentioned criteria of T1 or T2 Capital. Furthermore, all the investment risk reserve (IRR) and a portion of the profit equalisation reserve (PER) belong to the equity of investment account holders, and thus are not part of the capital of the Islamic bank licensee. As the purpose of a PER is to smooth the profit payouts and not to cover losses, any portion of a PER that is part of the Islamic bank licensee's reserves should also not be treated as part of the regulatory capital of the Islamic bank licensee. The impact of PER and IRR has already been incorporated in the alpha component of the denominator of the formula for the calculation of the CAR, as outlined in Paragraph CA-1.1.12.