CA-3.2.1
Risk weights by category of on-balance-sheet asset are illustrated in the table below:
| Risk weights | Category of on-balance-sheet assets/claims |
| 0% | (a) Cash and balances with Central Banks
(b) Holdings of Gold bullion and other
(c) Claims on & guaranteed by:
(i) The Government of Bahrain & Bahrain public sector entities
(ii) Government-owned GCC companies incorporated in Bahrain (d) Claims on & guaranteed by or collateralised by cash or
(e) Claims on the central governments and central banks of Group B countries, where denominated in national currency and funded in that currency. |
| 20% | (a) Claims on and guaranteed by or collateralised by
(b) Claims on and guaranteed by banks and securities firms incorporated in Group A countries
(c) Claims on and guaranteed by banks incorporated in Group B countries with a residual maturity of 1 year or less
(d) Claims on and guaranteed by public sector entities in Group A countries
(e) Claims on and guaranteed by government-owned GCC companies incorporated outside Bahrain; and
(f) Cash items in process of collection |
| 50% | Claims secured by mortgage on residential property |
| 100% | (a) Claims on related parties
(b) Holdings of other (non-subsidiary) banks' and
(c) Claims on and guaranteed by banks incorporated in Group B countries with a residual maturity over one year
(d) Claims on central governments and central banks of Group B countries (not included above)
(e) Claims on and guaranteed by public sector entities of Group B countries
(f) Claims on and guaranteed by government-owned companies in non-GCC countries
(g) Claims on and guaranteed by private sector persons and entities in and outside Bahrain
(h) Premises and equipment, real estate investments and assets not reported elsewhere |