In Murabaha and MPO, the capital requirement for credit risk refers to the risk of a counterparty not paying the purchase price of an asset to the Islamic bank licensee. In the case of market (price) risk, the capital requirement is applicable with respect to: (a) assets in the Islamic bank licensee's possession which are available for sale either on the basis of Murabaha or MPO; and (b) assets which are in its possession due to the customer's non-performance of a promise to purchase (PP) in either non-binding or binding MPO.
January 2015