The standardised methodology, described in Chapters CA-9 through CA-13, uses a "building-block" approach in which the specific risk and the general market risk arising from debt and equity positions are calculated separately. The focus of most internal models is a conventional bank licensee's general market risk exposure, typically leaving specific risk (i.e., exposures to specific issuers of debt securities and equities) to be measured largely through separate credit risk measurement systems. Conventional bank licensees applying models are subject to separate capital charges for the specific risk not captured by their models, which must be calculated by the standardised methodology.
January 2015