CA-A.2.1A

The most recent changes are detailed in the Table below.

Summary of Changes

Module Ref. Change Date Description of Changes
CA-A.2 10/2007 New Rule CA-A.2.5 introduced, categorising this Module as a Directive.
CA-1 to CA-6 01/2008 Basel II implementation.
CA-1.5 01/2008 Review of PIR by external auditors
CA-4.6 04/2008 Recognition of IIRA as ECAI and mapping of ratings
CA-4.2.15-18 01/2009 New guidance and rules on SMEs
CA-A 01/2011 Various minor amendments to ensure consistency in CBB Rulebook.
CA-A.2.5 01/2011 Clarified legal basis.
CA-5.1 & CA-5.3 01/2012 Changes in respect of July 2009 and February 2011 amendments to Basel II.
CA-4.2.10 and CA-4.2.11A 04/2012 Amendment made for claims on banks dealing with self-liquidating letters of credit.
CA-2.1.4(g) 10/2013 Added Rule to include limited general provision against unidentified future losses as part of Tier 2.
CA-2.1.4(f), CA-2.1.4A to CA-2.1.4C and CA-2.2.1 10/2013 Added Rules to deal with subordinated issued for Tier 2 capital.
CA-5.5.13 10/2013 Clarified Rules on structural positions for foreign exchange risk.
Module CA 1/2015 Extensive changes in respect of IFSB-15 (capital adequacy).
CA-1.3.3 04/2015 Existing exemptions in respect of PIRI review will cease as at 31st December 2014 for all Bahraini Islamic bank licensees.
CA-2.1.2 04/2015 Underlined the term 'financial instrument' so that it is linked to the glossary definition.
CA-2.4.2 04/2015 Clarified that intangible assets other than goodwill and mortgage servicing rights are subject to transitional arrangements and are phased out as regulatory adjustments as outlined in Subparagraph CA-B.2.1(d).
CA-2.4.12 04/2015 Clarified that shares of the bank held as collateral are considered as shares held indirectly and are subject to deduction under regulatory adjustments.
CA-2.4.25 04/2015 Clarified the rule on significant investments in commercial entities by adding cross reference to definition.
CA-2A.3.3 04/2015 Paragraph deleted as not applicable on the implementation of the capital conservation buffer.
CA-B.2.1(d) 07/2015 Amendment made to clarify that during the transition period, the remainder not deducted from capital is subject to the risk weights outlined in the October 2014 version of Chapter CA-3.
CA-2.4.25 and CA-2.4.26 07/2015 Amendment made to reflect the treatment of the risk weighting for exposures below the threshold limits.
CA-6.2.5 07/2015 Corrected the treatment of the depreciation of Ijarah assets in the definition of gross income.
CA-4.2.4, CA-4.2.4A and CA-4.2.4B 04/2016 Updated risk weightings for claims on non-central government public sector entities (PSEs).
CA-9.1.4 04/2016 Corrected cross reference.
CA-2.4.25 10/2016 Updated reference to CM Module.
CA-B.1.5 and CA-B.1.6 07/2017 Deleted the term 'financial entity'.
CA-3.2.18, CA-3.3.9 & CA-3.4.16 07/2017 Amended wording for consistency purposes.
CA-10 08/2018 Added new Section on Leverage Ratio Requirements.
CA-4.2.19B 07/2019 Added a new Paragraph on exposures to Social Housing Schemes
CA-9.1.6 (e) 07/2019 Amended sub-paragraph to allow real estate taken as collateral to be insured under another insurance arrangement.
CA-1.1.6 01/2022 Amended Paragraph.
CA-1.1.6A 01/2022 Added new Paragraph on reverting from standardised approach to basic indicator approach.
CA-4.2.19B 10/2022 Amended Paragraph on the implementation of social housing schemes.
CA-4.7.14A 01/2023 Added a new Paragraph on recognition of credit default guarantees provided by Tamkeen.
CA-10.6 07/2023 Added a new Section on Gearing.