
G-Sibs eye simpler market risk calculations in Hong Kong
HKMA may need to ease rules on NMRFs to incentivise use of internal models

Global banks in Hong Kong are treading a fine line in seeking a simplified standardised approach to calculating market risk capital for their trading books – and avoiding the use of internal models because of limited potential cost savings for local subsidiaries.
But the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) may not be aligned with their thinking – and Hong Kong’s small group of global systemically important banks (G-Sibs) might need to reconsider.
“Some of the G-Sibs are indicating that they
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