Most US G-Sib assets attract low risk weightings

- By Louie Woodall and Abdool Fawzee Bhollah
- 22 May 2019

The majority of assets held by US global systemically important banks (G-Sibs) have a risk weighting under standardised approach capital rules of less than 100%, Risk Quantum analysis shows.

Of the $10.4 trillion of assets subject to risk-based capital rules reported by the eight G-Sibs at end-March, 53% were assigned risk weights of 50% or lower, 46% a risk weight of 100% and only 1% were given

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