Basel III heralds wild CVA capital swings

Revised rules for calculating credit valuation adjustment (CVA) charges will cause one bank’s capital requirement to surge 3,676% above current levels, a report by the Basel Committee shows.

The latest Basel III monitoring report found that large, internationally active banks – known as Group 1 firms – will see their CVA charges increase by an average of 64% compared to the present regime. The capital effects vary wildly bank-to-bank, however. 

At the top of the range, one bank in this group