Risk-weighted assets (RWAs)
A primer on generalized weighted risk functionals
The authors put forward a class of generalized weighted risk functionals that incorporates the possibility of arbitrary aggregations, introducing the notion of an aggregation function in the context of the aforementioned weighted risk functionals.
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Full output floor would cut average CET1 ratio by 70bp
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Basel III overhaul doubles Nomura’s credit risk
Surge reflects asset migration and new equity treatment
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SEB’s market risk add-on swells 153% in Q2
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