5.7 Reasonable Results
| No: 581 | Date(g): 22/9/2008 | Date(h): 23/9/1429 | Status: Modified |
Effective from Jan 31 2009 - Jan 30 2009
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The ICAAP should produce a reasonable outcome vis-à-vis capital requirements. The process involves weighing together the importance of the risks which a bank encounters, the extent to which it exposes itself to these risks, and how it organizes itself and works in order to address them. This "bottom line" can crystallize into a minimum amount of capital after discussion with SAMA, as well as additional control systems necessary to cover the risks the bank is exposed to.
While capital requirements constitute a minimum requirement, banks in their interest operate above this minimum level as a consequence of their strategic objectives. The reason for this includes higher rating and thereby lower funding costs. It also provides a freedom of action in connection with corporate acquisitions, as well as in the event of losses which may arise due to a rapid and serious downturn in the economy. Consequently, banks, as well as SAMA, expect that bank capital stays above the minimum level.
Generally, if a bank's internal capital adequacy assessment process result in an assessed level of required capital which is the same, or below, the minimum as determined under the Pillar 1, this is an indication that the internal capital adequacy assessment process has not functioned in a satisfactory manner.