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Exposures to Public Sector Entities (PSEs)

Effective from Dec 08 2022 - Dec 31 2022
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7.5For the purposes of RWA treatment, domestic PSEs in general include government authorities, administrative and/or statutory bodies responsible to the government, which may be owned, controlled, and/or mostly funded by the government and not involved in any commercial undertakings.
 
7.6Exposures to domestic PSEs will be risk-weighted based on the external rating of the Saudi sovereign external rating 
 
Risk weight table for PSEs 
Based on external rating of sovereignTable 2
External rating of the sovereignAAA to AA–A+ to A–BBB+ to BBB–BB+ to B–Below B–Unrated
Risk weight20%50%100%100%150%100%
 
7.7Foreign PSEs, including PSEs in GCC countries, shall be assigned a risk weight based on the external rating of the PSE respective country’s sovereign rating.