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Title[ Part 4: The Third Pillar — Market Discipline

Section[ B. Guiding principles



809.     The purpose of Pillar 3 ? market discipline is to complement the minimum capital requirements (Pillar 1) and the supervisory review process (Pillar 2). The Committee aims to encourage market discipline by developing a set of disclosure requirements which will allow market participants to assess key pieces of information on the scope of application, capital, risk  exposures,  risk  assessment  processes,  and  hence  the  capital  adequacy  of  the institution. The Committee believes that such disclosures have particular relevance under the Framework,  where  reliance  on  internal  methodologies  gives  banks  more  discretion  in assessing capital requirements.


810.     In principle, banks’ disclosures should be consistent with how senior management and the board of directors assess and manage the risks of the bank. Under Pillar 1, banks use specified approaches/methodologies for measuring the various risks they face and the resulting capital requirements. The Committee believes that providing disclosures that are based on this common framework is an effective means of informing the market about a bank’s exposure to those risks and provides  a consistent and understandable disclosure framework that enhances comparability.



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