Bank’s business models vary because their portfolio structures and depositors’ appetite and characteristics differ. As such, it is difficult to establish a globally uniform “standardized approach” for interest rate risk, since key elements in interest rate risk measurement greatly differ among countries. Against this backdrop, banks have been managing their interest rate risk under Pillar 2 since the introduction of Basel II, and accordingly established appropriate management frameworks while allocating necessary resources to such management.
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