The Banking Supervision Handbook – banking supervision policy documents and regulations
This page contains the handbook documents and Orders in Council setting out the details of the policy framework and rules that apply to registered banks. The information is updated from time to time.
Recent changes to the Banking Supervision Handbook
May 2013 – in order to implement stage one of the review of bank capital adequacy requirements for residential mortgage loans, the Reserve Bank has released revised documents as set out below:
- Capital adequacy framework (internal models based approach) (BS2B) (PDF 1MB); and
- Connected exposures policy (BS8) (PDF 59KB).
March 2013 – updated Reserve Bank working copies of the Orders in Council that set out the disclosure requirements for registered banks, to incorporate changes in capital adequacy disclosure arising from Basel III. (See Local OIC (PDF 763KB) and Branch OIC (PDF 361KB) ) Handbook document BS7 (PDF 48KB) has been updated at the same time.
March 2013 – in order to implement the final Basel III capital adequacy requirements and to clarify a few issues the Reserve Bank has released revised documents as set out below:
- Revised documents:
- Statement of principles – bank registration and supervision (BS1);
- Capital adequacy framework (standardised approach) (BS2A);
- Capital adequacy framework (internal models based approach) (BS2B);
- Connected exposures policy (BS8); and
- Archived copies of the previous versions of BS1, BS2A and BS2B are available at the bottom of this page.
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Information on the handbook
Registered banks and their advisers are encouraged to make the handbook the first point of reference on specific matters relating to banking supervision. Where a matter is not addressed in the handbook, the matter should be raised with the Reserve Bank. In general, the appropriate contact person at the Reserve Bank will be the analyst responsible for the registered bank concerned.
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Archived Banking Supervision Handbook documents
|
Document |
Document Reference |
Date of Issue |
|
Capital adequacy framework (standardised approach) (PDF 1.1MB) |
BS2A |
October 2010 |
|
Capital adequacy framework (internal models based approach) (PDF 2.3MB) |
BS2B |
August 2012 |
|
Connected Exposures Policy (PDF 46KB) |
March 2013 |
