The New Rules of Capital Adequacy Basel III from the Perspective of Leasing Companies in Europe and Czech Republic
Vol.10,No.2(2019)
Some significant changes to the Basel III regulatory framework (called Basel IV) will come into effect during the 2022 to 2027 period. In its first part, this article shows the opinion of the European Federation of Leasing Company Associations Leaseurope on Basel IV. In its second part, this paper evaluates the situation of the largest leasing companies on the Czech market using methods of financial analysis.
The results of several studies published by Leaseurope clearly show that the risk associated with the provision of liabilities through leasing is significantly lower than the risk calculated by the capital adequacy calculation for Basel rules. For this reason, the Leaseurope federation prepared concrete proposals for changes in the rules so that the regulation better corresponds to the actual risks taken.
The second part of the article analyzes the situation of leasing companies in the Czech Republic in terms of capital, capital adequacy and compliance with Basel rules. It shows the state of the capital adequacy of the largest leasing companies operating on the Czech market using simplified indicators of the ratio of Equity / Balance sheet total and Equity / Receivables. As a complementary indicator, the ratio of Share capital / Balance sheet total is also used. Furthermore, a simplified stress test based on 5% and 10% decline in net receivables and coverage of this decline from equity, respectively, was performed.
The results show that leasing companies operating on the Czech market would probably have no problem meeting the considered tightening of capital requirements. Several exceptions are mentioned in the text.
leasing; Basel III; capital; regulatory capital
Annual reports 2017 of selected leasing companies:
ČSOB Leasing (2018). Retrieved from: https://or.justice.cz/ias/ui/vypis-sl-detail?dokument=53251887&subjektId=124976&spis=76009
ESSOX (2018). Retrieved from: https://or.justice.cz/ias/ui/vypis-sl-detail?dokument=53528532&subjektId=709228&spis=424824
Mercedes-Benz Financial Services (2018). Retrieved from: https://or.justice.cz/ias/ui/vypis-sl-detail?dokument=53935046&subjektId=472665&spis=127742
MONETA Auto (2018). Retrieved from: https://or.justice.cz/ias/ui/vypis-sl-detail?dokument=56523407&subjektId=78493&spis=248358
Raiffeisen - Leasing (2018). Retrieved from: https://or.justice.cz/ias/ui/vypis-sl-detail?dokument=53548913&subjektId=671627&spis=118285
s Autoleasing (2018). Retrieved from: https://or.justice.cz/ias/ui/vypis-sl-detail?dokument=53424314&subjektId=76121&spis=80377
SG Equipment Finance Czech Republic (2018). Retrieved from: https://or.justice.cz/ias/ui/vypis-sl-detail?dokument=53379675&subjektId=158110&spis=130897
ŠkoFIN (2018). Retrieved from: https://or.justice.cz/ias/ui/vypis-sl-detail?dokument=53671227&subjektId=710387&spis=101608
UniCredit Leasing CZ (2018). Retrieved from: https://or.justice.cz/ias/ui/vypis-sl-detail?dokument=52783816&subjektId=68377&spis=73360
Annual reports 2017 of selected banks:
Raiffeisenbank (2018). Retrieved from: https://or.justice.cz/ias/ui/vypis-sl-detail?dokument=55049297&subjektId=445917&spis=74749
Unicredit Bank (2018). Retrieved from: https://or.justice.cz/ias/ui/vypis-sl-detail?dokument=55061306&subjektId=47976&spis=76109
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Svítil, M. (2019). Leasing companies in Czech Republic from the perspective of Basel III regulation. In: European Financial systems 2019. Proceedings of the International scientific conference European Financial systems 2019, Brno. ISBN 978-80-210-9337-9 resp. ISBN 978-80-210-9338-6 (online).
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