The net stable funding ratio (NSFR) will become a minimum standard by 1 January 2018. Proposals on the
NSFR were first published in 2009, and the measure was included in the December 2010 Basel III agreement. At that time, the Committee put in place a rigorous process to review the standard and its implications for financial market functioning and the economy.
In January 2014 the Committee issued a revised standard that was recalibrated to focus on the riskier types of funding profile employed by banks while improving alignment with the Liquidity Coverage Ratio (LCR) and reducing cliff effects in the measurement of available and required stable funding.
The final
NSFR retains the structure of the January 2014 consultative proposal. The key changes introduced in the final standard published today cover the required stable funding for:
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short-term exposures to banks and other financial institutions
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derivatives exposures
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assets posted as initial margin for derivative contracts
In addition, the final standard recognises that, under strict conditions, certain asset and liability items are interdependent and can therefore be viewed as neutral in terms of the NSFR.
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