Fifth Bank has the following balance sheet with values stated in millions of dollars.All assets are associated with corporate customers (not governments or sovereigns) .Refer to Table 20-8 for associated risk weights. In addition, Fifth Bank has off-balance sheet items as follows: (Refer to Tables 20-10 and 20-11) $50 million in commercial letters of credit (LCs) ,
$300 million in 3-year interest rate swaps that are in-the-money by $2 million
$50 million in 4-year forward FX contracts that are out-of-the money by $2 million
Is Fifth Bank currently over or under capitalized for on-balance-sheet assets in order to be considered well capitalized according to Basel III?
A) Overcapitalized for both Tier I and Total capital standards.
B) Overcapitalized for Tier I standard; Undercapitalized for Total standard.
C) Undercapitalized for Tier I standard; Overcapitalized for Total standard.
D) Undercapitalized for both Tier I and Total capital standards.
E) Unable to determine.
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