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Banks Act, 1990 (Act No. 94 of 1990)

Regulations

Regulations relating to Banks

Chapter III : Corporate Governance

39. Process of corporate governance

Subregulation (3)

 

(3) The conduct of the business of a bank entails the ongoing management of risks, which may arise from the bank's on-balance sheet or off-balance sheet activities and which may include, among others, the following types of risk:
(a) capital risk;
(b) compliance risk;
(c) concentration risk;
(d) counterparty risk;
(e) country risk and transfer risk;
(f) credit risk, and in particular risks arising from impaired or problem assets and the bank's related impairments, provisions or reserves;
(g) currency risk;
(h) detection and prevention of criminal activities;
(i) equity risk arising from positions held in the bank's banking book;
(j) interest-rate risk in the banking book;
(k) liquidity risk;
(I) market risk (position risk) in respect of positions held in the bank's trading book;
(m) operational risk;
(n) reputational risk;
(o) risk arising from exposure to a related person;
(p) risk arising from the outsourcing of material tasks or functions;
(q) risk arising from all relevant payment and settlement services, processes or systems;
(r) risk relating to procyclicality;
(s) risks arising from or related to inappropriate compensation practices for directors and executive officers;
(t) risks related to securitisation or resecuritisation structures;
(u) risks related to stress testing;
(v) risks related to the inappropriate valuation of instruments, assets or liabilities;
(w) solvency risk;
(x) strategic risk;
(y) technological risk;
(z) translation risk;
(aa) any other risk regarded as material by the bank.

 

[Regulation 39(3)(j) substituted by section 10(a) of Notice No. 1427, GG44048, dated 31 December 2020 - effective 1 January 2021]