QIS 3: Third Quantitative Impact Study

Questionnaire and instructions

The material distributed for QIS 3 consisted of three parts. There was a questionnaire in the form of an electronic workbook. There also was a set of corresponding instructions that specified how to complete the questionnaire in order to ensure that banks do so in a consistent manner. Additionally, the Basel Committee released the QIS 3 technical guidance that set out the proposed minimum capital requirements at that time in detail. It comprised all aspects of the pillar one proposals.

In conjunction with the main QIS 3 package, banks had to review the Areas of National Discretion Checklist (PDF, 12 pages, 55 kb) that contains a list of items where national discretion is permissible. National supervisors provided participants of the QIS 3 exercise with a completed checklist setting out their decisions (for QIS 3 purposes). This checklist provided guidance on which options banks should use when completing the QIS 3 questionnaire. The entire version of the QIS 3 package was also available from national supervisors.

In addition to the comprehensive QIS 3 package described above, there was a streamlined version of the QIS 3 package that was provided to banks only completing the standardised approach for credit risk and the basic indicator or standardised approach (i.e. not the advanced measurement approach) for operational risk. In addition, this streamlined package did not include worksheets, instructions or technical guidance relating to securitisation. However, any banks with material involvement in securitisation were required to use the comprehensive package. Banks had to contact their national supervisor to obtain the streamlined version of the QIS 3 package.

Results

The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision released the results of the QIS 3 on 5 May 2003. More than 350 banks in 43 countries participated in the exercise. Following up on public interest in the QIS 3 results, the Basel Committee published a further supplementary document on 27 May 2003 which provides more detail on some areas of the results.

Comments on QIS3 Technical Guidance and Second Working Paper on Securitisation

(March 2003)

 Associazione Bancaria ItalianaScanned PDF (5 pages, 248 kb)
 Bank + VersicherungPDF (14 pages, 172 kb)
 Belgian Bankers' AssociationPDF (7 pages, 52 kb)
 BNP ParibasScanned PDF (5 pages, 335 kb)
 Bundesverband deutscher BankenScanned PDF (6 pages, 288 kb)
 European Bank for Reconstruction and DevelopmentScanned PDF (5 pages, 141 kb)
 European Securitisation ForumPDF (77 pages, 739 kb)
 Federation Bancaire de l'Union EuropeennePDF (11 pages, 188 kb)
 Fitch Risk ManagementPDF (19 pages, 342 kb)
 International Chamber of CommercePDF(PDF: 2 pages, 122 kb)
 International Swaps and Derivatives AssociationPDF (33 pages, 341 kb)
 Japanese Bankers AssociationScanned PDF (4 pages, 222 kb)
 Jonathan WardPDF (89 pages, 592 kb)
 LeaseuropePDF (17 pages, 534 kb)
 Mizuho Securities Co LtdPDF (3 pages, 36 kb)
 Norinchukin BankScanned PDF (4 pages, 161 kb)
 Overseas Private Investment CorpPDF (3 pages, 124 kb)
 Rating and Investment Info IncScanned PDF (2 pages, 118 kb)
 Real Estate RoundtablePDF (3 pages, 681 kb)
 Stephany Griffith-Jones, Stephen Spratt and Miguel Segoviano  Scanned PDF (6 pages, 361 kb)
 UBSPDF (19 pages, 289 kb)
 PDF (3 pages, 55 kb)