The bank is considering changing its asset mix by moving $100 million of commercial loans into Treasury securities. Assume total assets remain unchanged and the bank has zero off-balance-sheet business.
Under the Basel III standardized credit risk-weighting approach, if the bank does change the asset mix and capital remains the same, its risk-based capital ratio:

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The bank is considering changing its asset mix by moving $100 million of commercial loans into Treasury securities. Assume total assets remain unchanged and the bank has zero off-balance-sheet business.

Under the Basel III standardized credit risk-weighting approach, if the bank does change the asset mix and capital remains the same, its risk-based capital ratio:

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will not change because the total assets have not changed.

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will increase because the asset portfolio will have more credit risk.

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will not change because the credit risk weight of Treasury securities is zero.

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will increase because the asset portfolio will have less credit risk.

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