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The relevant domestic Australian regulator has recognised the following relationship between the ratings published by agency Panda & Stoor Corporation's and the equivalent credit rating grades under the Standardised Approach.

CREDIT RATING GRADE P&S Corp RATING
1 AAA to AA-
2 A+ to A-
3 BBB+ to BBB-
4 BB+ to BB-
5 B+ to B-
6 CCC+ to D

The regulator has also published the following mapping of Australian-dollar claims against different counterparties for credit rating grades 1 through 6:

COUNTERPARTY CREDIT RATING GRADE
1 2 3 4 5 6
Reserve Bank of Australia 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
Commonwealth government of Australia 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
State governments & Territories 0% 20% 50% 100% 100% 150%
Commercial banks (<3mth maturity) 20% 20% 20% 50% 50% 150%
Commercial banks (>3mth maturity) 20% 50% 50% 100% 100% 150%
Corporations 20% 50% 100% 100% 150% 150%

FongBank is a small Australian commercial bank that has only the following assets. All financial instruments are claims denominated in Australian dollars.

ASSET VALUE ADDITIONAL NOTES
Notes & Coins $84m All Australian dollars
Gold bullion $745m Held in FongBank's vaults
Commonwealth Government of Australia Treasury Bonds $422m Rated AAA by P&S Corp
Loan to State Government of New South Wales $42m Rated BBB+ by P&S Corp
5-year term loan to Safe Bank of NSW $180m Rated BBB- by P&S Corp
Loan to Dodgy Aeronautical Fusion Corportation $8m Rated BB- by P&S Corp

FongBank has also provided Dodgy A.F. Corp with a performance-related guarantee of $494 million. You know that performance-related guarantees have a credit conversion factor (CCF) of 50%.

Assuming Basel III requirements, calculate the minimum amount of Tier 1 capital (in $millions) that FongBank would need to have out of their total capital requirement.

Select one:

a. I am unable to answer this question and accept 0 marks.

b. $36.78 million

c. $18.72 million

d. $13.07 million

e. $16.47 million

f. $21.20 million

g. $21.96 million

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