OAR 441-720-0120
Risk Weights and Risk Categories


The following risk weights and risk categories are established for purposes of OAR chapter 441, division 720:

(1)

Category One. Zero Percent Risk Weight.

(a)

Coin and currency on hand or physically in transit;

(b)

Balances due from and claims on Federal Reserve Banks;

(c)

Claims on and portions of claims that are unconditionally guaranteed by the United States Government or its agencies;

(d)

Claims Collateralized by cash or eligible deposits;

(e)

CLF subscriptions, including U.S. Central CLF Certificates, and CLF Pass-Through Loans from the CLF through U.S. Central to the corporate central credit union;

(f)

Asset Accounts related to Member Reverse Repurchase Agreements without indemnity obligation;

(g)

Claims on or unconditionally guaranteed by sovereign central governments of “AAA” rated countries; and

(h)

Accrued interest receivable on any of the above.

(2)

Category Two. Twenty Percent Risk Weight:

(a)

Items, other than coin and currency, in process of collection;

(b)

Claims on or portions of claims guaranteed by United States Government-sponsored corporations and enterprises;

(c)

Claims conditionally guaranteed by the United States Government or its agencies or by United States Government-sponsored corporations and enterprises;

(d)

Claims or portions of claims (including Repurchase Agreements) collateralized by securities issued by the United States Government or its agencies or by United States Government-sponsored corporations and enterprises;

(e)

General obligation claims on state and local governments located in the United States;

(f)

Claims on United States depository institutions (including Federal Funds sold) or claims on depository institutions (including Federal Funds sold) chartered in countries rated AAA, other than the United States, provided the depository institution meets at least one of the following conditions:

(A)

The institution has a short-term debt rating not lower than A-2 (or equivalent) by any firm recognized by the SEC as qualified to assign risk ratings to various instruments required to be registered with the SEC;

(B)

The institution has a long-term debt rating not lower than A- (or equivalent) by any firm recognized by the SEC as qualified to assign risk ratings to various instruments required to be registered with the SEC; or

(C)

The institution has an issuer rating not lower than B/C (or equivalent) by any firm recognized by the SEC as qualified to assign risk ratings to various instruments required to be registered with the SEC.

(g)

Claims on a corporate central credit union;

(h)

Asset accounts related to Member Reverse Repurchase Agreements with indemnity obligations;

(i)

Delivery Versus Payment (DVP) Repurchase Transactions in which the corporate central credit union receives the securities collateralizing the transactions, and the corporate central credit union is authorized to invest in these securities;

(j)

Tri-party repurchase transactions with broker-dealers having at least $100 million in capital which are collateralized by securities that the corporate central credit union is authorized to invest in;

(k)

Asset-backed securities rated no lower than AAA with remaining weighted average lives of three years or less;

(l)

All federally issued CMOs/REMICs and privately issued CMOs/REMICs as defined in Section 3(a)(41) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, excluding CMOs/REMICs collateralized by whole loan mortgages, that comply with the following limitations:

(A)

An investment in a fixed-rate CMO/REMIC must have an expected average life not to exceed five years given an immediate and sustained increase of 300 basis points in mortgage loan commitment rates. This average life standard shall apply at the time of purchase and on any subsequent review date assuming market interest rates and prepayment speeds at the time that the test is applied. The corporate central credit union shall use the average of the prepayment estimates of several major securities broker-dealers as the prepayment assumption for the underlying mortgages. In computing the expected average life of a CMO/REMIC investment, it must be assumed that the anticipated rate of prepayment remains constant over the remaining life of the mortgage collateral. This limitation does not apply if principal payments of the investment are specifically matched to principal payments of the corresponding liability;

(B)

If the CMO/REMIC has a variable interest rate with a cap, then the lesser of the highest interest rate cap or the final interest rate cap during the average life at the time of purchase must be at least 200 basis points above the rate of the corresponding liability that it is matched against. This limitation does not apply if principal payments of the investment are specifically matched to principal payments of the corresponding liability;

(C)

Any CMO/REMIC security downgraded below AA-(or equivalent) by the same SEC-recognized rating agency used when the investment was purchased, if material in amount, shall be divested;

(D)

Privately issued CMO/REMIC securities shall not exceed five percent of the corporate central credit union’s net assets for any single issuer.

(m)

Secured loans to credit unions; and

(n)

Accrued interest receivable on any of the above.

(3)

Category Three. 50 Percent Risk Weight;

(a)

Asset-backed securities rated no lower than AAA with remaining weighted average lives greater than three years;

(b)

All CMOs/REMICs collateralized by whole loan mortgages that otherwise meet the requirements of paragraphs (2)(l)(A) through (D) of this rule;

(c)

Accrued interest receivable on any of the above.

(4)

Category Four. 100 percent Risk Weight which is hereby assigned to all other assets including, but not limited to:

(a)

Loans to and investments in Credit Union Service Organizations;

(b)

Unsecured loans to credit unions;

(c)

All fixed assets, including land, buildings, furniture, fixtures, equipment, automobiles, and leasehold improvements;

(d)

All Hold-in-Custody Repurchase Agreements;

(e)

MCSD deposits in a corporate central credit union;

(f)

Stripped Mortgage-Backed Securities;

(g)

Residual Interests of CMOs/REMICs;

(h)

Zero Coupon Securities with a maturity date more than five years from the purchase settlement date of the security;

(i)

Claims, including commercial paper and corporate bonds, on United States chartered corporations and bank holding companies;

(j)

Mutual Funds that do not qualify for a lower risk weighting;

(k)

Prepaid Assets;

(l)

Accounts Receivable and other receivables;

(m)

NCUSIF Deposits;

(n)

Mortgage servicing rights;

(o)

Intangible assets; and

(p)

Accrued interest receivable on any of the above.

Source: Rule 441-720-0120 — Risk Weights and Risk Categories, https://secure.­sos.­state.­or.­us/oard/view.­action?ruleNumber=441-720-0120.

441‑720‑0100
Scope and Application
441‑720‑0110
Definitions
441‑720‑0120
Risk Weights and Risk Categories
441‑720‑0130
Minimum Capital Ratio
441‑720‑0140
Procedures, Risk-Weight Ratios and Computations
441‑720‑0150
Required Reserve Transfers
441‑720‑0160
Fidelity Bond Coverage for Corporate Credit Union
441‑720‑0200
Purpose, Authority for Federal Tie-In Rules
441‑720‑0210
Adoption of Federal Regulations Concerning Purchase, Sale and Pledge of Eligible Obligations
441‑720‑0215
Procedures Required Prior to Exercise of Certain Investment Powers
441‑720‑0220
Investments in Investment and Borrowing Repurchase Agreements, Bankers Acceptances, Participation in Federal Funds Authorized
441‑720‑0225
Adoption of Federal Statutes, Rulings, Policy Regarding Mortgage Assumptions
441‑720‑0230
Adoption of Federal Statutes and Regulations Concerning Loan Participations
441‑720‑0300
Definitions
441‑720‑0305
Member Business Loan
441‑720‑0310
Implementation of Member Business Loan Program
441‑720‑0315
Member Business Loan Policies and Procedures
441‑720‑0320
Collateral and Security Requirements
441‑720‑0325
Recordkeeping Requirements
441‑720‑0330
Aggregate Loans to a Member or Associated Members
441‑720‑0335
Calculation of the Aggregate 15% Limit
441‑720‑0340
Aggregate Member Business Loan Limit for a Credit Union
441‑720‑0345
Exceptions to the Aggregate Member Business Loan Limit for a Credit Union
441‑720‑0350
Exception Procedure
441‑720‑0355
Construction and Development Lending
441‑720‑0360
Classification of Member Business Loans to Reserve for Potential Losses
441‑720‑0365
Minimum Reserves for Potential Loan Losses
441‑720‑0370
Prohibited Member Business Loans
441‑720‑0375
Available Waivers for Specific Loan Types
441‑720‑0380
Waiver Procedure
Last Updated

Jun. 8, 2021

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