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  3. 2021_5735 Treatment of expected credit losses (ECL) of financial instruments accounted for under fair value through other comprehensive income (FVOCI)
Question ID
2021_5735
Legal act
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR)
Topic
Credit risk
Article
111
Paragraph
1
COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs/Recommendations
Regulation (EU) No 183/2014 - RTS for the calculation of specific and general credit risk adjustments
Article/Paragraph
3
Type of submitter
Credit institution
Subject matter
Treatment of expected credit losses (ECL) of financial instruments accounted for under fair value through other comprehensive income (FVOCI)
Question
For debt instruments that are measured at FVOCI under IFRS 9: 1. Do ECL impairments qualify as specific credit risk adjustments? 2. Is the original exposure pre-conversion for the FVOCI debt instrument equal to the carrying value?
Background on the question
For debt instruments that are measured at FVOCI under IFRS 9, the ECL impairments do not reduce the carrying amount in the balance sheet, which remains at fair value. Instead, an impairment loss in profit or loss is recognised against OCI as accumulated impairment amount, with no impact on the total equity (as the impairment loss is recognized in profit or loss and OCI increases for the same amount) and, consequently, no impact on the CET1 capital. Therefore it is unclear whether these ECL impairments qualify as specific credit risk adjustments, and how the original exposure pre-conversion for the FVOCI debt instrument is to be calculated. For example: N: debt instrument is purchased at 100 and measured at FVOCI N+1: fair value decreases to 95 N+2: fair value remains 95 and ECL impairment of 3 is recognized Accounting entries N: Dt FVOCI debt instrument (asset) 100 Ct Cash -100 Accounting entries N+1: Dt OCI (equity) 5 Ct FVOCI debt instrument (asset) -5 Accounting entries N+2: Dt ECL impairment loss (profit or loss) 3 Ct OCI (equity) -3 => At N+2, the carrying amount of the asset is 95, the recorded ECL impairment decreases profit or loss with 3, and OCI had been increased with 3, hence there is no impact on CET-1 capital. The following options are possible: 1. original exposure pre-conversion factors = 95 (=carrying amount) specific credit risk adjustment = 0 => exposure net of value adjustments = 95 2. original exposure pre-conversion factors = 95 (=carrying amount) specific credit risk adjustment = -3 => exposure net of value adjustments = 92 3. original exposure pre-conversion factors = 98 (=carrying amount + ECL impairment) specific credit risk adjustment = -3 => exposure net of value adjustments = 95
Submission date
11/02/2021
Rejected publishing date
23/02/2023
Rationale for rejection

This question has been rejected because the issue it raises is beyond the remit of the Q&A process and as such it cannot be addressed via a Q&A. 

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Status
Rejected question

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