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  3. 2022_6658 Own Funds Requirement (OFR) calculation without permission to use articles 325 and 352(2) CRR permission/exemption.
Question ID
2022_6658
Legal act
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR)
Topic
Market risk
Article
352
Paragraph
2
COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs/Recommendations
EBA/GL/2020/09 - Guidelines on the treatment of structural FX under Article 352(2) of CRR
Article/Paragraph
Annex II – stylised examples of the application of the structural FX provision (Example 10 – step-by-step application of the guidelines)
Type of submitter
Individual
Subject matter
Own Funds Requirement (OFR) calculation without permission to use articles 325 and 352(2) CRR permission/exemption.
Question

How should institutions, without both the permission referred to in article 325 of the CRR and the permission referred to in article 352(2) of CRR, compute, on a consolidated basis, the overall net foreign exchange position (“ONFEP”), according to article 352(1) of the CRR and subsequent amount of own funds’ requirements for market risk?

Background on the question

EBA acknowledges the possibility of different interpretations of the CRR, namely under the Guidelines on the treatment of structural FX (paragraph 56, section 2.Background and rationale), to compute own funds’ requirements.

Example 10 of Annex II to the ‘Guidelines on the treatment of structural FX under 352(2) of the CRR’, shows in a simplified fashion how institutions and competent authorities are to apply the legal text of the guidelines. The example explains how to depart from the individual balance sheets of Parent and Subsidiaries, to obtain a consolidated balance sheet for the purpose of calculating net positions (assuming the permission referred to in article 325 has not been granted).However it does not cover how to calculate the own fund requirements in accordance with article 352(1) CRR.

Following the aforementioned example starting point is the individual balance sheets of both the Parent bank and a subsidiary, the consolidated balance sheet is obtained from combining line by line the individual balance sheets of the Parent bank and the Subsidiary balance sheets, after elimination of the carrying amount of the parent's investment in the subsidiary and the parent's portion of equity of the subsidiary and eliminate in full intragroup assets and liabilities, equity, income, expenses and cash flows relating to transactions between Parent bank and the Subsidiary, as follows:

  • Parent bank at solo level reporting in EUR, composed by:
  • Assets in EUR (BB): 500
  • Assets in USD – Participation (BB): 20
  • Assets in GBP (BB): 30

 

  • Liabilities in EUR (BB): 400
  • Liabilities in USD (BB): 40
  • Liabilities in USD (BB) – T1: 10
  • Liabilities in SEK (BB) – T1: 10
  • Liabilities in DKK (BB): 10

 

  • CET1 in EUR: 80 (not relevant for the purpose of the question)

 

  • The Parent ONFEP is equal to 50 (maximum of Net Long and Net Short Positions), calculated in the following way:
  • Net Long Positions = 30, broken down by:
  • GBP = 30
  • Net Short Positions = 50, broken down by:
  • USD = 20 - 40 - 10 = 30
  • SEK = 10
  • DKK = 10
  • Applying article 351 of the CRR, the own funds requirements at individual level are equal to 50 x 8% = 4

 

  • Subsidiary at solo level reporting in USD:
  • Assets in USD (BB): 300
  • Assets in USD (TB): 100
  • Assets in GBP (BB): 20
  • Assets in DKK (BB): 30

 

  • Liabilities in USD (BB): 200
  • Liabilities in DKK (BB): 10

 

  • CET1 in USD: 240 (not relevant for the purpose of the question)

 

  • The Subsidiary ONFEP is equal to 240 (maximum of Net Long and Net Short Positions), calculated in the following way:
  • Net Long Positions = 240, broken down by:
  • USD = 300 + 100 – 200 = 200
  • GBP = 20
  • DKK = 30 -10 = 20
  • Net Short Positions = 0.
  • Applying article 351 of the CRR, the own funds requirements are equal to 240 x 8% = 19,2.

 

Departing from the individual balance sheets, the Group balance sheet at consolidated level reporting in EUR, includes the following items:

  • Assets in EUR (BB): 500 (from the parent individual balance sheet)
  • Assets in GBP (BB): 30 (from the parent individual balance sheet)
  • Assets in USD (BB): 300 (from the subsidiary individual balance sheet)
  • Assets in USD (TB): 100 (from the subsidiary individual balance sheet)
  • Assets in GBP (BB): 20 (from the subsidiary individual balance sheet)
  • Assets in DKK (BB): 30 (from the subsidiary individual balance sheet)

 

  • Liabilities in EUR (BB): 400 (from the parent individual balance sheet)
  • Liabilities in USD (BB): 40 (from the parent individual balance sheet)
  • Liabilities in USD (BB) – T1: 10 (from the parent individual balance sheet)
  • Liabilities in SEK (BB) – T1: 10 (from the parent individual balance sheet)
  • Liabilities in DKK (BB): 10 (from the parent individual balance sheet)
  • Liabilities in USD (BB): 200 (from the subsidiary individual balance sheet)
  • Liabilities in DKK (BB): 10 (from the subsidiary individual balance sheet)

 

  • CET in EUR: 300 (not relevant for the purpose of the question)
Submission date
13/12/2022
Rejected publishing date
01/03/2023
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. 

The Single Rule Book Q&A tool has been established to provide explanations and non-binding interpretations on questions relating to the practical application or implementation of the provisions of legislative acts referred to in Article 1(2) of the EBA’s founding Regulation, as well as associated delegated and implementing acts, and guidelines and recommendations, adopted under these legislative acts. The Q&A process cannot, for example, consider issues which would require changes to the regulatory framework.

For further information on the purpose of this tool and on how to submit questions, please see “Additional background and guidance for asking questions”.

Status
Rejected question

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