Details of positions in the banking book that, under the new regime, will need to be captured as trading book positions are shown in figure 1. A revised definition of the trading book is supplemented with a list of financial instruments prescribed. Article 448 exposure to interest rate risk on positions not included in the trading book article 449 exposure to securitisation positions article 449a disclosure of environmental, social and governance risks esg risks. Aggregate amount of trading book securitisation positions held as at 31 december 2015 57 table 35. Aifmd investment in securitisation positions directive 2011 61eu on alternative investment fund managers aifmd must be implemented by eu member states by 22 july 20. Aggregate amount of trading book securitisation positions held as at 31 december 20 55 table 36. Competent authority discretions to override the hierarchy of methods. Citi uk pra regulated legal vehicles pillar 3 disclosures 31. A financial instrument is any contract that gives rise to both a. Securitization is the process through which an issuer creates a financial instrument by combining other financial assets and then marketing different tiers of the repackaged instruments to. Securitisation structured products and securitisation.
If the originator institution of a synthetic securitisation retains a vertical slice of securitised exposures, as well as some of the tranches, should this vertical slice be treated as a securitisation position as defined. Instruments resulting from mark to market activities, listed equities and options are relatively small at 1% or less while average values are much larger. The valueatrisk for assets in the trading book is calculated at a 99% confidence level based on a 10. January 2020 1 clifford chance international regulatory update 17 january 2020 eba reports on big data and advanced analytics eba consults on treatment of nontrading book positions subject to foreignexchange or commodity risk esma consults on guidelines on securitisation repository data completeness and consistency thresholds.
Interactive single rulebook european banking authority. Clifford chance discusses new eu securitisation risk. Many translated example sentences containing securitisation positions spanishenglish dictionary and search engine for spanish translations. Correlation traders have been given a reprieve after final rules on the regulatory capital treatment of trading book positions, published by the basel committee on banking supervision on july, eased the rules for securitisation positions. Securitization positions and the ssfa simplified supervisory formula approach recently the ny federal reserve put out an npr notice of proposed rulemaking with a new way of calculating capital on securitization positions that banks hold in their trading book.
Calculation of capital requirements for securitisation positions held in the trading book. Aifmd investment in securitisation positions lexology. For fx and commodity positions in the banking book, the actual. While the stricter general rules for securitisation positions remain, correlation trading has been offered a lifeline. Securitisation 2020 switzerland global practice guides. Crd3 changes to trading book, resecuritisations and securitisations. To that effect, the risk weight has to be calculated as specified below and applied to the net positions in securitisation instruments in the trading book. Basel committee on banking supervision consultative document. Trading book risk credit risk risk weight default risk total 12.
Consideration of securitisation positions and securitised. Assets in the trading book are markedtomarket daily, assets in the banking book are held at historic cost 3. Jan 24, 2014 the final draft rts goes a long way to clarify this, providing that institutions shall not be deemed to be in breach of the crr risk retention rules where the securitisation positions are held in the trading book for the purposes of market making activities among other conditions. Article 447 exposures in equities not included in the trading book. In compliance with the provisions of article 405 of regulation 57520 of june 26, on the prudent requirements of credit institutions and investment companies, banco santander s. Rbc25 boundary between the banking book and the trading book. If a bank holds securitisation positions reflected both in the regulatory banking book and in the regulatory trading book, the bank must describe.
Rather than employing the more punitive charge, banks will be able to apply to use their own internal approach for calculating capital charges for correlation books, covering specific and incremental risk. All other instruments must be included in the banking book. Calculation of rweas for securitisation positionshierarchy of methods. Trading book securitization exposure deutsche bank. Revised trading and banking book boundary for market risk 19 fig. Crd3 changes to trading book, resecuritisations and. Unless stated otherwise, all terms used in dis43 are used consistently with the definitions in cre40. External credit assessment institutions european commission. The trading book refers to assets and liabilities related to a banks trading activites such derivatives and unlike other assets and liabilities, trading book items are marked to market daily. Financial instruments in a trading book are purchased or sold for reasons including to. Regulatory capital requirements for european banks latham.
Securitisation refers to the definition of what constitutes a securitisation under the basel framework. Within the new basel regulatory framework for market risks, nonsecuritization credit positions in the trading book are subject to a separate default risk charge. Capital requirements for resecuritization positions annex ix part 4 of directive 200648ec sets out the risk weights determining capital requirements for securitisation positions in banks nontrading books. As a result, capital charges for securitisation positions in the trading book including correlation trading activities will be based on the revised standardised. Eba launches a consultation on draft rts on the treatment. Capital treatment applied to cgmls trading book securitisation positions as at 31. Banking book assets and trading book securitisation positions are valued in accordance with the group accounting policy for the respective assets and positions. Jan 17, 2020 eba consults on treatment of nontrading book positions subject to foreignexchange or commodity risk esma consults on guidelines on securitisation repository data completeness and consistency thresholds esma publishes statistical report on eu alternative investment funds. Consideration of securitisation positions and securitised exposures, for the purpose of significant risk transfer. The european banking authority eba launched today a consultation on draft regulatory technical standards rts on how institutions should calculate the own funds requirements for market risk for their non trading book positions that are subject to foreignexchange risk or commodity risk under the frtb standardised and internal model approaches. Correlation trading portfolio is defined to include securitisation positions. For instruments in the trading book that are securitisation positions, the institution shall weight with the following its net positions as calculated in accordance with article 3271.
For trading book securitization positions not covered under the crm, the capital. Instead, a firm must apply a standard approach for all such securitisation exposures, which is based on the equivalent treatment of securitisation exposures in the banking book. Within the new basel regulatory framework for market risks, nonsecuritization credit positions in the trading book are subject to a separate default risk charge formally incremental default risk charge. Given the recent particular difficulties of treating securitisation positions using approaches based on internal models, institutions ability to model securitisation risks in the trading book should be limited and a standardised capital charge for securitisation positions in the trading book should be required by default. Assets that are held for trading are put in the trading book, assets that are held to maturity are held in the banking book 2. The difference between the trading and banking book blogger. Banks using the internal model approach are required to use a. As a general principle, credit institutions should apply the same policies and procedures to securitisation positions in their trading book and nontrading book, says the consultation paper. Article 449a disclosure of environmental, social and governance risks esg risks article 450 remuneration policy.
Securitization is the financial practice of pooling various types of contractual debt such as residential mortgages, commercial mortgages, auto loans or credit card debt obligations or other nondebt assets which generate receivables and selling their related cash flows to third party investors as securities, which may be described as bonds, passthrough securities, or collateralized debt. Eba launches a consultation on draft rts on the treatment of. Under current proposals, banking book positions can only be transferred into the trading book if the risk is neutralised through separate, matched external hedges. The specific risk of securitisation positions as defined in paragraphs 538 to 542 which are held in the trading book is to be calculated according to the method used for such positions in the banking book unless specified otherwise below. Correlation desks win relief from basel trading book rules. Risk weightings and risk retention approaches in the eu and us. Noncompliant securitisation positions to be 1250% risk weighted. Instruments comprise financial instruments, foreign exchange fx, and commodities.
To address potential arbitrage between the trading book and the banking book, crd3 equalises the currently lower capital charges for securitisations in the trading book. Banks using the internal model approach are required to use a twofactor model and a 99. May 14, 2019 securitization is the process through which an issuer creates a financial instrument by combining other financial assets and then marketing different tiers of the repackaged instruments to. A revised market risk framework 3 securitisation exposures. These securities are accounted for in a different way than those in the trading book, which are traded on. Basel iv revised trading and banking book boundary for. Within the new basel regulatory framework for market risks, non securitization credit positions in the trading book are subject to a separate default risk charge formally incremental default risk charge. However, a forward contract is a private agreement that settles at the end of the agreement despite the futures that is settled on a daily basis until.
Regulation 57520eu capital requirements regulation crr. Crr rts commission delegated regulation eu no 6252014 of march 2014 and published on june 2014 at the official journal of european union ecai ec. The firm may also recognise such an overlap between capital charges for specific risk in relation to positions in the trading book and capital charges for positions in the non trading book, provided that the firm is able to calculate and compare the capital charges for the relevant positions. All positions forming part of the trading book in debt or other interest rate related securities, including interest rate derivatives, forward foreign exchange and quasidebt securities that behave like debt refer to paragraph 3 of attachment b to aps 116, and securitisation and resecuritisation exposures refer aps 120 should be reported. These securities are accounted for in a different way than those in the trading book, which are traded on the market and valued by the performance of the market. Given the recent particular difficulties of treating securitisation positions using approaches based on internal models, institutions ability to model securitisation risks in the trading book should be limited and a standardised capital charge for securitisation positions in.
Citi uk pra regulated legal vehicles pillar 3 disclosures. Capital requirements for banks equity investments in funds 193. Rweas, 8 calculation of capital requirements for securitisation positions held in the trading book, and 9 the regulatory capital treatment of securitisations for insurers and. Noncompliant securitisation positions to be 1250% riskweighted. Guidelines for computing capital for incremental risk in the trading. A trading book consists of all instruments that meet the specifications for trading book instruments set out in rbc25. Securitisation positions held in the trading book will be subject to the basel ii securitisation charges, similar to securitisation positions held in the banking book. Socalled correlation trading books are exempted from the full treatment for securitisation. The final draft rts goes a long way to clarify this, providing that institutions shall not be deemed to be in breach of the crr risk retention rules where the securitisation positions are held in the trading book for the purposes of market making activities among other conditions. A trading book is the portfolio of financial instruments held by a brokerage or bank. Criteria for sts securitisations qualifying for differentiated capital treatment.
The major overhaul of market risk capital regime is. The mrsa risk weight calculation for trading book securitization positions is generally based on the same methodologies which apply to banking book securitization positions. Irc model any securitisation positions, even when securitisation positions are viewed as. The aifms must understand their securitisation positions and by implication, will be required to carry out extensive due diligence before their aifs invest in securitisations. The total specific risk capital charge for the correlation trading portfolio is to be computed according to paragraph 718, and the total specific risk capital charge for securitisation. An accounting book that includes all securities that are not actively traded by the institution, that are meant to be held until they mature. The difference is that all these rules must be seen in conjunction with the regulatory capital that has to be set aside when securitisation positions are held in the banking book andor trading book. To address potential arbitrage between the trading book and the banking book, crd3 equalises the currently lower capital charges for securitisations in. The committee remains sceptical that existing internal modelsbased risk measurement methodologies used by banks can adequately capture the risks associated with securitised products. The correlation trading portfolio shall consist of securitisation positions and. Basel iv revised trading and banking book boundary for market.
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