EBA · 2013_188 Final Q&A

Leverage Ratio: C45.00 (LRCalc) r010: SFTs exposure according to CRR 220

Regulation
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR)
Article
Article 429, para. 9
Topic
Supervisory reporting - Leverage ratio
Submitted by
Consultancy firm
Submitted
2013-08-28
Answered
2014-02-14
Answer provided by
ESAs (EBA, ESMA, EIOPA)

Question

The exposure for repurchase transactions, securities or commodities lending or borrowing transactions, long settlement transactions and margin lending transactions should be calculated in accordance with Article 220 (1) to (3). Should the volatility adjustments be taken into account for the determination of the leverage ratio exposure value of exposures subject to Article 220?

Background

BCBS guidelines on leverage ratio explicitly mention that for the scope of the leverage ratio no haircut shall apply.

Answer

BCBS rules text on the leverage ratio are neither applicable to the Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) nor to the Regulation (EU) No 680/2014 13 ITS on supervisory reporting of institutionsan ITS adopted by the European Commission. The CRR leverage exposure for SFTs is indeed not fully calculated the same way as provided by the Basel 3 rules text of December 2010. Note that on 12 January 2014, the Basel rules text on the Leverage Ratio was modified, which might lead to other discrepancies. Article 220 (1) to (3) of the CRR encompasses the volatility adjustments so they should be taken into account when calculating the exposure for the purpose of the CRR leverage ratio. Cash received or any security provided to a counterparty that remain on the balance sheet are included in "Other assets " (C 45.00, r100) because they are "accounting " exposures, therefore they do not need to include volatility adjustments that are calculated for the purpose of a specific credit exposure on SFTs, reported in {C 45.00, r010} or {C 45.00, row 020}.   *As of 1/8/2014 the content of this answer was modified to reflect the publication of the final ITS on supervisory reporting of institutions in the Official Journal of the European Union. As a result, the references to the ITS were updated and the disclaimer deleted. For reasons of transparency, revisions are highlighted in track changes.

Original source: European Banking Authority, Q&A ID 2013_188

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