EBA · 2019_4971 Final Q&A

Commitment received to upgrade collateral from Level 2B to Level 1

Regulation
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR)
Article
412
Topic
Liquidity risk
Submitted by
Individual
Submitted
2019-10-29
Answered
2021-09-24
Answer provided by
ESAs (EBA, ESMA, EIOPA)

Question

If a credit institution received a unilateral commitment from another credit institution to trade in 2 business days a collateral upgrade from Level 2B assets to Level 1 assets which last more than 35 business days, could this trade be considered as an inflow?

Background

There are a lot of commercial offers related to collateral upgrade granted unilaterally from a credit institution to another in place of fee payment. Can the right to call the higher liquidity security back in two days give an advantage in terms of inflow?

Answer

In accordance with Article 32(3)(g) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/61 as amended by Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/1620 (hereinafter ‘LCR DR’), commitments received, other than those referred to in the second subparagraph of Article 31(9) LCR DR and in Article 34 LCR DR, shall not be taken into account as an inflow.   In case the commitment has already been exercised at the reporting reference date, thus effectively constituting a forward contract contractually becoming effective within 30 calendar days, and the conditions according to section 1.3. paragraph 20 of the instructions on liquidity inflows (Part 3) of Annex XXV of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/451 are fulfilled (i.e., in particular that the return of the assets is beyond the 30 calendar day time horizon), the credit institution should consider an inflow according to the net effect of the initial swap of assets (i.e., taking into account LCR haircuts) which would need to be reported under {C 74.00, r260}.

Original source: European Banking Authority, Q&A ID 2019_4971

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