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Rounding numerical fields

Regulation
Securitisation Regulation (EU) 2017/2402
Topic
Securitisation Disclosure Templates
Submitted
2019-01-31
Answered
2019-01-31

Question

For fields that have a {MONETARY} or {NUMERIC} field format, how should they be rounded?

Answer

[ESMA 33-128-563 Securitisation Q&A, Q&A 5.1.16] It is not acceptable to round fields, including {INTEGER}, {MONETARY}, and {NUMERIC} fields. The only exception concerns, for {MONETARY} and {NUMERIC} fields, where the number includes more than the 5 decimals permitted in these fields formats. As set out in Table 1 in Annex 1 of the ITS on disclosure, {MONETARY} and {NUMERIC} fields may contain “ 0-18 digits, of which up to 5 may be fractional digits ”. Therefore, any information with a higher degree of precision than 5 fractional digits should be rounded to the nearest fifth digit. For example, the number 123.456789 should be entered in the following way, depending on the field format: For {INTEGER} fields, the number must be entered as 123 For {MONETARY} and {NUMERIC} fields, the number must be entered as 123.45679 (i.e. 123.456789 must be rounded to the 5 th decimal point) As another example, the number 123.456 should be entered in the following way, depending on the field format: For {INTEGER} fields, the number must be entered as 123 For {MONETARY} and {NUMERIC} fields, the number must be entered as 123.456 (i.e. 123.456 has less than 5 decimal points and therefore can be entered exactly as it is and does not need to be rounded.

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