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Haircut Floors

No: 44047144 Date(g): 27/12/2022 | Date(h): 4/6/1444 Status: In-Force
10.6These are the haircut floors for SFTs referred to above (herein referred to as “in-scope SFTs”), expressed as percentages:
 
 
Residual maturity of collateralHaircut Level
Corporate and other issuersSecuritized products
≤ 1 year debt securities, and floating rate notes0.5%1%
>1year, ≤ 5 years debt securities1.5%4%
>5years, ≤ 10 years debt securities3%6%
>10 years debt securities4%7%
Main index equities6%
Other assets within the scope of the framework10%
 
10.7.In-scope SFTs which do not meet the haircut floors must be treated as unsecured loans to the counterparties.
 
10.8.To determine whether the treatment in 10.7 applies to an in-scope SFT (or a netting set of SFTs in the case of portfolio-level haircuts), we must compare the collateral haircut H (real or calculated as per the rules below) and a haircut floor f (from 10.6 above or calculated as per the below rules).
 
 Single in-scope SFTs
 
10.9.For a single in-scope SFT not included in a netting set, the values of H and f are computed as:
 
 (1)For a single cash-lent-for-collateral SFT, H and f are known since H is simply defined by the amount of collateral received and f is given in 10.6.37 For the purposes of this calculation, collateral that is called by either counterparty can be treated collateral received from the moment that it is called (i.e. the treatment is independent of the settlement period).
 
 (2)For a single collateral-for-collateral SFT, lending collateral A and receiving collateral B, the H is still be defined by the amount of collateral received but the effective floor of the transaction must integrate the floor of the two types of collateral and can be computed using the following formula, which will be compared to the effective haircut of the transaction, i.e. (CB/CA)-1.38
 
  

 

 Netting set of SFTs
 
10.10.For a netting set of SFTs an effective "portfolio" floor of the transaction must be computed using the following formula,39 where:
 
 (1)ES is the net position in each security (or cash) s that is net lent;
 
 (2)Ct the net position that is net borrowed; and
 
 (3)fs and ft are the haircut floors for the securities that are net lent and net s t borrowed respectively.
 
  
 
10.11.For a netting of SFTs, the portfolio does not breach the floor where:
 
 
 
10.12.If the portfolio haircut does breach the floor, then the netting set of SFTs is subject to the treatment in 10.7. This treatment should be applied to all trades for which the security received appears in the table in 10.6 and for which, within the netting set, the bank is also a net receiver in that security. For the purposes of this calculation, collateral that is called by either counterparty can be treated collateral received from the moment that it is called (i.e. the treatment is independent of the settlement period).
 
10.13.The following portfolio of trades gives an example of how this methodology works (it shows a portfolio that does not breach the floor):
 
Actual tradesCashSovereign debtCollateral ACollateral B
Floor (fs)0%0%6%10%
Portfolio of trades50100-400250
Es501000250
Ct004000
 
fportfolio-0.00023
0
 

Minimum Capital Requirements for Credit Valuation Adjustment (CVA)
 


37 For example, consider an in-scope SFT where 100 cash is lent against 101 of a corporate debt security with a 12-year maturity, H is 1% [(101- 100)/100] and f is 4% (per 10.6). Therefore, the SFT in question would be subject to the treatment in 10.7.
38 For example, consider an in-scope SFT where 102 of a corporate debt security with a 10-year maturity is exchanged against 104 of equity, the effective haircut H of the transaction is 104/102 - 1 = 1.96% which has to be compared with the effective floor f of 1.06/1.03 - 1 =2.91%. Therefore, the SFT in question would be subject to the treatment in 10.7.
39 The formula calculates a weighted average floor of the portfolio.