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23. Credit Valuation Adjustment Risk

No: 44047144 Date(g): 27/12/2022 | Date(h): 4/6/1444 Status: In-Force

Effective from Jan 01 2023 - Dec 31 2022
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23.1The disclosure requirements related in this section are required to be completed by banks when the materiality threshold stated on SAMA's Revised Risk-based Capital Charge for Counterparty Credit Risk (CCR) issued as part of its adoption of Basel III post-crisis final reforms, paragraph (11.9) is satisfied.
 
23.2The disclosure requirements under this section are:
 
 23.2.1General information about CVA risk:
 
  a.Table CVAA - General qualitative disclosure requirements related to CVA
 
 23.2.2CVA risk under the basic approach (BA-CVA):
 
  a.Template CVA1 - The reduced basic approach for CVA (BA-CVA)
 
  b.Template CVA2 - The full basic approach for CVA (BA-CVA)
 
 23.2.3CVA risk under the standardised approach (SA-CVA).
 
  a.Table CVAB - Qualitative disclosures for banks using the SA-CVA
 
  b.Template CVA3 - The standardised approach for CVA (SA-CVA)
 
  c.Template CVA4 - RWA flow statements of CVA risk exposures under SA-CVA
 
23.2.1 General information about CVA risk:
 
Table CVAA: General qualitative disclosure requirements related to CVA
Purpose: To provide a description of the risk management objectives and policies for CVA risk.
Scope of application: The table is mandatory for all banks that are subject to CVA capital requirements, including banks which are qualified and have elected to set its capital requirement for CVA at 100% of its counterparty credit risk charge.
Content: Quantitative information.
Frequency: Annual.
Format: Flexible.

Banks must describe their risk management objectives and policies for CVA risk as follows:
 
 (a)An explanation and/or a description of the bank’s processes implemented to identify, measure, monitor and control the bank’s CVA risks, including policies for hedging CVA risk and the processes for monitoring the continuing effectiveness of hedges.
 (b)Whether the bank is eligible and has chosen to set its capital requirement for CVA at 100% of the bank's capital requirement for counterparty credit risk as applicable under SMAR14.

23.2.1 CVA risk under the basic approach (BA-CVA):
 
Template CVA1: The reduced basic approach for CVA (BA-CVA)
Purpose: To provide the components used for the computation of RWA under the reduced BA-CVA for CVA risk.
Scope of application: The template is mandatory for banks having part or all of their RWA for CVA risk measured according to the reduced BACVA. The template should be completed with only the amounts obtained from the netting sets which are under the reduced BA-CVA.
Content: RWA.
Frequency: Semiannual.
Format: Fixed.
Accompanying narrative: Banks must describe the types of hedge they use even if they are not taken into account under the reduced BA-CVA.
 
 ab
ComponentsBA-CVA RWA
1Aggregation of systematic components of CVA risk  
2Aggregation of idiosyncratic components of CVA risk  
3Total  

Definitions and instructions
 
Row NumberExplanation
1Aggregation of systematic components of CVA risk: RWA under perfect correlation assumption (Σc SCVA c)as per SCCR11.14.
2Aggregation of idiosyncratic components of CVA risk: RWA under zero correlation assumption (sqrt(∑c SCVAc 2 )) as per SCCR11.14.
3Total: Kreduced as per SCCR11.14 multiplied by 12.5.

Linkages across templates
 
[CVA1:3/b] is equal to [OV1:10/a] if the bank only uses the reduced BA-CVA for all CVA risk exposures.
 
Template CVA2: The full basic approach for CVA (BA-CVA)
Purpose: To provide the components used for the computation of RWA under the full BA-CVA for CVA risk.
Scope of application: The template is mandatory for banks having part or all of their RWA for CVA risk measured according to the full version of the BA-CVA. The template should be fulfilled with only the amounts obtained from the netting sets which are under the full BA-CVA.
Content: RWA.
Frequency: Semiannual.
Format: Fixed. Additional rows can be inserted for the breakdown of other risks.
 
 a
 BA-CVA RWA
1K Reduced 
2K Hedged 
3Total 

Definitions and instructions
 
Row NumberExplanation
1K Reduced: Kreduced as per SCCR11.14.
2K Hedged: Khedged as per SCCR11.21.
3Total: Kfull as per SCCR11.20 multiplied by 12.5.

Linkages across templates:
 
[CVA2:3/a] is equal to [OV1:10/a] if the bank only uses the full BA-CVA for all CVA risk exposures.
 
23.2.1 CVA risk under the standardised approach (SA-CVA):
 
Table CVAB: Qualitative disclosures for banks using the SA-CVA
Purpose: To provide the main characteristics of the bank's CVA risk management framework.
Scope of application: The table is mandatory for all banks using the SA-CVA to calculate their RWA for CVA risk.
Content: Qualitative information.
Frequency: Annual.
Format: Flexible.

Banks must provide the following information on their CVA risk management framework:
 
 (a)A description of the bank's CVA risk management framework.
 (b)A description of how senior management is involved in the CVA risk management framework.
 (c)An overview of the governance of the CVA risk management framework (eg documentation, independent control unit, independent review, independence of the data acquisition from the lines of business).
 
Template CVA3: The standardised approach for CVA (SA-CVA)
Purpose: To provide the components used for the computation of RWA under the SA-CVA for CVA risk.
Scope of application: The template is mandatory for banks having part or all of their RWA for CVA risk measured according to the SA-CVA.
Content: RWA.
Frequency: Semiannual.
Format: Fixed. Additional rows can be inserted for the breakdown of other risks.
 
 ab
SA-CVA RWANumber of counterparties
1Interest rate risk  
2Foreign exchange risk  
3Reference credit spread risk  
4Equity risk  
5Commodity risk  
6Counterparty credit spread risk  
7Total (sum of rows 1 to 6)  

Linkages across templates
 
[CVA3:7/a] is equal to [OV1:10/a] if the bank only uses the SA-CVA for all CVA risk exposures.
 
Template CVA4: RWA flow statements of CVA risk exposures under SA-CVA
Purpose: Flow statement explaining variations in RWA for CVA risk determined under the SA-CVA.
Scope of application: The template is mandatory for banks using the SA-CVA.
Content: RWA for CVA risk. Changes in RWA amounts over the reporting period for each of the key drivers should be based on a bank's reasonable estimation of the figure.
Frequency: Quarterly.
Format: Fixed.
Accompanying narrative: Banks are expected to supplement the template with a narrative commentary to explain any significant changes over the reporting period and the key drivers of such changes. Factors behind changes could include movements in risk levels, scope changes (eg movement of netting sets between SA-CVA and BA-CVA), acquisition and disposal of business/product lines or entities or foreign currency translation movements.
 
 a
1Total RWA for CVA at previous quarter-end 
2Total RWA for CVA at end of reporting period 

Linkages across templates
 
[CVA4:1/a] is equal to [OV1:10/b]
 
[CVA4:2/a] is equal to [OV1:10/a]