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Traded debt instruments in trading book, total risk exposure amount cannot be negative (EBA rule v23737_m)

A warning in the own funds and capital requirements return (COREP own funds), on template C 18.00, market risk: standardised approach for traded debt instruments.

The rule in plain words

Traded debt instruments in trading book, total risk exposure amount cannot be negative.

EBA checks it on 23 sheets, from total (0001) to other (0025). That makes 23 checks. A failure names the one that failed.

How the Line4 Check report words itShow

The first of its checks, word for word as the report shows it when it fails. The others read the same, with their own column, row or sheet.

Total risk exposure amount: TRADED DEBT INSTRUMENTS IN TRADING BOOK, Pound Sterling >= 0

What to do if your filing fails it

  1. 01Open the template below and find the cells the rule reads.
  2. 02Look for a value with the wrong sign in these cells, such as an amount entered as a negative number.
  3. 03EBA compares the values exactly here: there is no rounding tolerance.
  4. 04It runs only when your filing indicators mark C 18.00 as reported.
  5. 05This is a warning. It does not stop the filing on its own, but your authority may ask you to explain it.

The cells it reads

Market risk: standardised approach for traded debt instruments (C 18.00)

Row

  • 0010TRADED DEBT INSTRUMENTS IN TRADING BOOK

Column

  • 0070Total risk exposure amount

Sheets

  • 0001Total
  • 0002Euro
  • 0003Lek
  • 0004Bulgarian Lev
  • 0005Czech Koruna
  • 0006Danish Krone
  • 0007Pound Sterling
  • 0008Forint
  • 0009Yen
  • 0012Denar
  • 0013Zloty
  • 0014Romanian Leu
  • 0015Russian Ruble
  • 0016Serbian Dinar
  • 0017Swedish Krona
  • 0018Swiss Franc
  • 0019Turkish Lira
  • 0020Hryvnia
  • 0021US Dollar
  • 0022Iceland Krona
  • 0023Norwegian Krone
  • 0024Egyptian Pound
  • 0025Other

A worked example

The first of its checks, with simple numbers.

What the rule then expects

Traded debt instruments in trading book, total risk exposure amount must then be at least 0.

0Passes
-100Fails

A file that reports 0 passes. One that reports -100 fails, by 100.

The numbers are illustrative.

Show the rule as writtenShow

EBA's formula, as written out for the first of its checks. Cells are written as {template, row, column, sheet}.

{C_18.00,r0010,c0070,s0007} >= 0

The next five:

{C_18.00,r0010,c0070,s0012} >= 0{C_18.00,r0010,c0070,s0022} >= 0{C_18.00,r0010,c0070,s0024} >= 0{C_18.00,r0010,c0070,s0004} >= 0{C_18.00,r0010,c0070,s0005} >= 0

And 17 more, the same formula for the other cells it covers.

Every COREP own funds rule, by template

Checks like this one, run at the point of submission, are the first step to real-time supervision.