The rule in plain words
Market price uncertainty calculated using the expert based approach cannot be less than market price uncertainty.
EBA checks it for three rows: (-) Diversification benefits, (-) Diversification benefit calculated using method 1 and (-) Diversification benefit calculated using method 2. That makes three checks. A failure names the one that failed.
How the Line4 Check report words itShowHide
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.
(-) Diversification benefit calculated using method 2, Of which: calculated using the expert based approach >= (-) Diversification benefit calculated using method 2, Market price uncertainty
What to do if your filing fails it
- 01Open the template below and find the cells the rule reads.
- 02Compare the values in your file. If the first is smaller than it may be, one of them is wrong: check both before you change either.
- 03EBA allows a small rounding difference, worked out from the decimals each value is reported with.
- 04It runs only when your filing indicators mark C 32.02 as reported.
- 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
Prudent valuation: core approach – pre and post diversification (C 32.02.a)
Rows
- 0140(-) Diversification benefits
- 0150(-) Diversification benefit calculated using method 1
- 0160(-) Diversification benefit calculated using method 2
Columns
- 0010Market price uncertainty
- 0020Of which: calculated using the expert based approach
A worked example
The first of its checks, with simple numbers.
Market price uncertainty can then be at most 1,200.
A file that reports 1,200 passes. One that reports 1,300 fails, by 100.
The numbers are illustrative, reported to the unit, so the rounding tolerance does not change the result.
Show the rule as writtenShowHide
EBA's formula, as written out for the first of its checks. Cells are written as {template, row, column, sheet}.
{C_32.02.a,r0160,c0020,} >= {C_32.02.a,r0160,c0010,}The next two:
{C_32.02.a,r0140,c0020,} >= {C_32.02.a,r0140,c0010,}{C_32.02.a,r0150,c0020,} >= {C_32.02.a,r0150,c0010,}Other rules on C 32.02.a
- Market price uncertainty calculated using the expert based approach cannot be more than market price uncertainty (v6351_m)Warning
- Close-out costs calculated using the expert based approach cannot be more than close-out costs (v6353_m)Warning
- Portfolios under the fall-back approach must equal the sum of its three parts (v6350_m)Warning
- Close-out costs calculated using the expert based approach cannot be less than close-out costs (v6354_m)Warning
- Diversification benefits must equal the sum of its two parts (v6349_m)Warning
- Model risk calculated using the expert based approach cannot be more than model risk (v6355_m)Warning
- Model risk calculated using the expert based approach cannot be less than model risk (v6356_m)Warning
- Total AVA must equal the sum of its seven parts (v6357_m)Warning
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.