1 min readWarningBank of England banking taxonomy 4.1.1Updated 11 November 2026

Exposure weighted average LGD should not exceed 100% (OF08.02.01.01, Bank of England check boe_b0396)

A warning on the credit and counterparty credit risks and free deliveries: IRB approach to capital requirements: breakdown by obligor grades or pools (CR IRB 2) template (OF08.02.01.01), in the own funds (PRA001) return.

Line4 Check runs it on the own funds (PRA001) return, proven on test files, check by check: the same outcome on all three test files of that return.

The rule in plain words

Exposure weighted average LGD should not exceed 100%

In Credit and counterparty credit risks and free deliveries: IRB approach to capital requirements: breakdown by obligor grades or pools (CR IRB 2) (OF08.02.01.01): every value in the cells it covers must not be more than 1, and every value in the cells it covers must be zero or more.

This is a warning. It does not stop the return on its own, but your supervisor may ask you to explain it. It runs only when your filing indicators mark OF08.02.01 as reported.

The cells it reads

Credit and counterparty credit risks and free deliveries: IRB approach to capital requirements: breakdown by obligor grades or pools (CR IRB 2) (OF08.02.01.01)

Column

  • C0230Exposure-weighted average lgd (%)

Sheets

  • S0001Total (AIRB approach)
  • S0002Total (FIRB approach and slotting approach)
  • S0006Institutions (FIRB approach)
  • S0009Corporates - Specialised Lending (AIRB approach)
  • S0010Corporates - Specialised Lending (FIRB approach or slotting approach)
  • S0011Corporates - Other general corporates - non-SME (AIRB approach)
  • S0012Corporates - Other general corporates - non-SME (FIRB approach)
  • S0015Retail - Qualifying revolving (AIRB approach)
  • S0016Retail - Other SME (AIRB approach)
  • S0017Retail - Other non-SME (AIRB approach)
  • S0018Retail - Secured by commercial immovable property SME (AIRB approach)
  • S0019Retail - Secured by commercial immovable property non-SME (AIRB approach)
  • S0020Retail - Secured by residential immovable property - SME (AIRB approach)
  • S0021Retail - Secured by residential immovable property non-SME (AIRB approach)
  • S0022Corporates - Financial corporates and large corporates (FIRB approach)
  • S0023Corporates - Other general corporates - SME (AIRB approach)
  • S0024Corporates - Other general corporates - SME (FIRB approach)

Which returns it applies to

Line4 Check runs it on the own funds (PRA001) return on Bank of England banking taxonomy 4.1.1. The Bank of England applies it to own funds (PRA001) returns, as a warning.

The Bank’s own words and formula

The first paragraph of the plain words above is the Bank of England’s own, word for word, from its list of validations. The second spells out its formula, with each cell named from its templates.

Show the formulaShow

The Bank of England's formula. Cells are written as {t: table, r: row, c: column}.

({t: OF08.02.01.01} <= 1) and ({t: OF08.02.01.01} >= 0)

Where it applies, in the Bank's words (its scope):

scope({t: OF08.02.01.01, c:0230,z:0001;0002;0006;0009;0010;0011;0012;0015;0016;0017;0018;0019;0020;0021;0022;0023;0024, f: banking, fv: banking_reporting})

Every PRA banking rule on OF08.02.01.01

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