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

Market risk: internal model approach 1B (MKR IMA1B): input cannot be negative (OF24.02.01.01, Bank of England check boe_b0428)

A blocking check on the market risk: internal model approach 1B (MKR IMA1B) template (OF24.02.01.01), 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

Input cannot be negative

In Market risk: internal model approach 1B (MKR IMA1B) (OF24.02.01.01): every value in 6 rows (listed below) in 13 columns (listed below) must be zero or more.

What to do if your return fails it

  1. 01Open the table below and find the cells the rule reads.
  2. 02Look for a value below zero in these cells, such as an amount entered as a negative number.
  3. 03It runs only when your filing indicators mark OF24.02.01 as reported.
  4. 04This is a blocking check. A return that fails it is normally rejected, so fix it before you submit.

The cells it reads

Market risk: internal model approach 1B (MKR IMA1B) (OF24.02.01.01)

Rows

  • R0010Total positions
  • R0020General interest rate risk (GIRR)
  • R0030Credit spread risk (CSR)
  • R0040Equity risk (EQU)
  • R0050Commodity risk (COM)
  • R0060Foreign exchange risk (FX)

Columns

  • C0010Average of previous 60 working days (SSavg)
  • C0020Of which: ΣSSk
  • C0030Of which: Σ(SSk*SSk)
  • C0040Of which: ΣISSk
  • C0050Latest available (SSt-1)
  • C0060Of which: ΣSSk
  • C0070Of which: Σ(SSk*SSk)
  • C0080Of which: ΣISSk
  • C011012 Weeks average measure
  • C0120Last measure
  • C0130Risk Not in Model (RNiM)
  • C0140Of which: not captured in ES/SS
  • C0150Of which: not captured in DRC

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 blocking check.

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: OF24.02.01.01, r: 0010; 0020; 0030; 0040; 0050; 0060, c: 0010; 0020; 0030; 0040; 0050; 0060; 0070; 0080; 0110; 0120; 0130; 0140; 0150} >= 0

Every PRA banking rule on OF24.02.01.01

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