Market risk: ASA default risk capital requirement (AS8 DRC): the gross JTD amounts for short exposures, which must be zero or negative (OF91.08.01.01, Bank of England check boe_b0938)

The rule in plain words

What to do if your return fails it

1. 01Open the table below and find the cells the rule reads.
2. 02Compare the values in your return. If the first is bigger than it may be, one of them is wrong: check both before you change either.
3. 03It runs only when your filing indicators mark OF91.08.01 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

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.

Other rules on Market risk: ASA default risk capital requirement (AS8 DRC) (OF91.08.01.01)

Every PRA banking rule on OF91.08.01.01

Checks like this one, run at the point of submission, are the first step to real-time supervision. Line4 builds SupTech software for financial regulators that runs checks like these as each return arrives.