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AI Summary of Article 57 Deductions of holdings of own Additional Tier 1 instruments

This summary outlines the criteria for institutions when calculating holdings of their own Additional Tier 1 instruments. Primarily, institutions are required to base these calculations on gross long positions while also permitting net long position calculations under specific conditions.

Conditions include ensuring long and short positions relate to the same underlying exposure without counterparty risk, and that both positions are consistently held within either the trading or non-trading book. Additionally, institutions must accurately determine reductions for synthetic or indirect holdings, particularly those associated with index securities, ensuring all related positions adhere to the outlined regulatory stipulations.

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Version date: 1 January 2014 - onwards
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Article 57 Deductions of holdings of own Additional Tier 1 instruments

For the purposes of point (a) of Article 56, institutions shall calculate holdings of own Additional Tier 1 instruments on the basis of gross long positions subject to the following exceptions:

(a) institutions may calculate the amount of holdings of own Additional Tier 1 instruments on the basis of the net long position provided that both the following conditions are met:

(i) the long and short positions are in the same underlying exposure and the short positions involve no counterparty risk;

(ii) either both the long and the short positions are held in the trading book or both are held in the non-trading book;

(b) institutions shall determine the amount to be deducted for direct, indirect or synthetic holdings of index securities by calculating the underlying exposure to own Additional Tier 1 instruments in those indices;

(c) institutions may net gross long positions in own Additional Tier 1 instruments resulting from holdings of index securities against short positions in own Additional Tier 1 instruments resulting from short positions in the underlying indices, including where those short positions involve counterparty risk, provided that both the following conditions are met:

(i) the long and short positions are in the same underlying indices;