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AI Summary of Article 69 Deduction of holdings of Tier 2 instruments of financial sector entities

This guidance stipulates how institutions should approach the deductions mandated by Article 66. Specifically, institutions have the discretion to calculate their direct, indirect, and synthetic holdings of Tier 2 instruments based on net long positions, provided certain criteria are satisfied.

These criteria include ensuring that the maturity of short positions aligns with or extends beyond that of long positions, as well as the requirement that both positions reside within either the trading or non-trading book. Furthermore, deductions for holdings in index securities should be conducted by analysing the underlying exposures to the capital instruments of the relevant financial sector entities.

Version status: Amended | Document consolidation status: Updated to reflect all known changes
Version date: 27 June 2019 - onwards
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Article 69 Deduction of holdings of Tier 2 instruments of financial sector entities

Institutions shall make the deductions required by points (c) and (d) of Article 66 in accordance with the following:

(a) they may calculate direct, indirect and synthetic holdings of Tier 2 instruments of the financial sector entities on the basis of the net long position in the same underlying exposure provided that both the following conditions are met:

(i) the maturity date of the short position is either the same as, or later than the maturity date of the long position or the residual maturity of the short position is at least one year;

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

(b) they shall determine the amount to be deducted for direct, indirect and synthetic holdings of index securities by looking through to the underlying exposure to the capital instruments of the financial sector entities in those indices.