Skip to main content

AI Summary of Article 105 Requirements for prudent valuation

This article outlines the requirements institutions must adhere to in ensuring prudent valuation of both trading and non-trading book positions assessed at fair value. It mandates robust systems and controls for valuation processes, highlighting the necessity for independent oversight, regular revaluation, and the use of market data and modelling practices that reflect industry standards.

Institutions are also required to undertake independent price verification and continuously assess valuation adjustments for less liquid positions, factoring in risks and uncertainties. Emphasis is placed on ensuring senior management is informed of the valuation methodologies employed and their associated risks, particularly for complex financial products.

Version status: Amended | Document consolidation status: Updated to reflect all known changes
Version date: 28 June 2021 - onwards
Version 6 of 6

Article 105 Requirements for prudent valuation

1. All trading book positions and non-trading book positions measured at fair value shall be subject to the standards for prudent valuation specified in this Article. Institutions shall in particular ensure that the prudent valuation of their trading book positions achieves an appropriate degree of certainty having regard to the dynamic nature of trading book positions and non-trading book positions measured at fair value, the demands of prudential soundness and the mode of operation and purpose of capital requirements in respect of trading book positions and non-trading book positions measured at fair value.

2. Institutions shall establish and maintain systems and controls sufficient to provide prudent and reliable valuation estimates. Those systems and controls shall include at least the following elements:

(a) documented policies and procedures for the process of valuation, including clearly defined responsibilities of the various areas involved in the determination of the valuation, sources of market information and review of their appropriateness, guidelines for the use of unobservable inputs reflecting the institution's assumptions of what market participants would use in pricing the position, frequency of independent valuation, timing of closing prices, procedures for adjusting valuations, month end and ad-hoc verification procedures;