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AI Summary of Article 272 Definitions
This Chapter and Title VI define essential terms related to counterparty credit risk (CCR) and various transaction types. It outlines the parameters for long settlement and margin lending transactions, specifying conditions under which credit is extended in response to securities dealings.
The definitions further clarify key concepts such as netting sets, hedging sets, and exposures, providing a framework for assessing potential future risks and exposures. Critical terms like effective maturity, expected positive exposure (EPE), and contractual agreements are detailed, ensuring robust compliance practices in managing credit risk and financial transactions.
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Article 272 Definitions
For the purposes of this Chapter and of Title VI of this Part, the following definitions shall apply:
General terms
(1) "counterparty credit risk" or "CCR" means the risk that the counterparty to a transaction could default before the final settlement of the transaction's cash flows;
Transaction types
(2) "long settlement transactions" means transactions where a counterparty undertakes to deliver a security, a commodity, or a foreign exchange amount against cash, other financial instruments, or commodities, or vice versa, at a settlement or delivery date specified by contract that is later than the market standard for this particular type of transaction or five business days after the date on which the institution enters into the transaction, whichever is earlier;
(3) "margin lending transactions" means transactions in which an institution extends credit in connection with the purchase, sale, carrying or trading of securities. Margin lending transactions do not include other loans that are secured by collateral in the form of securities;
Netting set, hedging sets, and related terms