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AI Summary of Article 287 Organisation structures for CCR management

Institutions utilising the Internal Model Method (IMM) must establish a robust risk control unit and a collateral management unit. The risk control unit is tasked with designing and implementing the Counterparty Credit Risk (CCR) management framework, ensuring independent analysis and reporting on risk exposure in alignment with trading limits, while remaining free from influence by trading units.

Simultaneously, the collateral management unit is responsible for daily margin calculations, data integrity checks, and management of collateral reuse, with mandatory quarterly reports to senior management. Resources must be adequately allocated to both units to guarantee operational efficiency and timely responses, especially amid market crises.

Version status: Applicable | Document consolidation status: Updated to reflect all known changes
Version date: 1 January 2014 - onwards
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Article 287 Organisation structures for CCR management

1. An institution using the IMM shall establish and maintain:

(a) a risk control unit that complies with paragraph 2;

(b) a collateral management unit that complies with paragraph 3.

2. The risk control unit shall be responsible for the design and implementation of its CCR management, including the initial and on-going validation of the model, and shall carry out the following functions and meet the following requirements:

(a) it shall be responsible for the design and implementation of the CCR management system of the institution;

(b) it shall produce daily reports on and analyse the output of the institution's risk measurement model. That analysis shall include an evaluation of the relationship between measures of CCR exposure values and trading limits;

(c) it shall control input data integrity and produce and analyse reports on the output of the institution's risk measurement model, including an evaluation of the relationship between measures of risk exposure and credit and trading limits;

(d) it shall be independent from units responsible for originating, renewing or trading exposures and free from undue influence;