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AI Summary of Article 292 Integrity of the modelling process

Institutions must adopt rigorous measures to ensure the integrity of their modelling processes as stipulated in Article 284. Key requirements include timely representation of transaction specifications in a formal database, subjected to regular audits and independent verification. Furthermore, institutions are mandated to utilise current market data for exposure assessment and incorporate stress calibration methodologies.

To comply with regulatory expectations, institutions must demonstrate the efficacy of their stress calibrations, maintain vigilant monitoring of relevant risks, and implement robust verification procedures for collateral and netting agreements. Continuous validation of models and processes is essential to uphold compliance and protect against market fluctuations.

Version status: Applicable | Document consolidation status: Updated to reflect all known changes
Version date: 1 January 2014 - onwards
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Article 292 Integrity of the modelling process

1. An institution shall ensure the integrity of modelling process as set out in Article 284 by adopting at least the following measures:

(a) the model shall reflect transaction terms and specifications in a timely, complete, and conservative fashion;

(b) those terms shall include at least contract notional amounts, maturity, reference assets, margining arrangements and netting arrangements;

(c) those terms and specifications shall be maintained in a database that is subject to formal and periodic audit;

(d) a process for recognising netting arrangements that requires legal staff to verify that netting under those arrangements is legally enforceable;

(e) the verification required under point (d) shall be entered into the database mentioned in point (c) by an independent unit;

(f) the transmission of transaction terms and specification data to the EPE model shall be subject to internal audit;

(g) there shall be processes for formal reconciliation between the model and source data systems to verify on an ongoing basis that transaction terms and specifications are being reflected in EPE correctly or at least conservatively.