Skip to main content

AI Summary of Article 418 Valuation of liquid assets

The valuation of liquid assets must be reported at market value, incorporating appropriate haircuts to reflect risks such as duration, credit, and liquidity, particularly during market stress. A minimum haircut of 15% applies to specified assets, with further conditions for hedged assets.

For shares or units in Collective Investment Undertakings (CIUs), haircuts vary based on underlying asset types, with a robust look-through approach mandated. Institutions are expected to develop sound methodologies for valuation and haircut calculations, but may rely on third parties under specific criteria, subject to external audit confirmation.

Version status: Applicable | Document consolidation status: Updated to reflect all known changes
Version date: 1 January 2014 - onwards
Version 4 of 4

Article 418 Valuation of liquid assets

1. The value of a liquid asset to be reported shall be its market value, subject to appropriate haircuts that reflect at least the duration, the credit and liquidity risk and typical repo haircuts in periods of general market stress. The haircuts shall not be less than 15 % for the assets referred to in point (d) of Article 416(1). If the institution hedges the price risk associated with an asset, it shall take into account the cash flow resulting from the potential close-out of the hedge.

2. Shares or units in CIUs as referred to in Article 416(6) shall be subject to haircuts, looking through to the underlying assets as follows:

(a) 0 % for the assets referred to in point (a) of Article 416(1);

(b) 5 % for the assets referred to in points (b) and (c) of Article 416(1);

(c) 20 % for the assets referred to in point (d) of Article 416(1).

3. The look-through approach referred to in paragraph 2 shall be applied as follows: