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AI Summary of Article 325o Equity risk factors

This document outlines the risk factors associated with equity for institutions, specifying that equity risk factors shall align with established sector buckets. Institutions must consider all equity spot prices and repo rates, treating repo curves as single risk factors with multiple components based on maturity.

Additionally, it addresses the calculation of sensitivities to equity risk, vega, and curvature risks, detailing that institutions need not maintain own funds requirements for vega and curvature risks associated with equity repo rates. Compliance with these parameters is essential for effective risk management and regulatory adherence.

Version status: Inserted | Document consolidation status: Updated to reflect all known changes
Version date: 27 June 2019 - onwards

Article 325o Equity risk factors

1. The buckets for all equity risk factors shall be the sector buckets referred to in Section 6.

2. The equity delta risk factors to be applied by institutions shall be all the equity spot prices and all equity repo rates.

For the purposes of equity risk, a specific equity repo curve shall constitute a single risk factor, which is expressed as a vector of repo rates for different maturities. For each instrument, the vector shall contain as many components as there are different maturities of repo rates that are used as variables by the institution's pricing model for that instrument.

Institutions shall calculate the sensitivity of an instrument to an equity risk factor as the change in the value of the instrument, according to its pricing model, as a result of a 1 basis point shift in each of the components of the vector. Institutions shall offset sensitivities to the repo rate risk factor of the same equity security, regardless of the number of components of each vector.