TITLE IVU.K. REQUIREMENTS FOR CCPs
[F1 [X1CHAPTER 4 U.K. Calculations and reporting for the purposes of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013
Article 50a U.K. Calculation of K CCP
1 . For the purposes of [F2Article 308 of Chapter 3 of the Counterparty Credit Risk (CRR) Part of the PRA Rulebook] [F3and Chapter 10 of the Prudential Sourcebook for MiFID Investment Firms (MIFIDPRU) in the FCA Handbook], a CCP shall calculate K CCP as specified in paragraph 2 of this Article for all contracts and transactions it clears for all its clearing members falling within the coverage of the given default fund.
[F4 2 .A CCP shall calculate the hypothetical capital as follows:
where:
KCCP = the hypothetical capital;
i = the index denoting the clearing member;
EADi = the exposure amount of the CCP to clearing member i, including the clearing member’s own transactions with the CCP, the client transactions guaranteed by the clearing member, and all values of collateral held by the CCP, including the clearing member’s pre-funded default fund contribution, against those transactions, relating to the valuation at the end of the regulatory reporting date before the margin called on the final margin call of that day is exchanged;
RW = a risk weight of 20%; and
capital ratio = 8%..]
3 . A CCP shall undertake the calculation required by paragraph 2 at least quarterly or more frequently where required by the competent authorities of those of its clearing members which are institutions [F5or FCA investment firms].
4 . For the purpose of paragraph 3, [F6the Bank of England, having consulted the PRA and the FCA, may make technical standards specifying] the following:
( a ) the frequency and dates of the calculation laid down in paragraph 2;
( b ) the situations in which the competent authority of an institution [F7or FCA investment firm] acting as a clearing member may require higher frequencies of calculation and reporting than those referred to in point (a).
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Textual Amendments
F2Words in Art. 50a(1) substituted (1.1.2022) by The Financial Services Act 2021 (Prudential Regulation of Credit Institutions and Investment Firms) (Consequential Amendments and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1376), regs. 1(3), 24(4)
F3Words in Art. 50a(1) inserted (17.8.2022) by The Financial Services Act 2021 (Prudential Regulation of Credit Institutions and Investment Firms) (Consequential Amendments and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/838), regs. 1(2), 19(3)(a) (with regs. 24-26)
F4Art. 50a(2) substituted (1.1.2022) by The Financial Services Act 2021 (Prudential Regulation of Credit Institutions and Investment Firms) (Consequential Amendments and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1376), regs. 1(3), 24(5)
F5Words in Art. 50a(3) inserted (17.8.2022) by The Financial Services Act 2021 (Prudential Regulation of Credit Institutions and Investment Firms) (Consequential Amendments and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/838), regs. 1(2), 19(3)(b) (with regs. 24-26)
F6Words in Art. 50a(4) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Over the Counter Derivatives, Central Counterparties and Trade Repositories (Amendment, etc., and Transitional Provision) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/335), regs. 1(1), 51(a) (with savings in S.I. 2019/680, reg. 11); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F7Words in Art. 50a(4)(b) inserted (17.8.2022) by The Financial Services Act 2021 (Prudential Regulation of Credit Institutions and Investment Firms) (Consequential Amendments and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/838), regs. 1(2), 19(3)(c) (with regs. 24-26)
F8Words in Art. 50a(4) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Over the Counter Derivatives, Central Counterparties and Trade Repositories (Amendment, etc., and Transitional Provision) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/335), regs. 1(1), 51(b) (with savings in S.I. 2019/680, reg. 11); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Editorial Information
X1Substituted by Corrigendum to Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 on prudential requirements for credit institutions and investment firms and amending Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 (OJ L 176, 27.6.2013, p. 1).
Textual Amendments