Related provisions for PERG 8.14.38
This table belongs to BIPRU 3.7.1 R
[Note: BCD Annex II]
Category |
Item |
Percentage |
Full risk |
Guarantees having the character of credit substitutes Credit derivatives Acceptances Endorsements on bills not bearing the name of another credit institution Transactions with recourse Irrevocable standby letters of credit having the character of credit substitutes Assets purchased under outright forward purchase agreements Forward deposits The unpaid portion of partly-paid shares and securities Asset sale and repurchase agreements as defined in Article 12(3) and (5) of the Bank Accounts Directive Other items also carrying full risk |
100% |
Medium risk |
Documentary credits issued and confirmed (see also medium/low risk). Warranties and indemnities (including tender, performance, customs and tax bonds) and guarantees not having the character of credit substitutes. Irrevocable standby letters of credit not having the character of credit substitutes. Undrawn credit facilities (agreements to lend, purchase securities, provide guarantees or acceptance facilities) with an original maturity of more than one year. Note issuance facilities (NIFs) and revolving underwriting facilities (RUFs). |
50% |
Medium/low risk |
Documentary credits in which underlying shipment acts as collateral and other self-liquidating transactions. Undrawn credit facilities (agreements to lend, purchase securities, provide guarantees or acceptance facilities) with an original maturity of up to and including one year which may not be cancelled unconditionally at any time without notice or that do not effectively provide for automatic cancellation due to deterioration in a borrower's creditworthiness. |
20% |
Low risk |
Undrawn credit facilities (agreements to lend, purchase securities, provide guarantees or acceptance facilities) which may be cancelled unconditionally at any time without notice, or that do effectively provide for automatic cancellation due to deterioration in a borrower's creditworthiness. Retail credit lines may be considered as unconditionally cancellable if the terms permit the firm to cancel them to the full extent allowable under consumer protection and related legislation. |
0% |
Glossary of defined terms for Chapter 9
Note: If a defined term does not appear in the glossary below, the definition appearing in the HandbookGlossary applies.
approved exchange |
means an investment exchange listed as such in Appendix 33 to IPRU-INV 3. |
exchange |
means a recognised investment exchange or designated investment exchange. |
initial capital |
means the initial capital of a firm calculated in accordance with section 9.3. |
intangible assets |
the full balance sheet value of a firm's intangible assets including goodwill, capitalised development costs, licences, trademark and similar rights etc. |
intermediate broker |
in relation to a margined transaction, means any person through whom the firm undertakes that transaction. |
material current year losses |
means losses of an amount equal to 10% or more of initial capital minus B (with B calculated in accordance with Table 9.5.2R). |
material holding |
means a firm's holdings of shares and any other interest in the capital of a credit institution or financial institution: (a) which exceeds 10% of the capital of the issuer, and, where this is the case, any holdings of subordinated debt of the same issuer, the full amount is a material holding; or (b) holdings not deducted under (a) if the total amount of such holdings exceeds 10% of that firm'sown funds, in which case only the excess amount is a material holding. |
material insurance holdings |
(a) means the holdings of an exempt CAD firm of items of the type set out in (b) in any: (i) insurance undertaking; or (ii) insurance holding company that fulfils one of the following conditions: (iii) it is a subsidiary undertaking of that firm; or (iv) that firm holds a participation in it. (b) An item falls into this provision for the purpose of (a) if it is: (i) an ownership share; or (ii) subordinated debt or another item of capital that forms part of the tier two capital resources that1 falls into GENPRU 2 or, as the case may be, INSPRU 7, or is an item of “basic own funds” defined in the PRA Rulebook: Glossary. |
own funds |
means the own funds of a firm calculated in accordance with 9.2.9R(2) and The Interim Prudential Sourcebook for Investment Businesses Chapter 9: Financial resources requirements for an exempt CAD firm Page 2 of 2 Version: November 2007 9.2.8R(b). |
own funds requirement |
means the requirement set out in 9.2.9R(1) and 9.2.8R(b). |
verified |
means checked by an external auditor who has undertaken at least to: (a) satisfy himself that the figures forming the basis of the interim profits have been properly extracted from the underlying accounting records; (b) review the accounting policies used in calculating the interim profits so as to obtain comfort that they are consistent with those normally adopted by the firm in drawing up its annual financial statements and are in accordance with the relevant accounting principles; (c) perform analytical procedures on the result to date, including comparisons of actual performance to date with budget and with the results of prior period(s); (d) discuss with management the overall performance and financial position of the firm; (e) obtain adequate comfort that the implications of current and prospective litigation, all known claims and commitments, changes in business activities and provisioning for bad and doubtful debts have been properly taken into account in arriving at the interim profits; and (f) follow up problem areas of which he is already aware in the course of auditing the firm's financial statements. |
Table Controlled investments
1. |
A deposit. |
2. |
Rights under a contract of insurance. |
3. |
Shares etc. |
4 |
Instruments creating or acknowledging indebtedness (referred to in the Glossary as debentures and alternative debentures).9 |
5. |
Government and public securities. |
6. |
Instruments giving entitlement to investments (referred to in the Glossary as warrants). |
7. |
Certificates representing certain securities. |
8. |
Units in a collective investment scheme. |
9. |
Rights under a stakeholder pension scheme or a personal pension scheme2. |
10. |
Options. |
11. |
Futures. |
12. |
Contracts for differences etc. |
1112A. |
Emission allowances |
13. |
Lloyd's syndicate capacity and syndicate membership. |
14. |
Funeral plan contracts |
15. |
Agreements for qualifying credit |
316. |
Rights under a home reversion plan. |
317. |
Rights under a home purchase plan. |
717A. |
Rights under a regulated sale and rent back agreement 10 |
1017B. |
Rights under a relevant credit agreement (including rights under a paragraph 4C agreement) |
1017C. |
Rights under a consumer hire agreement |
18.3 3 |
Rights to or interests in anything falling under 1 to 143 above. 3 |