2021-10-28
The National Bank of Angola issued Instruction No. 18/2021 to establish the calculation methodology and regulatory capital requirements for Credit Valuation Adjustment (CVA) risk across banking and non-banking portfolios. Financial institutions must compute CVA capital charges using a specified formula that incorporates eligible single-name credit default swaps, counterparty risk weights based on external ratings, and defined maturity parameters. Institutions are required to report these calculations quarterly on an individual and consolidated basis, ensuring full compliance by December 31, 2021.
INSTRUCTION NO. 18/2021 of October 27 SUBJECT: FINANCIAL SYSTEM
Object This Instruction establishes the Capital Requirements for Credit Valuation Adjustment Risk, as provided in Notice No. 08/21 of July 5 on Prudential Requirements.
Scope This Instruction applies to Banking Financial Institutions under the supervision of the National Bank of Angola, hereinafter abbreviated as Institutions, provided for in Law No. 14/21 of May 19, the General Regime for Financial Institutions Law.
CONTINUATION OF INSTRUCTION NO. 18/2021 Page 2 of 8 3. Definitions Without prejudice to the definitions established in Law No. 14/21 of May 19, the General Regime for Financial Institutions Law, for the purposes of this Instruction, it is understood that: a) OTC Derivatives: all distributions, purchases and sales of shares carried out outside the stock exchange. b) Risk Position: an asset or an off-balance sheet obligation.
! in which: a) ℎ = one-year risk horizon (in units of one year); ℎ = 1; b) w_i = risk weight applicable to counterparty i. Counterparty i is assigned one of the six weights w_i based on an external credit rating provided by an eligible external rating agency, defined in specific regulation on eligible external rating agencies, according to subsection 4.7 of this Instruction.
CONTINUATION OF INSTRUCTION NO. 18/2021 Page 3 of 8 c) For the purpose of the preceding paragraph, for counterparties that do not have a credit rating from an eligible external rating agency, the Institution assigns w_i = 1.0%; d) EAD_i = total value of the counterparty credit risk position, with respect to counterparty i (summing all its netting sets), including the effect of collateral, according to the capital requirement calculation method for counterparty credit risk for that counterparty, defined in specific regulation. The risk position is discounted by applying the following factor: 1 − +&',')∙+! 0,05 ∙ 0! e) N_i = notional amount of purchased single-name credit default swap hedges, summed in the case of more than one position, with respect to counterparty i and used as CVA risk coverage. This notional value is discounted by applying the following factor: 1 − +&',')∙+! "#$%&'(&) 0,05 ∙ 0!,#-./"0/$ f) M_i = effective maturity of transactions with counterparty i in years, where M_i is the higher of 1 year and the weighted average residual maturity, using the notional value for weighting purposes; g) M_i,hedge = maturity of the hedging instrument with a notional N_i (the values M_i,hedge + N_i must be summed in the case of several positions).
4.3. The following transactions are excluded from Capital Requirements for CVA Risk: a) Risk positions held with a central counterparty that fully guarantees all participants on a daily basis, provided these positions are clearly established with that counterparty and have not been rejected by it; and,
CONTINUATION OF INSTRUCTION NO. 18/2021 Page 4 of 8 b) Intra-group risk positions, provided both counterparties are fully included in the same consolidation perimeter and are subject to centralized risk assessment, measurement, and control procedures.
4.4. For the purpose of mitigating CVA Risk, eligible hedging elements are considered to be single-name credit default swaps or other equivalent hedging instruments, directly related to the counterparty, if used with the purpose of reducing CVA Risk. 4.5. Institutions must not reflect other types of counterparty risk hedges in the calculation of capital requirements for CVA Risk. 4.6. Eligible hedges included in the calculation of Capital Requirements for CVA Risk are not included in the calculation of capital requirements for specific risk, defined in Instruction No. 16/21 of October 27 on Regulatory Capital Requirements for Market Risk. 4.7. Without prejudice to the preceding subsection, eligible hedges included in the calculation of capital requirements for CVA Risk must not be treated as a reduction in credit risk, and should only be used for the purpose of counterparty credit risk from the same portfolio of transactions. 4.8. For the purpose of assigning a weight based on an external credit rating from an external rating agency, Institutions must consider the following table: Table 01 Credit Quality Grade | Weight w_i 1 | 0.7 % 2 | 0.8 % 3 | 1.0 % 4 | 2.0 % 5 | 3.0 % 6 | 10.0 %
CONTINUATION OF INSTRUCTION NO. 18/2021 Page 5 of 8 5. Information Reporting 5.1. Institutions must report to the National Bank of Angola information on capital requirements for CVA Risk, through the form provided in Annex I of this Instruction and forming an integral part thereof. 5.2. For the purpose of the preceding subsection, the values to be filled in must comply with the filling notes in Annex II of this Instruction and forming an integral part thereof. 5.3. For the purpose of the preceding subsection, in the case of a financial group, the parent company must report information according to the consolidation perimeter provided for in Article 5 of Notice No. 08/21 of July 5 on Prudential Requirements. 5.4. For the purpose of subsection 5.1, Institutions must report quarterly the information required in Article 34 of Notice No. 08/21 of July 5 on Prudential Requirements, on an individual and consolidated basis. 5.5. Institutions must ensure that the data reported in the table attached to this Instruction are properly documented.
Transitional Provisions Institutions must comply with the provisions of this Instruction from December 31, 2021.
Sanctions Non-compliance with the mandatory norms established in this Instruction constitutes an offense punishable under Law No. 14/21 of May 19, the General Regime for Financial Institutions Law.
Doubts and Omissions Doubts and omissions resulting from the interpretation and application of this Instruction are resolved by the National Bank of Angola.
CONTINUATION OF INSTRUCTION NO. 18/2021 Page 6 of 8 9. Entry into Force This Instruction enters into force on the date of its publication. PUBLISHED. Luanda, October 27, 2021. THE GOVERNOR JOSÉ DE LIMA MASSANO
CONTINUATION OF INSTRUCTION NO. 18/2021 Page 7 of 8 ANNEX I Form “Capital Requirement for Coverage of Credit Valuation Adjustment Risk”
CONTINUATION OF INSTRUCTION NO. 18/2021 Page 8 of 8 ANNEX II Filling Notes for the Form “Capital Requirement for Coverage of Credit Valuation Adjustment Risk”