2021-09-27
The Banco Nacional de Angola issued Instruction No. 14/2021 to establish minimum prudential requirements for liquidity risk management by Banking Financial Institutions under its supervision. The directive mandates the calculation and maintenance of a Liquidity Ratio and an Observation Ratio across defined time bands, requiring institutions to hold a 10% liquidity conservation reserve above minimum thresholds and report detailed cash flow maps individually and intra-group on a biweekly or monthly basis. Non-compliance triggers immediate reporting obligations, mandatory contingency action plans, and penalties under the General Regime of Financial Institutions Law.
INSTRUCTION NO. 14/2021 of 27 September SUBJECT: FINANCIAL SYSTEM
Whereas it is necessary to know the economic value of future cash flows for the assessment and monitoring of the liquidity level of Banking Financial Institutions, as provided for in Notice No. 08/21 of 05 July on Prudential Requirements; In accordance with the combined provisions of points (d) and (f) of paragraph 1 of Article 21 and point (d) of paragraph 1 of Article 51, both of Law No. 16/10 of 15 July, the Law of the Banco Nacional de Angola, and Article 205 of Law No. 14/21 of 19 May, the Law on the General Regime of Financial Institutions. I HEREBY DETERMINE:
Object This Instruction establishes the minimum prudential requirements to be considered by Banking Financial Institutions under the supervision of the Banco Nacional de Angola regarding liquidity risk management.
Scope This Instruction applies to Banking Financial Institutions under the supervision of the Banco Nacional de Angola, hereinafter abbreviated as Institutions, as provided for in Law No. 14/21 of 19 May, the Law on the General Regime of Financial Institutions.
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Definitions Without prejudice to the definitions established in Law No. 14/21 of 19 May, the Law on the General Regime of Financial Institutions, for the purposes of this Instruction, the following shall be understood: 3.1. Time Band - a unit of measurement used to classify a period, space of days, weeks, months, or years with a defined start and end date; 3.2. Real Financial Guarantee - assets embodied in the following categories: a) Deposits with the Institution itself; b) Deposits with other Institutions; c) Life insurance policies; and d) Securities. 3.3. Real Non-Financial Guarantee - assets embodied in the following categories: e) Property rights over movable assets, namely automobiles, ships, and aircraft; and f) Rights over goods. 3.4. Fair Value - the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability, i.e., the price of an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date; 3.5. Liquidity - the ease with which an asset can be converted into cash in a short period of time and without a significant price discount; 3.6. Intra-Group Movements - movements of assets, liabilities, and off-balance sheet items, whose counterparties are Financial Institutions belonging to the same global financial group; 3.7. Liquidity Conservation Reserve - one of the liquidity management instruments defined with the objective of preventing possible liquidity insufficiency situations, thereby promoting a conservative liquidity management approach;
CONTINUATION OF INSTRUCTION NO. 14/2021 Page 3 of 27 3.8. Stress - a sudden or severe deterioration of an institution's liquidity or solvency situation due to changes in market conditions or idiosyncratic factors, resulting in a significant risk of the institution becoming unable to meet its obligations maturing within the subsequent 30 calendar days;
General Requirements 4.1. Institutions must report to the Banco Nacional de Angola individual information on the distribution of their balance sheet and off-balance sheet positions by time bands, in accordance with this Instruction. 4.2. Institutions must report, on an individual basis, the following information: a) Liquidity map considering only cash flows in national currency; b) Liquidity map considering only cash flows in significant foreign currency for the Institution, on an individual basis; and, c) Liquidity map considering cash flows in all currencies. 4.3. Without prejudice to the provision of information on an individual basis, Institutions must report to the Banco Nacional de Angola information regarding movements whose counterparties are Financial Institutions within their financial group. 4.4. For the purposes of point (b) of subpoint 4.2 of this number, significant foreign currency is considered whenever the liability denominated in this currency exceeds 5% (five percent) of the institution's total liabilities.
Liquidity Ratio 5.1. The liquidity ratio is considered to represent the relationship between the total liquid assets of an Institution and its net liquidity outflows during a stress period, and must be expressed as a percentage. 5.2. Total liquid assets consist of the sum of Level 1 assets and Level 2 assets, referred to in Section A of Annex II of this Instruction. 5.3. Net liquidity outflows are considered to be the amount of cash flow outflows referred to in point (a), reduced by the amount of liquidity inflows referred to in point (b), which must not be less than zero, calculated as follows: a) The sum of cash flow outflows referred to in Section B of Annex II of this Instruction, which is an integral part thereof; b) The sum of liquidity inflows calculated as the lower value between the value of cash flow inflows referred to in Section C of Annex II of this Instruction, and 75% (seventy-five percent) of outflows referred to in point (a) of this subpoint, not being less than zero; 5.4. Institutions must maintain a liquidity ratio, calculated in accordance with Annexes I and II of this Instruction, equal to or greater than 100% (one hundred percent), which must be reported in accordance with points (a) and (c) of subpoint 4.2 of number 4 of this Instruction. 5.5. Institutions must maintain a liquidity ratio, calculated in accordance with Annexes I and II of this Instruction, equal to or greater than 150% (one hundred and fifty percent), which must be reported in accordance with point (b) of subpoint 4.2 of number 4 of this Instruction. 5.6. Institutions must maintain a liquidity conservation reserve of 10% (ten percent) above the minimum thresholds defined, in accordance with subpoints 5.4 and 5.5 of this number. 5.7. Whenever the liquidity ratio falls below the defined limits or it can reasonably be expected to consume in part or in full the liquidity conservation reserve, Institutions must immediately communicate this fact to the Banco Nacional de Angola.
CONTINUATION OF INSTRUCTION NO. 14/2021 Page 4 of 27 5.8. For the purposes of the preceding subpoint, Institutions must: a) Present an action plan to timely restore the limits defined in subpoints 5.4 and 5.5 of this number, within the context of the contingency funding plan, referred to in specific regulation on liquidity risk governance, whenever there is a breach of these limits; b) Present an action plan to timely restore compliance with the liquidity conservation reserve, defined in subpoint 5.6 of this number, within the context of the contingency funding plan, referred to in specific regulation on liquidity risk governance, whenever there is a total or partial use of this reserve; and, c) Report to the Banco Nacional de Angola, daily, in accordance with Annexes I and II of this Instruction. 5.9. Without prejudice to the preceding number, the Banco Nacional de Angola reserves the right to alter the reporting frequency of the information referred to in number 5 of this Instruction, depending on the situation, scale, and complexity of each institution's activities.
Observation Ratio 6.1. The Observation Ratio is calculated for time bands 2 to 4, in accordance with number 4 of Annex II of this Instruction, and represents the relationship between the cumulative shortfall in the previous time band, added to the total cash flow inflow in the current time band, and the total cash flow outflow. 6.2. Cumulative shortfall per time band is considered to be the accumulated value of the difference between liquid assets, added to cash flow inflows and cash flow outflows, in accordance with Section D of Annex II of this Instruction. 6.3. Total cash flow inflow is considered to be the sum of values, per time band, of cash flow inflows, as referred to in Section C of Annex II of this Instruction. 6.4. Total cash flow outflow is considered to be the sum of values, per time band, of cash flow outflows, as referred to in Section B of Annex II of this Instruction. 6.5. Institutions must maintain an observation ratio for time band 2, calculated in accordance with Annexes I and II of this Instruction, equal to or greater than 100% (one hundred percent), which must be reported in accordance with points (a) and (c) of subpoint 4.2 of number 4 of this Instruction. 6.6. Institutions must maintain an observation ratio for time band 2, calculated in accordance with Annexes I and II of this Instruction, equal to or greater than 150% (one hundred and fifty percent), which must be reported in accordance with point (b) of subpoint 4.2 of number 4 of this Instruction. 6.7. Institutions must maintain a liquidity conservation reserve of 10% (ten percent) above the minimum thresholds, defined in accordance with subpoints 6.5 and 6.6 of this number. 6.8. Whenever the observation ratio falls below the defined limits or it can reasonably be expected to consume in part or in full the liquidity conservation reserve, Institutions must immediately communicate this fact to the Banco Nacional de Angola. 6.9. For the purposes of the preceding subpoint, Institutions must: a) Present an action plan to timely restore the limits defined in subpoints 6.5 and 6.6 of this number, within the context of the contingency funding plan, referred to in specific regulation on liquidity risk governance, whenever there is a breach of these limits; b) Present an action plan to timely restore compliance with the liquidity conservation reserve, defined in
CONTINUATION OF INSTRUCTION NO. 14/2021 Page 5 of 27 subpoint 6.7 of this number, within the context of the contingency funding plan, referred to in specific regulation on liquidity risk governance, whenever there is a total or partial use of this reserve; and, c) Report to the Banco Nacional de Angola, daily, in accordance with Annexes I and II of this Instruction.
Reporting on Liquidity Risk 7.1. Institutions must report to the Banco Nacional de Angola individual information on the distribution of their balance sheet and off-balance sheet positions by time bands, as provided for in the map of Annex I of this Instruction, duly completed with the calculations relating to the liquidity ratio and observation ratios. 7.2. Without prejudice to the provision of information on an individual basis, Institutions must report to the Banco Nacional de Angola information in the field "E. Intra-Group Movements", of the map provided for in Annex I of this Instruction, regarding movements whose counterparties are Financial Institutions within their global financial group, in accordance with Article 5 of Notice No. 08/2021 of 05 July on Prudential Requirements. 7.3. Institutions must observe the rules defined in Annex II of this Instruction for completing the map provided for in Annex I of this Instruction. 7.4. Institutions must report to the Banco Nacional de Angola: a) Biweekly, the liquidity maps, as provided for in points (a) and (b) of subpoint 4.2 of number 4 of this Instruction; b) Monthly, the liquidity maps, as provided for in point (c) of subpoint 4.2 of number 4 of this Instruction. 7.5. Institutions must ensure that the data reported in the tables annexed to this Instruction are properly documented.
Sanctions Non-compliance with the mandatory norms established in this Instruction constitutes an offense punishable in accordance with Law No. 14/21 of 19 May, the Law on the General Regime of Financial Institutions.
Doubts and Omissions Doubts and omissions resulting from the interpretation and application of this Instruction are resolved by the Banco Nacional de Angola.
Revocation All regulation contrary to the provisions of this Instruction is hereby revoked, notably Instruction No. 19/16 of 30 August on Liquidity Risk.
Entry into Force This Instruction enters into force on the date of its publication. PUBLISH. Luanda, 27 September 2021. THE GOVERNOR JOSÉ DE LIMA MASSANO
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