Regulatory Alerts2017-09-20
Net Stable Funding Ratio Disclosure Standards
The Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency mandates that all domestic banks calculate and disclose their Net Stable Funding Ratio (NSFR) using a standardized template to ensure a minimum ratio of 100 percent. This requirement, effective for reporting periods beginning after January 1, 2018, incorporates both quantitative measures of stable funding sources and uses alongside qualitative risk management criteria. By aligning with Basel Committee on Banking Supervision guidelines, the standardized disclosures will enhance regulatory transparency, reinforce liquidity risk oversight, and strengthen market discipline.
Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency
BANKING CONTROL
[Logo: مؤسسة النقد العربي السعودي] الرقم : 361000130698 التاريخ : 1436/10/12 المرفقات :
From : Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency To : All Banks Attention: Managing Directors, Chief Executive Officers and General Managers
Subject : Net Stable Funding Ratio disclosure standards
We refer to SAMA's Circular # 36100048682 dated 20/01/2015 regarding the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision's (BCBS) Consultative Document entitled Net Stable Funding Ratio Disclosure Standard.
The NSFR will become a minimum standard by 1 January 2018 and this ratio should be equal to at least 100% on an ongoing basis. In line with these requirements, disclosure requirements for the Net Stable Funding Ratio (NSFR) have been developed by BCBS to improve the transparency of regulatory funding requirements, reinforce the Principles for Sound Liquidity Risk Management and Supervision, strengthen market discipline, and reduce uncertainty in the markets as the NSFR is implemented.
The template (as attached herewith) includes quantitative requirements i.e. the major categories of sources and uses of stable funding along with qualitative requirements.
To promote the consistency and usability of disclosures related to the NSFR, all banks will be required to publish their NSFRs according to a common template from the date of first reporting period after 1 January 2018.
Banks should access the BCBS document from the BIS website www.bis.org and are expected to review and adhere to the disclosure requirements, when reporting NSFR, from the date as mentioned in this circular.
[Signature] Osamah M. Shaker Director General of Banking Control
P.O. Box 2992 - Riyadh-11169, Saudi Arabia - Tel : 011-463 3000 - Telex 404390 SJ - Fax : 011-463 2090