Completion Instructions for Certificate of Compliance with the Banking Ordinance of an Authorized Institution Incorporated Outside Hong Kong
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority issued completion instructions for Form MA(BS)1F(b), requiring authorized institutions incorporated outside Hong Kong to certify their compliance with specific sections of the Banking Ordinance and related liquidity and disclosure rules. Institutions must submit this certificate within 14 days after the end of each quarter, with deadlines deferring to the next working day if they fall on a public holiday. The form requires reporting on compliance with Liquidity Coverage Ratio, Net Stable Funding Ratio, Liquidity Maintenance Ratio, and Core Funding Ratio requirements, as well as indicating any contraventions of the Banking (Disclosure) Rules based on the most recent disclosure statement.
Completion Instructions
Certificate of compliance with the Banking Ordinance
of an authorized institution incorporated outside Hong Kong
Form MA(BS)1F(b)
This certificate should be submitted by all authorized institutions incorporated
outside Hong Kong for the purpose of certifying their compliance with —
) section 80;
® section 85;
® liquidity requirement(s) prescribed in the Rules made under section 97H(1) of
the Banking Ordinance that is applicable to the institution; and
® Rules made under section 60A(1) of the Banking Ordinance.
The certificate is to be submitted not later than 14 days after the end of each quarter
(that is, 31 March, 30 June, 30 September or 31 December). If the submission
deadline falls on a public holiday, it will be deferred to the next working day.
Cover page item 2(¢)
Report in this item whether the reporting institution complied with the minimum
liquidity requirement(s) applicable to it during the reporting period.
® If the reporting institution is a category 1 institution, the minimum liquidity
requirements is-are the minimum required level of Liquidity Coverage Ratio
(LCR) and Net Stable Funding Ratio (NSI'R) set out respectively in rule 4 and
rule 84 of the Banking Liquidity Rules (BLR).
® If the reporting institution is a category 2 institution, the minimum liquidity
requirement is the minimum required level of the Liquidity Maintenance Ratio
(LMR) set out in rule 7 of the BLR. Further to this. a category 2A institution
must also comply with the minimum Core Funding Ratio (CFR) set out in
rule 8D of the BLR.
Cover nage item 2(d)
For the purposes of indicating compliance with the rules made under section 60A(1)
of the Banking Ordinance (that is, the Banking (Disclosure) Rules, or hereafter
referred to the BDR), the reporting institution is required to complete item 2(d). The
certification of compliance should be made in relation to the reporting institution’s
most recent disclosure statement issued prior to the Certificate of Compliance. For
instance, if the institution’s financial year-end is end-December, it should indicate in
its Certificate for the period ending 30 September whether it has contravened the
MA(BS)1F(b)/P.1(3/26172018)
requirements of the BDR in respect of its disclosures for the interim reporting period.
Any contraventions of the BDR in respect of its disclosures for the annual reporting
period should be recorded in the Certificate for the period ending 30 March. Where
the Certificate of Compliance relates to a quarter in which no disclosure statement
has been issued, the reporting institution should give the same answer as on the
previous quarter’s Certificate of Compliance.
5. The reporting institution should complete item 2(d) by putting a “Y” or “N” in the
appropriate column to indicate whether or not the institution has contravened any of
the requirements of the BDR. If the answer to item 2(d) is “yes”, the institution
should specify in the space provided relevant section(s) of the BDR that it
contravened. If the institution is exempted by the Monetary Authority for
disclosures required under the BDR, it should tick the relevant box as provided in
the Certificate.
Hong Kong Monetary Authority
March 20172018
MA(BS)1F(b)/P.2(3/260172018)