Financial Institutions (Foreign Currency Exposure) Regulations 2009

[26th January 2009] Supplement to Official Gazette 75 S.I. 16 of 2009 FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS ACT, 2004 (Act 14 of 2004) Financial Institutions (Foreign Currency Exposure) Regulations, 2009 Arrangement of Regulations 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Citation Interpretation Application CalculationofForeigncurrencyriskexposure Foreigncurrencyexposurelimit Reportingrequirements

76 Supplement to Official Gazette [26th January 2009] S.I. 16 of 2009 FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS ACT, 2004 Financial Institutions (Foreign Currency Exposure) Regulations, 2009 In exercise of the powers conferred by sections 27 and32 of the Financial Institutions Act, 2004, the Central Bank hereby makes the following Regulations -

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Financial
   Institutions(ForeignCurrencyExposure) Regulations,2009. Citation
2. In these Regulations -
   "capital" means total assets less total liabilities, that is, what remains of a bank's value after all prior claims against its assets have been met; Interpretation "form FCER1" means the form in Schedule 1; "form FCER2" means the form in Schedule 2; "main currencies" means the Pound Sterling, United States Dollar and Euro; "mid rate" (a) in relation to the three main currencies, means the weighted average rate of all buying and selling transactions of the previous day as quoted by the Central Bank for the banking industry; and in relation to currencies other than the three main currencies, means the international cross rates. (b) "net long position" means the extent to which foreign currency assets exceed foreign curr~ncy liabilities, indicating an overbought position;

Supplement to Official Gazette 77 [26th January 2009] Application Calculation of foreign currency risk exposure Foreign currency exposure limit Reporting requirements "net short position" means the extent to which foreign currency liabilities exceed foreign currency assets, indicating an oversold position; "overall foreign currency risk ,exposure" means the domestic currency equivalent of the gross aggregate of' a bank's net long and net short positions in individual foreign currencies computed using the shorthand method; "shorthand method" means the process of measuring the overall foreign currency risk exposure by taking the higher of the total net short position or the total net long. position as the overall ope.nposition; "single currency exposure" means foreign currency denominated as,sets and liabilities and net off-balance sheet items, as specified in the form FCERI and in the manner set out in regulation 6(2); "total net long position" means the sum of all the net longpositions; , "total net short position" means the sum of all the net short positions.
3. These regulations apply to banks licensed by the
Central Bank to engage in domestic banking business, under section 6 of the Act. The overall foreign currency risk exposure shall be calculated using the shorthand method. 5.(1) The total net long position to capital ratio shall not exceed 100%. 4. (2) The total net short position to capital ratio shall not exceed 20%. 6.(1) Abankshallsubmit-

78 Supplement to Official Gazette [26th January 2009] (a) the form FCERI specifying- (i) single currency exposures; (ii) the exchange rate being the mid rate; and (iii) the capital, of that bank:; (b) a breakdown ofitems 1.5,3.4 and 5.0 as laid out in the form FCER2; and (c) a disclosure on whether or not the bank bears the foreign exchange risk for the items listed on the form FCERI, in the column headed Remarks in the form FCER2, electronically, to the Financial Services Supervision Division of the Central Bank before noon on the business day following the day to which the forms relate. (2)(a) Subject to paragraph (b), the assets, liabilities and off-balance sheet items of whi~h the single currency exposure comprises shall be specified individually in the form FCERI. . (b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), where a single currency exposure signifies less than the equivalent of 1 million of the domestic currency, the exposure may be converted to the local currency and aggregated under the column headed Others in the form FCERI.

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SCHEDULE 1
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REPORTS ON FOREIGN CURRENCY EXPOSURE Central Bank of Seychelles Daily Report on Foreign Currency Exposure At close of business on:
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82 Supplement to Official Gazette [26th January 2009] MADE this 26th day of January, 2009. P. LAPORTE GOVERNOR