Financial Sector (Collection of Data) (reporting standard) determination No. 5 of 2006 Reporting Standard ARS 113.1 Repricing Analysis (Cth)

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Financial Sector (Collection of Data) (reporting standard) determination No. 5 of 2006

Reporting standard ARS 113.1 Repricing Analysis

Financial Sector (Collection of Data) Act 2001

I, Charles Watts Littrell, a delegate of APRA, under paragraph 13(1)(a) of the Financial Sector (Collection of Data) Act 2001 (the Act) and subsection 33(3) of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901:

  • REVOKE the Reporting Standard ARS 113.1 (2005) Repricing Analysis; and

  • DETERMINE the Reporting standard ARS 113.1 Repricing Analysis in the form set out in the Schedule, which applies to the financial sector entities referred to in paragraph 2 of the reporting standard.

Under section 15 of the Act, I DECLARE that the reporting standard shall begin to apply to those financial sector entities on the later of 1 July 2006 and the date of registration on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments.

Dated  26 June 2006

[signed]

Charles Littrell

Executive General Manager

Policy, Research and Statistics

APRA

Interpretation

In this Determination

APRA means the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority.

Schedule    

Reporting standard ARS 113.1 Repricing Analysis comprises 34 pages commencing on the next page.

Reporting Standard ARS 113.1

Repricing Analysis

Objective of this reporting standard

This reporting standard is made under section 13 of the Financial Sector (Collection of Data) Act 2001. It requires non-bank authorised deposit-taking institutions, and particular banks determined by APRA (including, where determined, foreign authorised deposit-taking institutions operating in Australia through branch operations), to report to APRA, generally on a quarterly basis, in relation to their repricing analysis.

This reporting standard outlines the overall requirements for the provision of relevant information to APRA. It should be read in conjunction with:

  • the versions of Form ARF 113.1a Repricing Analysis – Denominated in AUD designated for a ‘Licensed ADI’ and ‘Consolidated Group’;

  • the versions of Form ARF 113.1b Repricing Analysis – Denominated in Foreign Currency designated for a ‘Licensed ADI’ and ‘Consolidated Group’; and

  • the instructions to those forms

all of which are attached and form part of this reporting standard.

Purpose

  1. Data collected in Form ARF 113.1a Repricing Analysis – Denominated in AUD (Form ARF 113.1) and Form ARF 113.1b Repricing Analysis – Denominated in Foreign Currency (Form ARF 113.1b) is used by APRA for the purpose of prudential supervision. It may also be used by the Reserve Bank of Australia and the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

Application

  1. This reporting standard applies to all relevant authorised deposit-taking institutions (ADIs) (as defined by paragraph 17).

Information required

  1. A relevant ADI must provide APRA with the information required by the versions of Form ARF 113.1a and Form ARF 113.1b designated for a ‘Licensed ADI’ for each reporting period.

  1. A relevant ADI that is a highest parent entity in relation to a consolidated ADI group must also provide APRA with the information required by the versions of Form ARF 113.1a and Form 113.1b designated for a ‘Consolidated Group’ for each reporting period.

Forms and method of submission

  1. The information required by this reporting standard must be given to APRA either:

(a)in electronic form, using one of the electronic submission mechanisms provided by the ‘Direct to APRA’ (also known as ‘D2A’) application; or

(b)manually completed on paper, which must be faxed or mailed to APRA’s head office.

Note: the Direct to APRA application software and paper forms may be obtained from APRA.

Reporting periods and due dates

  1. Subject to paragraph 7, a relevant ADI must provide the information required by this reporting standard for each quarter based on the financial year (within the meaning of the Corporations Act 2001) of the ADI.

  1. APRA may, by notice in writing, change the reporting periods, or specified reporting periods, for a particular ADI, to require it to provide the information required by this reporting standard more frequently, or less frequently, having regard to:

(a)the particular circumstances of the ADI;

(b)the extent to which the information is required for the purposes of the prudential supervision of the ADI; and

(c)the requirements of the Reserve Bank of Australia or the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

  1. The information required by this reporting standard must be provided to APRA by the following times:

(a)in the case of information required by paragraphs 3 and 4 from a locally-incorporated bank, locally-incorporated special service provider or foreign ADI (other than a specialist credit card institution) – 20 business days after the end of the reporting period to which the information relates; and

(b)in the case of information required by paragraphs 3 and 4 from a locally- incorporated credit union, locally-incorporated building society, specialist credit card institution (whether or not locally-incorporated) or Cairns Penny Savings & Loans Limited – 15 business days after the end of the reporting period to which the information relates.

  1. APRA may grant an ADI an extension of a due date in writing, in which case the new due date for the provision of the information will be the date on the notice of extension.

Quality control

  1. The information provided by an ADI under this reporting standard (except for the information required under paragraph 4) must be the product of processes and controls that have been reviewed and tested by the external auditor of the ADI. AGS 1008 ‘Audit Implications of Prudential Reporting Requirements for Authorised Deposit-taking Institutions’, issued by the Auditing and Assurance Standards Board provides guidance on the scope and nature of the review and testing required from external auditors. This review and testing must be done on an annual basis or more frequently if necessary to enable the external auditor to form an opinion on the accuracy and reliability of the data.

  1. All information provided by an ADI under this reporting standard must be subject to processes and controls developed by the ADI for the internal review and authorisation of that information. It is the responsibility of the board and senior management of the ADI to ensure that an appropriate set of policies and procedures for the authorisation of data submitted to APRA is in place.

Authorisation

  1. If an ADI submits information under this reporting standard using the ‘Direct to APRA’ software, it will be necessary for an officer of the ADI to digitally sign, authorise and encrypt the relevant data. For this purpose, APRA’s certificate authority will issue ‘digital certificates’, for use with the software, to officers of the ADI who have authority from the ADI to transmit the data to APRA.

  1. If information under this reporting standard is provided in paper form, it must be signed on the front page of the relevant completed form by either:

(a)the Principal Executive Officer of the ADI; or

(b)the Chief Financial Officer of the ADI (whatever his or her official title may be).

Minor alterations to forms and instructions

  1. APRA may make minor variations to:

(a)a form that is part of this reporting standard, and the instructions to such a form, to correct technical, programming or logical errors, inconsistencies or anomalies; or

(b)the instructions to a form, to clarify their application to the form

without changing any substantive requirement in the form or instructions.

  1. If APRA makes such a variation it must notify in writing each ADI that is required to report under this reporting standard.

Transitional

  1. An ADI must report under the old reporting standard in respect of a transitional reporting period. For these purposes:

old reporting standard means the reporting standard revoked in the determination making this reporting standard (being the reporting standard which this reporting standard replaces).

transitional reporting period means a reporting period under the old reporting standard:

(a)which ended before the date of revocation of the old reporting standard; and

(b)in relation to which the ADI was required, under the old reporting standard, to report by a date on or after the date of revocation of the old reporting standard.

Interpretation - classifications of ADIs

  1. In this reporting standard:

Accounting Standard AASB 127 means the accounting standard so made by the Australian Accounting Standards Board.

ADI means an authorised deposit-taking institution within the meaning of the Banking Act 1959.

ADI list means the attached ADI list.

bank means an ADI whose name appears under the heading ‘Australian-owned Banks’, ‘Foreign Subsidiary Banks’ or ‘Branches of Foreign Banks’ in the ADI list.

building society means an ADI whose name appears under the heading ‘Building Societies’ in the ADI list.

consolidated ADI group means a group comprising:

(a)an ADI that is a highest parent entity; and

(b)each subsidiary (within the meaning of Accounting Standard AASB 127) of that ADI, whether the subsidiary is locally-incorporated or not, other than a subsidiary that is excluded by the instructions attached to this standard.

credit union means an ADI whose name appears under the heading ‘Credit Unions’ in the ADI list.

foreign ADI means an ADI that is not incorporated in Australia.

highest parent entity means an ADI that satisfies all of the following conditions:

(a)it is locally-incorporated;

(b)it has at least one subsidiary (within the meaning of Accounting Standard AASB 127); and

(c)it is not itself a subsidiary (within the meaning of Accounting Standard AASB 127) of an ADI that is locally-incorporated.

locally-incorporated means incorporated in Australia.

locally–incorporated bank means an ADI whose name appears under the heading ‘Australian-owned Banks’ or ‘Foreign Subsidiary Banks’ in the ADI list.

relevant ADI means:

(a)an ADI that is not a bank; and

(b)a bank if APRA has determined in writing that the bank is a relevant ADI for the purposes of either:

(i)      this reporting standard (having regard to the particular circumstances of the bank and whether it is necessary or desirable to obtain the information required by this reporting standard for the purposes of the prudential supervision of that bank or to meet the requirements for data of the Reserve Bank of Australia or the Australian Bureau of Statistics); or

(ii)      an old reporting standard (before this reporting standard came into effect), in accordance with paragraph (b) of the definition of relevant ADI in an old reporting standard.

special service provider means an ADI whose name appears under the heading ‘Other ADIs’ in the ADI list (other than Cairns Penny Savings & Loans Limited).

specialist credit card institution means an ADI whose name appears under the heading ‘Specialist Credit Card Institutions (SCCIs)’ in the ADI list.

  1. If an ADI is not in the ADI list, then:

(a)if the ADI assumes or uses the word ‘bank’ in relation to its financial business, it is taken to be a bank for the purposes of this reporting standard;

(b)if the ADI assumes or uses the word ‘bank’ in relation to its financial business, and it is locally-incorporated, it is taken to be a locally-incorporated bank for the purposes of this reporting standard;

(c)if the ADI assumes or uses the expression ‘building society’ in relation to its financial business, and it is locally-incorporated, it is taken to be a locally-incorporated building society for the purposes of this reporting standard;

(d)if the ADI assumes or uses the expression ‘credit union’, ‘credit society’ or ‘credit co-operative’ in relation to its financial business, and it is locally-incorporated, it is taken to be a locally-incorporated credit union for the purposes of this reporting standard; and

(e)if an ADI engages in credit card issuing or credit card acquiring, or both, and does not otherwise carry on banking business within the meaning of section 5 of the Banking Act 1959, it is taken to be a specialist credit card institution for the purposes of this reporting standard.

  1. APRA may in writing determine that an ADI is taken to be a bank, building society, credit union, special service provider or specialist credit card institution for the purposes of this reporting standard (even if, under paragraph 17 or 18, it comes within a different classification).

Interpretation - other definitions

  1. In this reporting standard:

business days means ordinary business days, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays.

old reporting standards means the reporting standards made under section 13 of the Collection of Data Act entitled Reporting Standard ARS 113.1 and Reporting Standard ARS 113.1 (2003).

Principal Executive Officer means the principal executive officer of the ADI for the time being, by whatever name called, and whether or not he or she is a member of the governing board of the entity.

reporting period means a reporting period under paragraph 6 or, if applicable, paragraph 7.

The ADI list

Australian-owned Banks

  • Adelaide Bank Limited

  • AMP Bank Limited

  • Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited

  • Bank of Queensland Limited

  • Bendigo Bank Limited

  • Commonwealth Bank of Australia

  • Commonwealth Development Bank of Australia Limited (a subsidiary of Commonwealth Bank of Australia)

  • Elders Rural Bank Limited

  • Macquarie Bank Limited

  • Members Equity Bank Pty Limited

  • National Australia Bank Limited

  • St George Bank Limited

  • Suncorp-Metway Limited

  • Westpac Banking Corporation

Foreign Subsidiary Banks

  • Arab Bank Australia Limited

  • Bank of China (Australia) Limited

  • Bank of Cyprus Australia Pty Limited

  • BankWest (the trading name of Bank of Western Australia Limited, a foreign subsidiary bank following its sale to Bank of Scotland in December 1995)

  • Citigroup Pty Limited

  • HSBC Bank Australia Limited

  • ING Bank (Australia) Limited

  • Investec Bank (Australia) Limited

  • Laiki Bank (Australia) Limited

  • NM Rothschild & Sons (Australia) Limited

  • Rabobank Australia Limited (a subsidiary of Rabobank Nederland from October 1994)

Branches of Foreign Banks

  • ABN AMRO Bank N.V.

  • Bank of America, National Association

  • Bank of China (subject to depositor protection provisions of the Banking Act 1959)

  • Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd

  • Barclays Capital (the trading name of Barclays Bank plc)

  • BNP Paribas

  • Citibank N.A.

  • Credit Suisse

  • Deutsche Bank AG

  • HBOS Treasury Services plc

  • HSBC Bank plc

  • ING Bank NV

  • JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association

  • Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd

  • Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation Limited

  • Rabobank Nederland (the trading name of Co-operative Central Raiffeisen-Boerenleenbank B.A.)

  • Royal Bank of Canada

  • Société Générale

  • Standard Chartered Bank

  • State Bank of India

  • State Street Bank and Trust Company

  • The International Commercial Bank of China

  • The Royal Bank of Scotland Plc

  • The Toronto-Dominion Bank

  • Taiwan Business Bank

  • UBS AG

  • United Overseas Bank Limited

  • WestLB AG

Building Societies

  • ABS Building Society Ltd

  • B & E Ltd

  • Greater Building Society Ltd

  • Heritage Building Society Limited

  • Home Building Society Ltd

  • Hume Building Society Ltd

  • IMB Ltd

  • Lifeplan Australia Building Society Limited

  • Mackay Permanent Building Society Ltd

  • Maitland Mutual Building Society Limited

  • Newcastle Permanent Building Society Ltd

  • Pioneer Permanent Building Society Limited

  • The Rock Building Society Limited

  • Wide Bay Australia Ltd

Credit Unions

  • Alliance One Credit Union Ltd

  • AMP Employees' & Agents Credit Union Limited

  • Austral Credit Union Limited

  • Australian Central Credit Union Limited

  • Australian Country Credit Union Ltd (trading as Reliance Credit Union)

  • Australian Defence Credit Union Ltd

  • AWA Credit Union Limited

  • Bananacoast Community Credit Union Ltd

  • Bankstown City Credit Union Ltd

  • Berrima District Credit Union Ltd

  • Big Sky Credit Union Ltd

  • Blue Mountains and Riverlands Community Credit Union Ltd

  • Broadway Credit Union Ltd

  • Calare Credit Union Ltd

  • CAPE Credit Union Limited

  • Capital Credit Union Ltd

  • Capricornia Credit Union Ltd

  • Carboy (SA) Credit Union Limited

  • Central Murray Credit Union Limited

  • Central West Credit Union Limited

  • Circle Credit Co-operative Limited

  • Coastline Credit Union Limited

  • Collie Miners Credit Union Ltd

  • Community Alliance Credit Union Limited

  • Community CPS Australia Limited

  • Community First Credit Union Limited

  • Companion Credit Union Limited

  • Comtax Credit Union Limited

  • Connect Credit Union of Tasmania Limited

  • Country First Credit Union Ltd

  • CPS Credit Union Co-operative (ACT) Limited

  • Credit Union Australia Ltd

  • Credit Union Incitec Pivot Limited

  • Croatian Community Credit Union Limited

  • CSR and Rinker Employees Credit Union Limited

  • Dairy Farmers Credit Union Ltd

  • Defence Force Credit Union Limited

  • Discovery Credit Union Ltd

  • Dnister Ukrainian Credit Co-operative Limited

  • ELCOM Credit Union Ltd

  • Electricity Credit Union Ltd

  • Encompass Credit Union Limited

  • Ericsson Employees Credit Co-operative Limited

  • Esso Employees' Credit Union Ltd

  • Eurobodalla Credit Union Ltd

  • Family First Credit Union Limited

  • Fire Brigades Employees' Credit Union Limited

  • Fire Service Credit Union Limited

  • Firefighters & Affiliates Credit Co-operative Limited

  • First Option Credit Union Limited

  • First Pacific Credit Union Limited

  • Fitzroy & Carlton Community Credit Co-operative Limited

  • Ford Co-operative Credit Society Limited

  • Gateway Credit Union Ltd

  • Geelong & District Credit Co-operative Society Limited

  • GMH (Employees) Q.W.L. Credit Co-operative Limited

  • Goldfields Credit Union Ltd

  • Gosford City Credit Union Ltd

  • Goulburn Murray Credit Union Co-operative Limited

  • H.M.C. Staff Credit Union Ltd

  • Heritage Isle Credit Union Limited

  • Hibernian Credit Union Limited

  • Holiday Coast Credit Union Ltd

  • Horizon Credit Union Ltd

  • Hoverla Ukrainian Credit Co-operative Ltd

  • Hunter Mutual Limited

  • Hunter United Employees' Credit Union Limited

  • Industries Mutual Credit Union Limited

  • Intech Credit Union Limited

  • Island State Credit Union Ltd

  • Karpaty Ukrainian Credit Union Limited

  • La Trobe Country Credit Co-operative Limited

  • La Trobe University Credit Union Co-operative Limited

  • Laboratories Credit Union Ltd

  • Latvian Australian Credit Co-operative Society Limited

  • Lithuanian Co-operative Society (Talka) Limited

  • Lysaght Credit Union Ltd

  • MacArthur Credit Union Ltd

  • Macaulay Community Credit Co-operative Limited

  • Macquarie Credit Union Limited

  • Maleny and District Community Credit Union Limited

  • Manly Warringah Credit Union Ltd

  • Maritime Workers of Australia Credit Union Ltd

  • Maroondah Credit Union Ltd

  • MECU Limited

  • Melbourne University Credit Union Limited

  • Memberfirst Credit Union Limited

  • New England Credit Union Ltd

  • Newcom Colliery Employees' Credit Union Ltd

  • Northern Inland Credit Union Ltd

  • Nova Credit Union Limited

  • NSW Teachers Credit Union Ltd

  • Old Gold Credit Union Co-operative Limited

  • Orana Credit Union Ltd

  • Orange Credit Union Limited

  • Phoenix (NSW) Credit Union Ltd

  • Plenty Credit Co-operative Limited

  • Police & Nurses Credit Society Limited

  • Police Association Credit Co-operative Limited

  • Police Credit Union Limited

  • Polish Community Credit Union Ltd

  • Power Credit Union Limited

  • Powerstate Credit Union Ltd

  • Pulse Credit Union Limited

  • Qantas Staff Credit Union Limited

  • Queensland Community Credit Union Limited

  • Queensland Country Credit Union Ltd

  • Queensland Police Credit Union Limited

  • Queensland Professional Credit Union Ltd

  • Queensland Teachers' Credit Union Limited

  • Queenslanders Credit Union Limited

  • Railways Credit Union Limited

  • RegionalOne Credit Union Limited

  • Resources Credit Union Limited

  • RTA Staff Credit Union Limited

  • Satisfac Direct Credit Union Limited

  • Savings and Loans Credit Union (S.A.) Ltd

  • Security Credit Union Ltd

  • Select Credit Union Ltd

  • Service One Credit Union Ltd

  • SGE Credit Union Limited

  • Shell Employees' Credit Union Limited

  • South West Slopes Credit Union Ltd

  • Southern Cross Credit Union Limited

  • South-West Credit Union Co-operative Limited

  • St Mary's Swan Hill Co-operative Credit Society Limited

  • St Patrick's Mentone Co-operative Credit Society Limited

  • Statewest Credit Society Limited

  • Sutherland Credit Union Ltd

  • Sutherland Shire Council Employees' Credit Union Ltd

  • Sydney Credit Union Ltd

  • Tartan Credit Union Ltd

  • The Broken Hill Community Credit Union Ltd

  • The Gympie Credit Union Ltd

  • The Police Department Employees' Credit Union Limited

  • The Summerland Credit Union Limited

  • The TAFE and Community Credit Union Limited

  • The University Credit Society Limited

  • Traditional Credit Union Limited

  • TransComm Credit Co-operative Limited

  • Uni Credit Union Ltd

  • United Credit Union Limited

  • Victoria Teachers Credit Union Limited

  • Wagga Mutual Credit Union Ltd

  • Warwick Credit Union Ltd

  • WAW Credit Union Co-operative Limited

  • Westax Credit Society Ltd

  • Western City Credit Union Ltd

  • Woolworths/Safeway Employees' Credit Co-operative Limited

  • Wyong Council Credit Union Ltd

  • Yennora Credit Union Ltd

Specialist Credit Card Institutions (SCCIs)

Foreign-owned SCCIs

  • GE Capital Finance Australia

  • GE Finance Australasia Pty Ltd

Locally Incorporated SCCIs

  • MoneySwitch Limited

Other ADIs

These companies are run by industry bodies and provide services (eg payments clearing) to member building societies and credit unions.

  • Australian Settlements Limited

  • Credit Union Services Corporation (Australia) Limited

  • Indue Ltd

One ADI that provides general banking services which does not fall into the other categories.

  • Cairns Penny Savings & Loans Limited

Authorised Non-Operating Holding Companies

  • HBOS Australia Pty Ltd

Reporting Form ARF 113.1

Repricing Analysis

Instruction Guide

This instruction guide is designed to assist in the general completion of the Repricing Analysis Form for the licensed authorised deposit-taking institution (ADI) and Consolidated reporting entities.

This form is used to assist APRA and the ADI’s board and management in understanding the repricing position of the reporting ADI’s balance sheet, so as to obtain a high level view of the interest rate risk profile.

General directions and notes

Reporting entity

This form is to be completed by Banks1, Credit Unions, Cairns Penny Savings & Loans Limited, Building Societies, Specialist Credit Card Institutions (SCCIs) and Special Service Providers (SSPs) on both a Licensed ADI and Consolidated ADI group basis (where applicable).

1           Where APRA determines.

Foreign ADIs[2] and SCCIs operating through branches in Australia are required to complete this form for the Australian branch only.

[2]           These instructions and any relevant form are to apply to the Bank of China as if its branch operations in Australia constituted a locally-incorporated bank.  Accordingly: (a) the Bank of China is to undertake stand-alone or ‘Licensed ADI’ reporting in respect of the bank’s Australian branch operations, as if those operations constituted a locally-incorporated bank; and (b) ‘Consolidated Group’ reporting for Bank of China is to encompass (i) those branch operations (as if they constituted a locally-incorporated bank) and (ii) any locally-incorporated subsidiary of the Bank of China.

Licensed ADI

This refers to the operations of the reporting ADI on a stand-alone basis.

Securitisation deconsolidation principle

Except where stated otherwise on this form, reporting entities must treat any securitisation program special purpose vehicles (SPVs) in which the ADI (or a member of its consolidated group) participates in accordance with APRA’s clean sale and separation requirements as non-consolidated independent third parties. As a result, for reporting purposes all assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses of these SPVs must be excluded from the ADI’s reported amounts. Where relevant, report on this form any exposure to or other transaction between the ADI and any such SPV as if such transaction was conducted with an independent third party, regardless of whether the SPV or its assets is consolidated for accounting purposes.

APRA's clean sale and separation requirements are set out in APS 120 Funds Management and Securitisation and related Guidance Notes AGN 120.3 Purchase and Supply of Assets (including Securities Issued by SPVs) (AGN 120.3) and AGN 120.1 Disclosure and Separation. Whenever the clean sale and separation requirements are not met, all the assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses of the SPV are to be consolidated with the ADI’s reported amounts.

Note: ADIs should consult APRA in case of doubt as to whether a subsidiary or controlled entity that engaged in non-financial operations should be consolidated at Level 2 for capital adequacy purposes.

Consolidated ADI group

This refers to the consolidated group of the reporting ADI at Level 2 (i.e. the consolidated banking group level) defined in accordance with the ADI Prudential Standard APS 110 Capital Adequacy.

The basis of consolidation required in this form is in accordance with the Prudential Consolidated ADI group. The prudential consolidated group should also be determined in accordance with Australian accounting standards, notably AASB 127 Consolidated and Separate Financial Statements and AASB 3 Business Combinations with the following modifications:

  1. Include the following:

  • all controlled banking entities, securities entities and other financial entities (e.g. finance companies, money market corporations, stockbrokers and leasing companies).

  1. Exclude subsidiary entities involved in the following business activities:

  • insurance businesses (including friendly societies and health funds);

  • acting as manager, responsible entity, approved trustee, trustee or similar role in relation to funds management or the securitisation of assets;

  • non-financial (commercial) operations; and

  • SPVs whose assets have satisfied the clean sale requirements set down in AGN 120.3 (refer Securitisation deconsolidation principle).

Reporting period

The form is to be completed as at the last day of the stated reporting quarter, unless the forms are completed on a more frequent basis as required by APRA. Locally incorporated banks, Foreign ADIs (other than specialist credit card institutions) and SSPs should submit the completed form to APRA within 20 business days after the end of the relevant reporting quarter. Credit Unions, Cairns Penny Savings & Loans Limited, Building Societies and SCCIs should submit the completed form to APRA within 15 business days after the end of the relevant reporting quarter.

Unit of measurement

Banks are asked to complete the form in millions of Australian dollars rounded to one decimal place. SSPs, Building Societies, Credit Unions, SCCIs and Cairns Penny Savings & Loans Limited are asked to complete the form in whole Australian dollars (no decimal place).

Amounts denominated in foreign currency are to be converted to AUD in accordance with AASB 121 The Effects of Changes in Foreign Exchange Rates (AASB 121).

The general requirements of AASB 121 for translation are:

  1. foreign currency monetary items outstanding at the reporting date must be translated at the spot rate at the reporting date;3

    3           Monetary items are defined to mean units of currency held and assets and liabilities to be received or paid in a fixed or determinable number of units of currency.  Spot rate means the exchange rate for immediate delivery.

  1. foreign currency non-monetary items that are measured at historical cost in a foreign currency must be translated using the exchange rate at the date of the transaction;4 and

    4           Examples of non-monetary items include amounts prepaid for goods and services (e.g. prepaid rent); goodwill; intangible assets; physical assets; and provisions that are to be settled by the delivery of a non-monetary asset.

  1. translation of financial reports of foreign operations.

A foreign operation is defined in AASB 121 as meaning an entity that is a subsidiary, associate, joint venture or branch of a reporting entity, the activities of which are based or conducted in a country or currency other than those of the reporting entity.

Exchange differences relating to foreign currency monetary items that form part of the net investment of an entity in a foreign operation, must be recognised as a separate component of equity; and

Translation of financial reports should otherwise follow the requirements in AASB 121.

Specific instructions

Repricing profile

We recommend that where possible the repricing analysis should be completed on the basis of the expected repricing profile of assets and liabilities, rather than the contractual repricing (i.e. contractual loan repayment rates) or original maturity. The expected repricing profile of assets and liabilities should take into account expected loan prepayment/amortisation rates and deposit portfolio run-off, rather than contractual repricing where these are expected to be materially different. The absence of prepayment penalties/break clauses should be considered for fixed rate products when determining the amount recorded in the respective time bucket.

If a portfolio of assets (e.g. the trading portfolio) is managed for risk management purposes against a benchmark portfolio or index, it is acceptable to use the repricing profile of the nominated benchmark or index.

The time buckets on the form indicate the periods when the interest rates applying to portfolios (e.g. investments, loans, deposits and borrowings) will reprice (i.e. term to next interest rate repricing/change). They do not indicate the residual term of the original maturity of the instrument itself, however the two may coincide (e.g. bank bills, term deposits/money market loans).

The amount recorded in each time bucket for each item is the amount of principal of that item that is expected to reprice during that time period rather than any fair value representation of that principal. Similarly, the amounts in the total column for each item should be the sum of the principal amounts in the time buckets in that row, not a fair value. 

In the case of variable rate loans for example, they do not have a fixed repricing term. Accordingly these should be included in either the 0 to 1 months or 1 to 3 months time bucket, depending on the time frame the institution expects to take to adjust its variable rates after movements in the official or market rate. A 20 year residential loan with a two year fixed interest rate would be included in the 1-2 year time bucket (when the interest rate on the loan will next change/reprice) and not the >5 year time bucket (reflecting the maturity/repayment of the loan). In subsequent quarters, as the term of this fixed interest rate runs its course, it would be included in the 6 -12 month category and so on.

Not all assets and liabilities would be exposed to interest rate risk. Such items should be classified as Non Interest Rate Sensitive Assets/Liabilities.

Shareholders equity should be placed in the non interest rate sensitive bucket, unless analysis has been performed and presented to APRA to indicate another repricing profile and APRA has agreed to the use of that profile.

Measurement of derivatives and other commitments

Other commitments should only be included where the timing is known.  For example a loan approved but not advanced where a 2 year fixed rate has been offered to the borrower should be included in the 1 to 2 year time bucket.  Whereas a loan approved but not advanced where no rate has been locked in would typically be recorded in the 0 to 1 month bucket.

For derivative instruments the underlying cash flows should be recorded with the correct sign.  Examples of swaps, futures and FRAs are described below.

Swaps

For an interest rate swap, the fixed leg should be allocated to the time bucket corresponding to the residual maturity of the swap and the floating leg should be allocated to the time bucket corresponding to the next rate reset date.  Additionally the pay side should be recorded as negative the face value, whilst the receive side should be recorded as positive the face value. 

Example 1

An ADI enters into a 3 year swap with a face value of $5M, under which the ADI pays fixed, receives floating with quarterly resets. The swap  should be initially recorded in the repricing analysis form as negative $5M in the 2 to 3 year time bucket (as the swap has a residual maturity of 3 years) and positive $5M in the 1 to 3 month time bucket (as the next interest rate reset date occurs in 3 months time.   See table below.

Total 1 to 3 Months 2 to 3 years
Swaps 0 +5,000,000 -5,000,000

In subsequent quarters the two legs of the swap would be allocated to different time buckets, where appropriate, such that the fixed leg corresponds to the residual maturity of the swap and the floating leg corresponds to the next rate reset date.

Example 2

On 11 June 2003 an ADI enters into a 4.5 year swap with a face value of $10M, under which the ADI receives fixed, pays floating with semi annual resets. The swap should be recorded in the repricing analysis form as at 30 June 2003 as positive $10M in the 4 to 5 years time bucket (as the swap has a residual maturity of just less than 4.5 years) and negative $10M in the 3 to 6 month time bucket (as the next reset date of 11 December 2003 occurs in just under 6 months time). 

In subsequent quarters the two legs of the swap would be allocated to different time buckets, as appropriate.  Using example 2 to illustrate this, on 30 September 2003 the swap should be recorded as positive $10M in the 4 to 5 year time bucket and negative $10M in the 1 to 3 month time bucket (as the next reset date of 11  December 2003 has moved into the 1 to 3 month bucket).   Subsequently on 31 December 2003 the swap should be recorded as positive $10M in the 3 to 4 years time bucket (as the swap now has a residual maturity of just less than 4 years) and a negative $10M in the 3 to 6 month time bucket (as the next reset date is 11 June 2004).

Futures

For a futures contract the face value should be allocated to time buckets according to the cash flows of the underlying physical instrument. 

Example 1

On 25 June 2003 an ADI purchases 20 Sydney Futures Exchange September 2003 90 day bank bill futures contracts. This transaction results in a notional cash outflow in September 2003 to purchase the underlying physical 90 day bank bills and a notional cash inflow in December 2003 when the bank bills mature. This futures transaction should be recorded in the 30 June 2003 repricing analysis form as negative $20M in the 1 to 3 month time bucket (as the underlying physical bills will be purchased in 3 months time) and positive $20M in the 3 to 6 month time bucket (as the bills mature in 6 months time).  See the table below.

Total 1 to 3 Months 3 to 6 Months
Futures & FRAs 0 -20,000,000 +20,000,000

Example 2

On 23rd September 2003 an ADI sells 15 March 2004 bank bill futures contracts. This transaction results in a notional cash inflow in March 2004 when the ADI sells the bank bills and a notional cash outflow in June 2004 when the bank bills mature. This futures transaction would be recorded in the 30th September 2003 repricing analysis form as positive $15M in the 3 to 6 month time bucket (as the physical bills will be sold in 6 months time) and negative $15M in the 6 to 12 month time bucket (as the physical bills mature in 9 months time). 

In subsequent quarters the futures transaction is allocated to different time buckets, as appropriate. Using example 2 for bill futures to illustrate this, on 31 December 2003 the positive $15M would have moved into the 1 to 3 month time bucket and the negative $15M would have moved into the 3 to 6 month time bucket. 

The approach described above for allocating bought and sold bank bill futures to the repricing analysis form also applies to bond futures. 

Forward rate agreements (FRA’s)

As with a futures contract, a FRA contract is similarly broken down into the underlying notional cash flows.  A FRA 2/5 for $50M as a lender (also termed receiver {of interest}) would be reported as a negative $50M in the 1 to 3 month time bucket and positive $50M in the 3 to 6 month time bucket.  This represents lending $50M in 2 months time until 5 months.

Total 1 to 3 Months 3 to 6 Months
Futures & FRAs 0 -50,000,000 +50,000,000

A FRA1/4 for $100M as a borrower (also termed payer {of interest}) would be represented as a positive $100M in the 0 to 1 month time bucket and a negative $100M in the 3 to 6 month time bucket.

Options

Where options are used to hedge interest rate risk in the banking book APRA should be consulted, before completing the report.

Other commitments

These would include unused credit card and overdraft facilities, loans approved not advanced, standby facilities offered by the ADI etc.


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