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PIB A4.4 PIB A4.4 Qualifying Securities Financing Transactions (SFTs)
PIB A4.4.1
A qualifying SFT must comply with the following requirements:
(a) both theExposure and theCollateral are cash, or aSecurity issued by a central government orCentral Bank qualifying for a 0% risk weight under theRules in PIB section 4.12;(b) both theExposure and theCollateral are denominated in the same currency;(c) either the transaction is overnight or both theExposure and theCollateral are marked-to-market daily and are subject to daily remargining;(d) following aCounterparty's failure to remargin, the time that is required between the last mark-to-market before the failure to remargin and the liquidation of theCollateral is considered to be no more than four business days;(e) the transaction is settled across a recognised settlement system for that type of transaction;(f) the documentation covering the agreement is standard market documentation for repos, reverse repos,Securities , lending transactions orSecurities borrowing transactions in theSecurities concerned;(g) the transaction is governed by documentation specifying that if theCounterparty fails to satisfy an obligation to deliver cash orSecurities or to deliver margin, or otherwise defaults, then the transaction may be terminated immediately; and(h) upon any event of default, regardless of whether theCounterparty is insolvent or bankrupt, theAuthorised Firm has the unfettered, legally enforceable right to immediately seize and liquidate theCollateral for the benefit of theAuthorised Firm .Derived from RM111/2012 (Made 15th October 2012). [VER20/12-12]