3.2.2 Netting Agreement preferences

User can override some of the specific preferences for the Netting Agreement(s) at the contract level.

Click the Netting button at the bottom of the Collateral-Netting screen to open this screen.

Figure 3-3 Netting Agreement preferences

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Description of "Figure 3-3 Netting Agreement preferences"

The following table describes the fields captured for Netting agreement preferences for a Contract.

* Indicates mandatory fields.

Table 3-4 Netting Agreement preferences

Field Description

Module

Displays Treasury Module of the contract.

User Reference

Displays User Reference number of the Contract for which the Collateral-Netting preferences are being captured.

Version

Displays current Version of the contract.

Deal Product

Displays the Product selected for the contract.

Deal Type

Displays the Deal Type selected for the contract.

Portfolio

Displays the Portfolio selected for the contract.

Agreement

Displays the selected Agreement.

Netting Party

Displays the contract party of the agreement.

Contract Currency

Displays the booking currency of the Contract.

Securities Netting

Group of fields to capture the contract level overrides for the preferences to be used for netting securities.

Net Securities

Select the preference for netting securities for the contract.

  • This field cannot be amended after first authorization of the contract
  • Defaulted to the value selected for this preference in the agreement
  • If ‘Net’ is selected, then both securities delivered and received are netted together, across multiple transactions linked to the same agreement
  • If ‘Aggregate’ is selected, then securities delivered are netted and securities received are netted separately, across multiple transactions linked to the same agreement
  • If not selected (‘’), then securities for the contract are not netted

Netting Tenor

Select the preference for netting securities for the contract with other transactions linked to the same agreement, having any tenor or same tenor.

  • Applicable only if Net Securities selected is ‘Net’ or ‘Aggregate’
  • Defaulted to the value selected for this preference in the agreement
  • If ‘All’ is selected, then securities for this contract are netted with transactions having any tenor
  • If ‘Same Tenor’ is selected, then securities for this contract are netted only with transactions having same tenor
  • If ‘Same Deal’ is selected, then only securities for this contract are netted
  • ‘All’ is set by default, if not specified

Netting Level

Select the preference for netting securities for the contract with other transactions linked to the same agreement, having same SK Location, Clearing House or Position/Basket.

  • Applicable only if Net Securities selected is ‘Net’ or ‘Aggregate’
  • Defaulted to the value selected for this preference in the agreement
  • If ‘SK Location’ is selected, then securities for this contract are netted with transactions settled through the same SK Location
  • If ‘Clearing House’ is selected, then securities for this contract are netted with transactions settled through the same Clearing House
  • If ‘Position/Basket’ is selected, then securities for this contract are netted only with transactions belonging to the same Position or Basket
  • ‘SK Location’ is set by default, if not specified

Cash Netting

Group of fields to capture the contract level overrides for the preferences to be used for netting cash components.

Net Cash

Select the preference for netting cash components of the contract.

  • This field cannot be amended after first authorization of the contract
  • Defaulted to the value selected for this preference in the agreement
  • If ‘Net’ is selected, then both cashflows paid and received are netted together, for the same component across multiple transactions linked to the same cash netting scheme
  • If ‘Aggregate’ is selected, then cashflows paid are netted and cashflows received are netted separately, for the same component across multiple transactions linked to the same cash netting scheme
  • If not selected (‘’), then cashflows of the contract are not netted for the components linked to the agreement

FX Netting Type

Select the preference for netting cash components of the contract with other transactions linked to the same agreement, Pair-wise or Currency-wise.

  • Applicable only if the contract is a FX contract and Net Cash selected is ‘Net’ or ‘Aggregate’
  • Defaulted to the value selected for this preference in the agreement
  • If ‘Pair-Wise’ is selected, then cash flows of this contract are netted with only those FX transactions, linked to this agreement and traded with the same currency pair
  • If ‘Currency-Wise’ is selected, then cash flows of this contract are netted with cash flows in the same currency for other FX transactions linked to this agreement, even if they are not booked with the same currency pair
  • For transactions belonging to other modules. ‘Currency-Wise’ is set by default and cannot be changed

Cash Netting Schemes

Select the list of settlement schemes to be used for netting cash components of this contract.

  • Defaulted from the agreement for the currencies and component types of the cashflows of this contract
  • Schemes can be defined for different cash component types and currencies
  • At least one default scheme should be defined separately with the criteria selected as ‘ALL’

Settlement Currency

Select the currency of the cash flow component(s) of the contract to be netted.

  • This field cannot be amended after first authorization of the contract
  • Can be defined for each cashflow currency individually
  • If not specified, ‘ALL’ is set by default indicating that all cash components are netted together, irrespective of the currency and settled through the same netting scheme in the scheme currency

Component Type

Select the type of the cash flow component of the contract to be netted.

  • If not specified, ‘ALL’ is set by default indicating that all types of components are netted together

Component

Select the cash flow component of the contract to be netted.

  • If not specified, ‘ALL’ is set by default indicating that all cashflow components are netted together

Settlement Scheme

Select the scheme through which the selected cash component(s) in the selected settlement currency, are net settled.

  • All cashflows across contracts linked to the same settlement scheme are netted together, based on Net Cash, Netting Tenor and FX Netting Type preferences

Scheme Description

Displays the description of the Settlement scheme.

Scheme Currency

Displays the currency of the settlement scheme, in which the settlement happens.

  • If the Scheme Currency is different from the Settlement Currency, then the component amount to be settled is converted into Scheme Currency equivalent, using the prevailing FX rates, as configured for the Settlement Scheme

Click the Default button to populate the Cash Netting Schemes in the selected agreement for the currencies and component types of the cashflows of this contract.