2.8.8 Netting Preferences

User can define the settlement netting preferences for the agreement if the agreement is used for Settlement Netting purposes. Netting tab is enabled only if ‘Settlement Netting’ is checked for Agreement purpose in Main tab, for this agreement.

  • Can define the preferences for netting securities transferred for the transactions linked to the agreement
  • Can define the preferences for netting cash components of the transactions linked to the agreement
  • Can select multiple schemes for net settlement of different cash components applicable for the modules linked to the agreement

Click the Netting tab in the Master Agreement Maintenance screen to open this screen.

Figure 2-26 Master Agreement Maintenance - Netting

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The following table describes the fields captured for netting preferences for the agreement.

* indicates mandatory fields.

Table 2-15 Master Agreement Maintenance - Netting

Field Description

Netting Product

Select the Margin-Netting Product, to which this agreement is linked.

  • Only products enabled for Settlement Netting is displayed for selection

Product Description

Displays the description of the netting product selected.

Cash Netting

Group of fields to capture the preferences to be used for netting cash components of the transactions linked to this agreement.

  • Applicable, only if “Cash” is checked for the Netting product selected

Net Cash

Select the default preference for netting cash components of the transactions linked to this agreement.

  • Defaulted to the value selected for this preference in the Netting product selected
  • If not selected (‘’), then cashflows will not be netted for the transactions linked to the agreement
  • If ‘Net’ is selected, then both cashflows paid and received is netted together, for the same component across multiple transactions linked to the same cash netting scheme
  • If ‘Aggregate’ is selected, then cashflows paid is netted and cashflows received is netted separately, for the same component across multiple transactions linked to the same cash netting scheme

Netting Tenor

Select the default preference for netting cash components of the transactions linked to this agreement, having any tenor or same tenor.

  • Applicable and mandatory only if Net Cash selected is ‘Net’ or ‘Aggregate’
  • Defaulted to the value selected for this preference in the Netting product selected
  • If ‘All’ is selected, then the cash components is netted across transactions having any tenor
  • If ‘Same Tenor’ is selected, then the cash components is netted only across transactions having same tenor
  • If ‘Same Deal’ is selected, then only cash components of the same transaction is netted

FX Netting Type

Select the default preference for netting Foreign Exchange (FX) transactions linked to this agreement.

  • Applicable and mandatory only if Net Cash selected is ‘Net’ or ‘Aggregate’ and modules selected for the agreement include ‘FX’
  • Defaulted to the value selected for this preference in the Netting product selected
  • If ‘Pair-Wise’ is selected, then cash flows of only those FX transactions, linked to this agreement and traded with the same currency pair is netted together
  • If ‘Currency-Wise’ is selected, then cash flows in the same currency is netted across all the FX transactions linked to this agreement, even if they are not booked with the same currency pair

Cash Netting Schemes

Select the list of settlement schemes to be used for netting cash components, for the transactions linked to this agreement.

  • Schemes can be defined for multiple combinations of the criteria for different cash components, by clicking the ‘+’ button
  • A combination defined earlier can be removed by clicking on ‘-’ button
  • At least one default scheme should be defined separately with all the criteria selected as ‘ALL’, for each module selected for the agreement

Module

Select the Module for which this netting scheme is applicable, for the transactions linked to this agreement.

  • This field cannot be amended after authorization of the agreement
  • Only those modules, that are selected for the agreement is displayed

Settlement Currency

Select the currency of settlement of the cash component(s) of the transactions linked to this agreement, for which this netting scheme is applicable.

  • This field cannot be amended after authorization of the agreement
  • All components with the selected settlement currency is netted together
  • If not specified, ‘ALL’ is set by default indicating that all cash components is netted together, irrespective of the currency of settlement

Deal Type

Select the standard deal type of the transactions linked to this agreement, for which this netting scheme is applicable.

  • Can be one of the standard deal types maintained using ‘Treasury Static Type Maintenance’ function with type as 'DEAL_TYPE’
  • This field cannot be amended after authorization of the agreement
  • All components for the transactions with the selected deal type are netted together
  • If not specified, ‘ALL’ is set by default indicating that all cash components are netted together, irrespective of the deal type of the transactions

Product Code

Select the product belonging to the selected module, for which this netting scheme is applicable.

  • This field cannot be amended after authorization of the agreement
  • All components for the transactions with the selected product is netted together
  • If not specified, ‘ALL’ is set by default indicating that all cash components is netted together, irrespective of the product of the transactions

Component Type

Select the type of cash components, for which this netting scheme is applicable.

  • This field cannot be amended after authorization of the agreement
  • All components belonging to the selected type is netted together
  • If not specified, ‘ALL’ is set by default indicating that all cash components is netted together, irrespective of the type of the components

Component

Select the cash component belonging to the selected component type, for which this netting scheme is applicable.

  • This field cannot be amended after subsequent authorization of the agreement
  • All cashflows for the transactions with the selected component is netted together
  • If not specified, ‘ALL’ is set by default indicating that all cashflows is netted together, irrespective of the component

Settlement Scheme

Select the settlement scheme through which the cash components is netted, for the transactions linked to this agreement and satisfying the criteria defined for this netting scheme.

  • All cash components across all the transactions linked to the same agreement and satisfying the criteria defined is netted together, based on Net Cash, Netting Tenor, and FX Netting Type preferences
  • Settlement happens in the scheme currency for the net amount calculated
  • Same settlement scheme can be used for multiple combinations of the criteria for different cash components
  • If this field is amended after authorization, the changes are applied only for the subsequent netting and not applied to the past netting in retrospection

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 cash component amount to be settled is converted into Scheme Currency equivalent, using the exchange rate preferences configured for the Settlement Scheme selected

Ignore Due Date

Indicate whether due date of the cash component can be ignored for netting the cash flows.

  • If checked, then all cashflows are netted together, irrespective of the due date of the cash components
  • If unchecked, then only those cash flows having the same due date are netted together

Include Unconfirmed Flows

Indicate whether confirmation status of the cash component should be considered for netting the cash flows.

  • If unchecked, then all cashflows are netted together, irrespective of the whether the cashflow amount is confirmed or unconfirmed
  • If checked, then only those cash flows that are confirmed are considered for netting