ESMA_QA_1141

Status: ✅ Answer Published

Link to ESMA Q&A tool: https://www.esma.europa.eu/publications-data/questions-answers/1141

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Regulatory Context

Regulation : UCITS

Level 1 Regulation: Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities Directive (UCITS) Directive 2009/65/EC

Level 2 Regulation: No information available

Level 3 Regulation: No information available

Topic: UCITS global exposure

Subject Matter: KIID Collateral management

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Question

Submission Date: 01 October 2016

Do the ESMA guidelines require that counterparty risk exposures be aggregated across both financial derivative instruments and efficient portfolio management techniques?

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ESMA Answer

Answer Date: 01-10-2016

[ESMA 34-43-392 UCITS Q&A, section 3, Q&A 6h] Yes. According to paragraph 41 of the ESMA guidelines, both exposures should be combined when calculating the counterparty risk limits of Article 52 of the UCITS Directive.

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