Financial Sector (Collection of Data) (reporting standard) determination No. 41 of 2008 - ARS 325.0 - International Operations
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Australian-owned banks and foreign subsidiary banks are instructed to prepare a separate form for each of their related bank offices located overseas. Related bank offices include the bank’s branches, banking subsidiaries (e.g. deposit-taking companies in Hong Kong) and banking joint ventures.
The International Operations form is to be completed by Australian-owned banks and foreign subsidiary banks for each foreign bank office on an unconsolidated basis. This includes international transactions between any related bank offices. Branches of foreign banks in Australia are not required to complete this form.
Securitisation deconsolidation principle
Except as otherwise specified in these instructions, the following applies:
Where an authorised deposit-taking institution (ADI) (or a member of its Level 2 consolidated group) participates in a securitisation that meets APRA’s operational requirements for regulatory capital relief under Prudential Standard APS 120 Securitisation (APS 120):
(a) special purpose vehicles (SPVs) holding securitised assets may be treated as non-consolidated independent third parties for regulatory reporting purposes, irrespective of whether the SPVs (or their assets) are consolidated for accounting purposes;
(b) the assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses of the relevant SPVs may be excluded from the ADI’s reported amounts in APRA’s regulatory reporting returns; and
(c) the underlying exposures (i.e. the pool) under such a securitisation may be excluded from the calculation of the ADI’s regulatory capital (refer to APS 120). However, the ADI must still hold regulatory capital for the securitisation exposures[2] that it retains or acquires and such exposures are to be reported in Form ARF 120.0 Standardised – Securitisation or Forms ARF 120.1A to ARF 120.1C IRB – Securitisation (as appropriate). The RWA relating to such securitisation exposures must also be reported in Form ARF 110.0 Capital Adequacy (ARF 110.0).
Where an ADI (or a member of its Level 2 consolidated group) participates in a securitisation that does not meet APRA’s operational requirements for regulatory capital relief under APS 120, or the ADI elects to treat the securitised assets as on-balance sheet assets under Prudential Standard APS 112 Capital Adequacy: Standardised Approach to Credit Risk or Prudential Standard APS 113 Capital Adequacy: Internal Ratings-based Approach to Credit Risk, such exposures are to be reported as on-balance sheet assets in APRA’s regulatory reporting returns. In addition, these exposures must also be reported as a part of the ADI’s total securitised assets within Form ARF 120.2 Securitisation – Supplementary Items.
Reporting period
The form is to be completed as at the last day of the stated reporting quarter. Australian-owned banks and foreign subsidiary banks should submit the completed form to APRA within 20 business days after the end of the relevant reporting quarter
Unit of measurement
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:
foreign currency monetary items outstanding at the reporting date must be translated at the spot rate at the reporting date;[3]
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]
foreign currency non-monetary items that are measured at fair value will be translated at the exchange rate at the date when fair value was determined.
Transactions arising under foreign currency derivative contracts at the reporting date must be prepared in accordance with AASB 139 Financial Instruments: Recognition and Measurement (AASB 139). However, those foreign currency derivatives that are not within the scope of AASB 139 (e.g. some foreign currency derivatives that are embedded in other contracts) remain within the scope of AASB 121.
For APRA purposes equity items must be translated using the foreign currency exchange rate at the date of investment or acquisition. Post acquisition changes in equity are required to be translated on the date of the movement.
As foreign currency derivatives are measured at fair value, the currency derivative contracts are translated at the spot rate at the reporting date.
Exchange differences should be recognised in profit and loss in the period which they arise. For foreign currency derivatives, the exchange differences would be recognised immediately in profit and loss if the hedging instrument is a fair value hedge. For derivatives used in a cash flow hedge, the exchange differences should be recognised directly in equity.
The ineffective portion of the exchange differences in all hedges would be recognised in profit and loss; and
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.
Translation of financial reports should otherwise follow the requirements in AASB 121.
Valuation
Foreign currencies are to be converted to AUD using the exchange rate effective as per the reporting date. Amounts should be expressed in millions of AUD with no decimal point.
Specific instructions
Part 1: Statement of assets and liabilities
All figures should be prepared in accordance with Australian accounting standards.
Part 2: Off balance sheet business
The off balance sheet information should be prepared in accordance with the instructions to Form ARF 112.2A Standardised Credit Risk - Off Balance Sheet Exposures.
Part 3: Credit risk profile
The credit risk profile of on and off balance sheet business should be prepared in accordance with the instructions to Form ARF 110.0 Capital Adequacy.
Part 4: Impaired assets (facilities)
Impaired assets (facilities) information should be prepared in accordance with the instructions to Form ARF 220.0 Impaired Facilities.
General provision refers to “General Reserve for Credit Losses” as defined in APS 111 Capital Adequacy: Measurement of Capital and APS 220 Credit Quality.