General Office of the China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission, Circular on Further Regulating the Structured Deposit Business of Commercial Banks
中国银行保险监督管理委员会办公厅关于进一步规范商业银行结构性存款业务的通知
November 21, 2019 | BY
Susan MokCBIRC intensifies it regulation on structured deposits
Issued: October 18, 2019
Effective: as of date of issuance
Applicability: For the purposes of this Circular, the term "structured deposit" means a deposit, with an embedded financial derivative, taken by a commercial bank which, through a linkage to the fluctuations in interest rates, exchange rates, an index, etc. or the credit standing of a certain entity, enables the depositor to receive corresponding returns on the basis of bearing a certain risk (Article 1).
Main contents: A commercial bank that wishes to offer structured deposits shall have the qualifications to trade in common derivatives and set aside the full amount of transaction counterparty credit risk, market risk and operational risk capital. If it engages in non-hedging type derivatives trading, its market risk capital under the standard approach may not exceed 3% of its first tier capital. The floor for sale to any one investor may not be less than Rmb10,000, or the equivalent in a foreign currency. The sales document shall provide for an investment cooling-off period of not less than 24 hours (Article 5).
clp reference:3610/19.10.18 issued:2019-10-18 effective:2019-10-18This premium content is reserved for
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