Banking Regulations




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(a) the total amount of credit exposure to those
counterparties that have a credit rating that is of
investment grade:

(b) the total amount of credit exposure to those
counterparties that have a credit rating that is below
investment grade:

(c) the total amount of credit exposure to those
counterparties that do not have a credit rating:

(d) the percentage each of the amounts referred to in
paragraphs (a) to (c) represents in relation to the
aggregate of the amounts referred to in those
paragraphs.

(2) The following information as at the off-quarter balance date
and in respect of the individual non-bank counterparties, and
groups of closely related counterparties of which a bank is not
the parent, referred to in clause 6(2):

(a) the total amount of credit exposure to those
counterparties that have a credit rating that is of
investment grade:

(b) the total amount of credit exposure to those
counterparties that have a credit rating that is below
investment grade:

(c) the total amount of credit exposure to those
counterparties that do not have a credit rating:

(d) the percentage each of the amounts referred to in
paragraphs (a) to (c) represents in relation to the
aggregate of the amounts referred to in those
paragraphs.

9 Meaning of credit rating

(1) For the purposes of clauses 2 and 8, credit rating means a
credit rating that meets the criteria in subclause (2) and that,—

(a) in the case of a group of closely related counterparties,
applies to the entity heading the group of closely related
counterparties; or

(b) in the case of an individual counterparty (which is not a
member of a group of closely related counterparties),
applies to the individual counterparty.

(2) The following criteria:

(a) a credit rating that applies to—

(i) the relevant entity’s long term senior unsecured
obligations payable in New Zealand, in New
Zealand dollars; or

(ii) the relevant entity’s long term senior unsecured
foreign currency obligations:

(b) a credit rating given by a rating agency that has been
approved by the Reserve Bank under section 80 of the
Act.

(3) If an entity has 2 or more credit ratings that meet the criteria in
subclauses (1) and (2) and those credit ratings are not the same,
then the lower credit rating applies.



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