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Article 15b - Synthetic holdings for the purposes of Article 36(1)(f),(h) and (i) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013

Article 15b
Synthetic holdings for the purposes of Article 36(1)(f),(h) and (i) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013

1.The following financial products shall be considered synthetic holdings of capital instruments pursuant to points (f), (h) and (i) of Article 36(1) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013:

(a)

derivative instruments that have capital instruments of a financial sector entity as their underlying or have the financial sector entity as their reference entity;

(b)

guarantees or credit protection provided to a third party in respect of the third party's investments in a capital instrument of a financial sector entity.

2.The financial products provided for in paragraph 1 shall include the following:

(a)

investments in total return swaps on a capital instrument of a financial sector entity;

(b)

call options purchased by the institution on a capital instrument of a financial sector entity;

(c)

put options sold by the institution on a capital instrument of a financial sector entity or any other actual or contingent contractual obligation of the institution to purchase its own own funds instruments;

(d)

investments in forward purchase agreements on a capital instrument of a financial sector entity.

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