Statistical Notices to Reporting Banks 2000/04
Statistical Notices should be received by all those responsible for the completion of Bank of England returns. To add names to the circulation list please contact the Domestic Banking Statistics Helpdesk (tel. 020 7601 5360 or e-mail peter.notman@bankofengland.co.uk).
- Cash Ratio Deposits (effective immediately)
- Form G: Transactions in gold bullion and coin with certain UK residents (effective immediately)
- RepoClear: inclusion of Italian government bonds (effective immediately)
- Agency business resulting from collateral management (action by end-May 2000)
- Reporting Schedule (effective end-July 2000)
- Contents page for insertion in the Yellow Folder (update)
1. Cash Ratio Deposits (effective immediately)
Cash Ratio Deposits (CRDs) are non interest bearing deposits
lodged with the Bank of England by eligible institutions (i.e.
banks and building societies), who have reported average eligible
liabilities (ELs) in excess of £400 million over a six
month calculation period.
The level of each institution’s CRD is calculated twice
yearly (currently in May and November) at 0.15% of average ELs
over the previous six end-calendar months.The next adjustment
to CRDs is due to take place on Thursday 1st June, based on
data reported on BT Item 46 (Total Eligible Liabilities) for
the months of November 1999 through to April 2000.The deadline
for revisions to ELs to be reflected in the 1st June adjustment
is 5pm on Friday 19th May,call notices will be issued shortly
thereafter.
Amendments to BT Item 46 can be made via the usual contacts,
but must be backed up by a written confirmation of the change.If
you have any queries relating to CRDs please contact Sarah Waddington
via e-mail at sarah.waddington@bankofengland.co.uk or on 020
7601 5505.
2. Form G: Transactions in gold bullion and coin with certain UK residents (effective immediately)
It has come to our attention that the Internet version of Form
G had no front cover page.This has now been rectified and a
copy
can be found here for inclusion in the Yellow folder.
Please note that this form should be sent to External Finance
Statistics (HO-4), at the usual address.
3. RepoClear: inclusion of Italian government bonds (effective immediately)
In February, the London Clearing House announced that, RepoClear,
its centralised clearing facility for repos backed by German
and Belgian government bonds, would be extended to include Italian
government bonds from early April.Further to the guidance set
out in statistical notice 2000/01, banks clearing repos through
RepoClear and already reporting net positions with the London
Clearing House on Bank of England returns are asked to extend
their positions to include repos backed by these Italian government
bonds with immediate effect.
Banks switching to this reporting in the future are reminded
to report their net positions with the London Clearing House
as repos or reverse repos with other UK residents (Items 7H
or 31H on the Form BT) with a sectoral classification of financial
corporations (Items 7H1 or 31H1 on the Form BE), and an industrial
classification of other activities auxiliary to financial intermediation
(Item 17B on the Forms AD and AL).Institutions should also notify
Jenny Dawuda via e-mail at jenny.dawuda@bankofengland.co.uk or on 020 7601 5360, providing details of gross positions and
counterparties for that month only so that distortions to calculated
flows can be removed from the aggregate data.
4. Agency business resulting from collateral management (action by end-May 2000)
Paragraph 4c of the General Notes and Definitions addresses
the question of how to report agency business notably funds
placed with another UK bank in the reporting bank’s own
name but on behalf of a customer.These arrangements still stand
but the guidance needs to be expanded to cover agency business
resulting from collateral management.
This type of business usually takes the form of customers or
clients placing collateral with the collateral manager in order
to generate income.The collateral manager then uses the collateral
to undertake repos in an agency capacity and uses the resulting
cash to undertake reverse repos also in an agency capacity.
Banks undertaking this type of agency business should report
separate returns (Form BT and associated returns), to cover
these transactions and must contact Anne Smith, Manager, Domestic
Banking Statistics (HO-4), Bank of England, Threadneedle Street,
London, EC2R 8AH, by the end of May to discuss when the new
reporting should begin.
Banks acting as counterparties to these agency transactions
with other UK banks should report the business as being with
other UK banks.If this guidance results in a change to your
existing arrangements, please write to Anne Smith at the above
address by end-May.
A copy of revised pages 4 and 5 of the General Notes and Definitions is attached.
5. Reporting Schedule (effective end-July 2000)
Here are the reporting schedules covering the period end-July 2000 to end-June 2001.
Full
version
Branches
of non-resident banks (Form BT monthly reporters)
UK
incorporated banks (Form BT monthly reporters)
UK
incorporated banks and branches of non-resident banks (Form
BT quarterly reporters)
6. Contents page for insertion in the Yellow Folder (update)
Bank of England
Monetary & Financial Statistics Division
15 May 2000
