I.S.9: Synthetic Customer Longs
Refers to total return swaps booked in client accounts, where the reporting entity is economically short the underlying reference asset and the client is economically long. Use the [Maturity Bucket] to designate the latest date a transaction could be unwound or terminated after taking into account clients’ contractual rights to delay termination. Use the [Collateral Class] field to designate the reference asset of the transaction. Use the following [Sub-Product] values to designate how the position is “funded” (i.e., hedged): • Physical Long Position Refers to transactions hedged with physical long positions. In the event the long position that has been encumbered to another transaction, use the [Effective Maturity Bucket] to indicate the period of the encumbrance. For long positions held unencumbered, set the [Unencumbered] flag to “Y”. • Synthetic Customer Short Refers to transactions where the customer synthetic long is hedged with another customer’s synthetic short position reported in O.S.9. • Synthetic Firm Financing Refers to transactions where the associated hedge meets the definition of O.S.10. • Futures Refers to transactions hedged with futures contracts. • Other Refers to all other methods of hedging. • Unhedged Refers to positions that are not economically hedged with another instrument or transaction.