Financial Markets Act, 2012 (Act No. 19 of 2012)

Regulations

Financial Markets Act Regulations

Chapter VI : Central Counterparties

25. Capital calculation requirements for operational risk

25.2 Advanced measurement approach

25.2.6 Scenario analysis

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A licensed central counterparty must—

(a)use scenario analysis in conjunction with external data in order to evaluate—
(i)the central counterparty’s exposure to high-severity events;
(ii)the impact of deviations from the correlation assumptions embedded in the central counterparty’s operational risk measurement framework;
(iii)potential losses which may arise from multiple simultaneous operational risk loss events;
(b)have adequately skilled staff to—
(i)conduct the scenario analysis;
(ii)derive reasoned assessments of plausible severe losses;
(c)over time, in order to ensure the reasonableness of its risk measures and assessments, validate and re-assess the assessments of plausible severe losses generated through scenario analysis through comparison to actual loss experience.