Traduction de «titre dérivé » (Français → Anglais) :

The second component shall cover its general risk — this is the risk of a price change in the instrument due (in the case of a traded debt instrument or debt derivative) to a change in the level of interest rates or (in the case of an equity or equity derivative) to a broad equity‐market movement unrelated to any specific attributes of individual securities.

Securities and derivatives are traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange, TSE, for senior equities; the Bourse de Montréal for all non-commodity derivatives trading; the Canadian Venture Exchange in Calgary for junior equities; and the Winnipeg Commodity Exchange for commodity derivatives.

Since the scope of prudential regulation should be limited to those entities which, by virtue of running a trading book on a professional basis, represent a source of counterparty risk to other market participants, entities which deal on own account in financial instruments, including those commodity derivatives covered by this Directive, as well as those that provide investment services in commodity derivatives to the clients of their main business on an ancillary basis to their main business when considered on a group basis, provided that this main business is not the provision of investment services within the meaning of this Directiv ...[+++]e, should be excluded from the scope of this Directive.

(25) Since the scope of prudential regulation should be limited to those entities which, by virtue of running a trading book on a professional basis, represent a source of counterparty risk to other market participants, entities which deal on own account in financial instruments, including those commodity derivatives covered by this Directive, as well as those that provide investment services in commodity derivatives to the clients of their main business on an ancillary basis to their main business when considered on a group basis, provided that this main business is not the provision of investment services within the meaning of this Dir ...[+++]ective, should be excluded from the scope of this Directive.

It is imperative then that the Canadian securities and derivatives industry be able to compete with other countries, particularly with the United States where a significant portion of Canadian securities and derivatives trading occurs.

Concerning credit risks of OTC derivative instruments, the proposal would complement the "contractual netting" Directive (see IP/96/172), which came into force in April 1996, in three ways: * firstly, by extending the scope of the Solvency Ratio Directive's compulsory capital coverage for credit risks to all types of OTC derivatives (including notably commodity and equity-related derivatives as well as interest-rate- and foreign exchange-related derivatives) * secondly, by requiring calculation of capital charges for current credit exposure of OTC derivatives on the basis of more realistic market-values for most of banks' and investment firms' derivatives business and * thirdly by enabling supervisory authorities to allow for a refined calc ...[+++]ulation of capital charges appropriately reflecting the risk reducing effects of close-out netting on the potential future exposure of netted OTC derivatives (the existing rules allow current exposure to be taken into account). Together, these amendments would ensure a comprehensive and balanced regulation for capital requirements for credit risks inherent in OTC derivatives.