Risk Management Association Provides Convenient Tool to Aid in SFTR Compliance

PHILADELPHIA, PA (January 15, 2020) –

The Securities Lending Council of the Risk Management Association is pleased to announce the release of a new standard legal agreement to address mandatory reporting obligations under Article 4 of the Securities Finance Transaction Regulation (SFTR).  The SFTR Reporting Delegation Agreement (RDA) provides market participants with a comprehensive and easy-to-use template to assist in memorializing reporting services provided by agent lenders to beneficial owners.  The RDA is intended to streamline the implementation of SFTR mandatory reporting and promote consistency across the securities lending market. 

The Securities Finance Transaction Regulation, which takes effect for credit institutions on April 11, 2020, is meant to improve the transparency of securities financing transactions (SFTs) and identify their associated risks and magnitude.

The European Commission, which adopted the SFTR in 2015, defines SFTs as secured funding or lending transactions that imply a temporary exchange of assets with one leg of the transaction serving as a guarantee (collateral). It notes that SFTs allow banks and non-bank market participants to access secured funding/lending on a short term, thereby creating low-risk investment and financing opportunities, and are an integral element of the current financial ecosystem.

The RDA is available to all RMA members and can be found here: https://www.rmahq.org/sftr-delegated-reporting/

For questions relating to the RDA, please contact RMA Director of Securities Lending Fran Garritt at fgarritt@rmahq.org.

About RMA
Founded in 1914, The Risk Management Association is a not-for-profit, member-driven professional association whose sole purpose is to advance the use of sound risk management principles in the financial services industry. RMA promotes an enterprise approach to risk management that focuses on credit risk, market risk, and operational risk. Headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, RMA has 1,900 institutional members that include banks of all sizes as well as nonbank financial institutions. They are represented in the Association by 18,500 individuals located throughout North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia/Pacific.

Media Contacts
Stephen Krasowski, skrasowski@rmahq.org, 215-446-4095 
Frank Devlin, fdevlin@rmahq.org, 215-446-4137