Financial services case studies

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Regulatory Reporting of a UK Branch, EU Bank

Avantage Reply assisted the UK branch of an EU bank who was expanding its UK activities in deposit-taking and commercial mortgages. The goal of the project was to assist the client with its regulatory reporting and compliance in the UK. Avantage Reply reviewed the reporting requirements for the branch and developed a comprehensive suite of all reports that branches in the UK need to review and assess.

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IRRBB – Support the transition of the IRRBB metrics computation tool and reconciliation exercise between both outcomes regarding EVE (Economics Value of Equity) and NII (Net Interest Income).

The Client, a huge international bank, request the support of Avantage Reply to further understand and quantify the differences arising between both of their IRRBB metrics calculators. The first, is a hand-made tool provided by the headquarter and the second is a well-known risk software solution used locally. Avantage Reply helps isolating and assessing each of the differences, and in case of materiality, set processes in order to compute overlays. Avantage Reply further helps to add and validate missing products. Validations cover parametrization of the tool, alinement of IRRBB inputs (margin and reference rate) and models (non-maturing products, prepayment, caps, floors,..)

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IFRS 9 Control Framework

The customer is a retail belgian bank focusing on mortgage loans and consumer credit. Following the implementation of the IFRS 9 ECL calculator, the need arised to implement a control framework to ensure timely and quality calculation and bookings, and integration in the accounting and reporting platforms. Avantage Reply helped the client bridge the distance between different departments to identify the right responsibilities at the right moment in the process to increase its reliability.

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Internal Liquidity Adequacy Assessment Process (ILAAP)

Belgian retail bank under the direct supervision of the European Central Bank (ECB). The Bank’s products and services are distributed on-line, through the network of offices in Belgium, and through brokers. The Bank requested Avantage Reply to enhance their Internal Liquidity Adequacy Assessment Process (ILAAP), not only complying with regulatory requirements but also going beyond them to meet supervisory expectations and align to best practices of the market. Therefore, from Avantage Reply we assist in the performance of the official document that will need to be submitted to the supervisory authority. This assignment is not only writing a document, but also looking into the market and new regulations published by the supervisory authorities, analyzing how other banks are facing the new challenges concerning liquidity and sharing our knowledge and experience of the financial industry.

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Avantage Reply provides strategic support on governance

The client is a major player in the Belgian banking sector offering a variety of services in private banking, asset management, investment banking and asset servicing. As one of the seven Belgian banks that fall under the direct supervision of the European Central Bank (ECB), the client’s goal is to comply with the regulatory expectations and maintain its reputation vis-à-vis its customers as well as the supervisors. However, as an independent group owned by private shareholders, the bank presented certain specificities in its functioning that did not correspond to the current regulatory environment, which in turn, lead to a negative assessment (annual SREP review) by the ECB. In this regard, Avantage Reply has been provided with the task of supporting the client in setting up and implementing an action plan to respond to the ECB’s concerns and worked in close collaboration with the management of the Bank to achieve the objectives.

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Regulatory Reporting Remediation Program - meeting ECB and CSSF requirements

Avantage Reply assisted a well-known Private Bank in Eurozone in improving the quality of FINREP & COREP reporting and in documenting internal production process. Out client needed to meet the requirements for the production of the harmonized reporting for European Central Bank (ECB), both in terms of quality, timely delivery, as well as in term of management of its interaction with the local regulator. Since reporting activities have been offshored, client must demonstrate that its interaction with service provider fulfils additional requirements from EBA and local regulator’s guidelines for outsourced functions. Avantage Reply team defined and implemented adequate control framework, supported analytical review of reports and documented operational aspects of the process. As result, regulatory reports were submitted within regulatory deadlines with considerably higher quality of data.

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IRRBB Audit Follow-Up

Avantage Reply assisted the internal audit department of a leading Private Bank in the Eurozone, a less significant institution (LSI) that is part of an international group, in the final steps of an internal review of the Interest Rate Risk in the Banking Book (IRRBB) framework. In summer 2019, Avantage Reply assisted the client following an audit by the national regulator regarding IRRBB and established an action plan to deal with the shortcomings identified during the regulator’s on-site inspection. The goal was to identify the status of these shortcomings and possible mitigations in order to achieve full compliance with regulatory requirements.

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Risk Analysis for the introduction of new lending products

The client, a public lending bank, wanted to introduce two new products to its portfolio and needed to conduct a risk assessment in order to determine the bank’s capital needs for these new products. The main problem was that the client had no internal data to support such an assessment. Using historic statistical data, AR provided the client with a model that allowed to assess the risks associated with these products and determine the capital needs for these products.

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