Accounting Alerts

Implementation of LIBOR Transition Plan and Extension of Reporting Requirements on LIBOR-Related Exposures

This Accounting Alert is issued to circulate Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Memorandum No. 2021-58 dated October 26, 2021 on the implementation of LIBOR transition plans and extension of reporting requirements on LIBOR-related exposures.

Overview

The Report on LIBOR-Related Exposures forms an integral part of a bank's implementation of its LIBOR transition plan, as prescribed under BSP Memorandum No. M-2020-083. The proper identification of exposures is a crucial step in ensuring that the cessation of LIBOR does not disrupt a bank's operations and the efficient provision of services to its clients and other market counterparties. In this regard, the accuracy and comprehensiveness of a bank’s reporting to the BSP shall be viewed as a reflection of the quality of its LIBOR transition arrangements and shall factor into the BSP’s assessments of its risk management system.

Extension of Reporting Requirements

Relative to the March 2021 announcement that select settings of LIBOR will continue to be published until June 30, 2023, all universal and commercial banks and their subsidiary banks are hereby required to continue to submit quarterly reports on the extent of their remaining LIBOR-related exposures until the reference date of December 31, 2023.

The reporting template has been updated to accommodate the new date of LIBOR cessation. The revised template shall be used beginning with the December 31, 2021 reference date. The other submission guidelines issued under Memorandum No. M-2020-083 dated November 17, 2020, shall continue to hold. Banks shall likewise be guided by Memorandum No. M-2021-014 dated March 4, 2021, which provides responses to frequently asked questions on the preparation of the report.

 

See attached BSP Memoranda Nos. M-2021-028 and M-2020-083 for further details.