PET - Plain English Taxonomy

Attribute:	R14751
Concept:	Assets Exposures Guarantees Amount
Label:	Guarantees
Concept Guidance:	This is the value, as at the relevant date, of contingent liabilities arising from an irrevocable obligation to pay to a third party beneficiary when a client fails to perform some contractual obligations.This includes secured, bid and performance bonds, warranties and indemnities, confirmed documentary credits, irrevocable and stand-by letters of credits, acceptances and endorsements. Guarantees also include the contingent liabilities of the protection seller of credit derivative contracts. Guarantees should be reported to the extent that they represent the unutilised portions of both binding contractual obligations and any other irrevocable commitments. Performance bonds and other forms of guarantee should only be reported if, in the event of the contingency occurring, the resulting claim would have an impact on total cross-border claims and local claims in any currency.

Dimensions

Dimension	Member	Description
CounterpartyCountryDimension	(R14749)	This dimension categorises the reported information by the country of residence/location of the counterparty from whom the reporting party directly derives its return on investment in the financial asset and on whom the reporting party has the primary claim when liquidating the asset. Residence/location is determined by where the entity is permanently located, physically and/or by way of law or registration, inside or outside a country's borders. Foreign branches or subsidiaries are classified as residents of the country in which they operate.

Dimension

Member

Description

CounterpartyCountryDimension

(R14749)

This dimension categorises the reported information by the country of residence/location of the counterparty from whom the reporting party directly derives its return on investment in the financial asset and on whom the reporting party has the primary claim when liquidating the asset.  Residence/location is determined by where the entity is permanently located, physically and/or by way of law or registration, inside or outside a country's borders.  Foreign branches or subsidiaries are classified as residents of the country in which they operate.