Deep, liquid, and transparent (DLT) assessments for January 2023 implementation

The DLT assessments were carried out in accordance with the Statement of Policy ‘The PRA’s approach to the publication of Solvency II technical information’
Currency Reference Instrument                                                                                      Maturity
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 15 20 25 30 40 50
AUD Bank Bill Swap Rates (BBSW)
D D D D D - D D D D D D D D L
CAD Canadian Dollar Offered Rate (CDOR)
- D D
D D* D L
DKK Euro Ibor (Euribor) D D D D D D D D D D D D D L
EUR Euro Ibor (Euribor) D D D D D D D D D D D D D L
GBP SONIA OIS D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D L
NOK Norwegian Ibor (Nibor)
D D L
SEK Stockholm Ibor (Stibor)
D D*
D
L
USD United States Dollar SOFR D D D D D D D D D D D D D D L
Key:
D = DLT point
L = Last Liquid Point
- = No longer DLT since most recent assessment
D* = New DLT point since most recent assessment

The above table shows the outcomes of the annual DLT assessments for PRA relevant currencies, which will be effective from 1 January 2023.
 
The DLT assessments were carried out in accordance with the Statement of Policy ‘The PRA’s approach to the publication of Solvency II technical information’. This primarily involves analysis of historic aggregated interest rate swap data from the EMIR Trade Repositories dataset in the twelve months up to and including July 2022.
 
In the event of sustained structural changes to any of the relevant markets, the PRA may review this DLT assessment and issue an update before the next annual publication.
 

Our DLT conclusions include the following considerations:

GBP

The DLT conclusions for GBP are based on analysis of SONIA OIS and are unchanged from the PRA’s previous DLT assessment. The 40-year point fell just short of one of the volume indicators (the average daily number of trades) for assessing the liquidity of the swap market set out in the PRA’s SoP. However, the PRA concluded that this point should remain DLT based on supplementary analysis of bid-ask spread data as well as consulting with relevant market experts within the Bank of England. 

EUR

The PRA considered Recital 21 of the onshored Solvency II Delegated Regulation and EIOPA’s DLT conclusion when determining the 20-year Last Liquid Point (LLP) for EUR.

USD

The DLT assessment for USD was based on the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR). This is because from Sunday 1 January 2023, the RFRs for USD will be based on SOFR swap rates (with zero CRA). This reflects the PRA’s Libor transition plans outlined in PS12/21. We have concluded that the LLP for USD remains at 30 years. 

AUD

The EMIR Trade Repositories data set only includes a relatively small amount of AUD Libor trades. Therefore, the trades were scaled using a scaling factor, derived from the triennial OTC derivative statistics of the Bank for International Settlements.

JPY

From Sunday 1 January 2023 onwards, the PRA will cease to provide technical information for Japanese Yen (JPY). This is due to JPY no longer meeting the criteria outlined in paragraphs 3.3 to 3.5B of the Statement of Policy ‘The PRA’s approach to the publication of Solvency II technical information’. The PRA will continue to provide technical information for the remaining eight currencies. 

This page was last updated 31 January 2023