STS Criterion 9. Borrowers creditworthiness

From Open Risk Manual

Description

Borrower’s creditworthiness [1]

Content

The assessment of the borrower’s creditworthiness should meet the requirements set out in Article 8 of Directive 2008/48/EC or paragraphs 1 to 4, point (a) of paragraph 5, and paragraph 6 of Article 18 of Directive 2014/17/EU or, where applicable, equivalent requirements in third countries, to the extent that such standards would, according to their terms, apply to the individual underlying exposures.

Rationale

See overarching rationale for consistency with traditional qualifying framework.

Issues and Challenges

References

  1. EBA STS Framework for Synthetic Securitisation, EBA/DP/2019/01