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Positive changes in Polish Covered Bonds Law
Legal framework for Polish Covered Bonds
• The Act on Covered Bonds and Mortgage Banks (Ustawa o
listach zastawnych i bankach hipotecznych) of August 29, 1997
as amended
The Bankruptcy Law (Prawo upadłościowe) of February 28,
2003, Bankruptcy proceedings for mortgage banks, Article
442-450a, as amended
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Mortgage bank
Specialised bank (mortgage bank) with the supervision of Polish Financial Supervision
Authority (KNF)
• Mortgage bank is a joint stock company with a legal personality (not a branch) with
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several licences e.a.: banking licence and a consent to start operating activity, both
granted by the KNF
A covered bond issuer may issue mortgage or public covered bond
Specific license for each covered bond type is required before the issuer may start to issue
covered bonds
Fundamental changes in 2016 revision of the Act on Covered Bonds and Mortgage Banks
in line with the best market practices and with recommendations of the European Central Bank (ECB) and credit rating agencies
Improvements:
Increase of credibility and
safety of covered bonds
✓ Extension of covered bond
supply
Extension of demand for
covered bonds
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soft bullet / pass-through - maturity of the covered bonds
obligations extended automatically by 12 months and if asset
coverage or liquidity test were negative - pass through - in case of
mortgage bank's insolvency (details on the next slide)
mandatory liquidity reserve covering at least 6 months of interest
due on the covered bonds outstanding
minimum legal overcollateralization requirement (OC) – 10%
increase refinancing limit for mortgage covered bonds for
residential mortgage loans to 80% from 60%
introduce investment limit for Pension Funds 5% of portfolio per
issuer of covered bonds
income from interest or discounts on the covered bonds earned by
foreign investors is exempt from withholding tax (WHT)
Regulatory status - Compliance with:
CRR art 129
UCITS 52 (4)
Covered Bonds Programme
Domestic
✓
International
✓
✓
✓
Credit quality step
2
2
LCR Delegated Act
(HQLA)
×
ECB Repo
×
BRRD
NBP Repo
CBPP/LTRO
✓
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Expected category III
×
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