Collateral for credit from the Riksbank

The collateral is mainly comprised of different types of security, but in special cases foreign currency may also be used as collateral. For a detailed description of the requirements applying for securities to be used as collateral for credit, see “Instructions for collateral” under related content.

The Riksbank has largely automated the management of collateral, which means that RIX participants can obtain rapid access to increased credit in RIX-RTGS by registering a transfer of securities in Euroclear Sweden or Euroclear Bank or by paying foreign currency into an account at certain central banks as follows.

The Riksbank, together with the Danish and Norwegian central banks, has also developed an automated solution to facilitate the management of intraday credits. With this solution, the Riksbank’s counterparties can use liquidity (in the form of holdings in an account) in one of these central banks as collateral for intraday credit in RIX-RTGS. This system is called the Scandinavian Cash Pool. In addition to holdings of Danish and Norwegian currencies within the framework of the Scandinavian Cash Pool, the Riksbank also accepts holdings in euro, which are paid into the Riksbank via the Deutsche Bundesbank. However, a special agreement with the Riksbank is required to use foreign currency as collateral; read more in the document “Collateral instructions” under related content.

In the valuation of collateral, the Riksbank makes a haircut that considers the risk with which a given security is linked. Normally, the size of the haircut depends on the type of security, its liquidity and maturity. The different types of security that the Riksbank accepts are placed into three liquidity categories. An extra haircut may be made if the valuation prices the Riksbank has access to are not up-to-date. See “Instructions for collateral” for a more detailed description of valuation of collateral. The current haircut including possible extra haircuts are reported on the page "Eligible collateral".