PCD-4.1.3

The CBB requires any Bahraini Islamic bank licensee associated with an SPV to confirm the following points in any request for approval under Paragraph PCD-4.1.2:

(a) The purpose of the SPV;
(b) The nature of the relationship between the Bahraini Islamic bank licensee and the SPV (i.e. originator, sponsor, manager, investor, controller etc.);
(c) The proposed consolidation/accounting treatment of the SPV in relation to the Bahraini Islamic bank licensee both for the PIR and the audited financial statements' purposes as agreed with its external auditor;
(d) The availability of financial and other information relevant to the SPV and access to its business premises and records;
(e) Whether the Bahraini Islamic bank licensee is providing any guarantees, warranties or financial/liquidity support of any kind to the SPV; and
(f) A copy of the Bahraini Islamic bank licensee's Shari'a Supervisory Board approval of the initial investment or financing structure involving the use of the concerned SPV(s).
Amended: April 2014
October 2010