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Banks get cross-exchange crypto hedge relief under Canada’s new 2027 capital rule
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Canada’s banking regulator has finalized a narrow change to its crypto capital rules that should reduce capital overstatement for some market-neutral positions without broadly easing how banks must treat digital-asset risk.
Key facts
- OSFI also kept Canada’s aggregate gross exposure limit for Group 2 crypto assets at 5% of Net Tier 1 capital, with an exclusion for certain client-clearing derivatives
- The Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions’ 2027 guideline, published Sept
- The guideline takes effect Nov. 1, 2026, for institutions with an Oct. 31 fiscal year-end and Jan. 1, 2027, for institutions with a Dec. 31 fiscal year-end
- In plain terms, Group 2a contains crypto exposures that qualify for limited hedging recognition, while Group 2b covers the Group 2 exposures that do not
Summary
01 OSFI now fully recognizes qualifying same-asset hedges across regulated exchanges when maturities match. 02 Group 2a delta and vega risk weights stay at 100%, with a 94% within-bucket correlation parameter. 03 Canada’s 5% gross Group 2 exposure cap remains; a breach moves all Group 2 holdings into stricter 2b treatment. The Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions’ 2027 guideline, published Sept. 10, treats all regulated exchanges of traditional financial assets as one exchange when banks calculate delta risk for qualifying Group 2a crypto exposures.