RiskFactorDescription

The RiskFactorDescription store contains the description of risk-factor, independent of the underlying.

It is indexed by Risk Factor, RiskClass, Risk Measure, and AsOfDate and referenced from the TradeBase store by these four fields.

The fields used in this store, and the purpose, depends on the risk-class and risk-measure. See the Implementation and Interpretation Guide for details on each risk-class.

Store Field Key CanBeNull Type Cube Field Description
Risk Factor Y String See field in referencing store (TradeBase) The name of the risk factor
RiskClass Y String See field in referencing store (TradeBase) The risk-class (“GIRR”, “CSR non-Sec”, “CSR Sec non-CTP”, “CSR Sec CTP”, “Equity”, “Commodity”, “FX”, “DRC non-Sec”, “DRC Sec non-CTP”, “RRAO”)
Risk Measure Y String See field in referencing store (TradeBase) The risk-measure (“Delta”, “Vega”, “Curvature”, “DRC”, “RRAO”)
Underlying String [Market Data].[Underlying] The primary component of the risk factor. See datastore references below.
Risk Factor Type Y String [Risk].[Risk Factor Types] The type of the risk-factor
CSR Delta: “Bond” or “CDS”
Equity Delta: “Spot” or “Repo”
CommodityLocation Y String [Risk].[Commodity Location] Commodity only.
Commodity delivery location
UnderlyingFXRiskCcy Y String [Risk].[FX Counter Currency] FX only.
The counter currency of the risk-factor currency pair.
Seniority String [Default Risk Charge].[DRC Seniority] Seniority of the exposure (matches values in the seniority description file).
Maturity Y Object [Default Risk Charge].[DRC Maturity] The maturity of the trade (e.g. “1D”, “2W”, “12M”, “1Y”, or date “YYYY-MM-DD”).
Zero Risk Weight Y/N [Default Risk Charge].[DRC Zero Risk Weight] Since 3.1.1 Flag indicating if the exposure qualifies for a zero risk-weight (default = N)
AsOfDate Y LOCALDATE[yyyy-mm-dd] See field in referencing store (TradeBase) Timestamp (at close of business) for the data.

References:

Risk Class Fields Used in Reference Underlying Store
GIRR, CSR non-Sec, CSR Sec non-CTP, CSR Sec CTP, Equity, Commodity, FX Underlying, RiskClass, and AsOfDate UnderlyingDescription
DRC non-Sec Underlying, RiskClass, and AsOfDate Obligor
DRC Sec non-CTP Underlying, RiskClass, and AsOfDate Tranche
RRAO Underlying, RiskClass, and AsOfDate RRAO