Any reporting institution with questions on the material below, or on the full reporting guidelines are encouraged to contact destr@nationalbanken.dk.
Purpose and Importance
Nine banks are required to report their transactions in the Danish foreign exchange and money market to Danmarks Nationalbank.
The data collected is used to support financial stability, monitor the development of the foreign exchange market in Danish kroner and to follow the transmission of monetary policy in Denmark. The statistics are published on the 15th bank day of each month and are available via the Statbank. You can read more about the content of the statistics here.
The reporting guidelines for the short-term unsecured money market statistics (UnSTMM) summarised below and linked here differ slightly from those for the general FXMMR reporting, as reported transactions form the basis for the calculation of DESTR (Denmark Short Term Rate) which is the preferred reference rate in Danish kroner. For broader information on DESTR, see the page About DESTR – the Danish reference rate.
Reference rates are used in a wide range of financial contracts, including bank loans, mortgage bonds and interest rate swaps. Reflecting the increasing systemic importance of DESTR, Danmarks Nationalbank has designed its governance around DESTR around the International Organisation of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) Principles for Financial Benchmarks. To ensure DESTR continues to be held in the highest regard, it is crucial that reporters also place a high value on timely and accurate reporting and avoid reporting incidents which could affect the calculation of DESTR to the greatest extent possible.
Reporting deadlines
Reports on unsecured transactions in the Danish money market must be submitted to Danmarks Nationalbank before 08:00 the following bank day. For example, a transaction conducted on Monday must be reported before 08:00 on Tuesday. If Tuesday is a bank holiday the submission deadline will be 08:00 on Wednesday.
DESTR will be published at 10:00 CET on all Danish banking days.
Reporting scope
Reporting agents are required to comply with the reporting guidelines both as summarised here and as in the full reporting guidelines found here. The legal basis for these requirements is section 14a (1) of the Danmarks Nationalbank Act.
The reporting guidelines lay down and describe the terms and conditions and requirements for the collection of statistical information by Danmarks Nationalbank, including:
In particular:
Reporters must report unsecured transactions covering:
a. all borrowing in Danish kroner with a maturity of O/N (overnight) and T/N (tomorrow/next), from financial corporations, general government or non-financial corporations classified as ‘wholesale’ according to the Basel III LCR framework.
b. all lending O/N and T/N in Danish kroner to other financial corporations via unsecured deposits.
If on a given day no transactions are recorded, the reporting agent must still transmit an empty file.
Data quality
The data submissions undergo plausibility and validation checks. It is essential that Danmarks Nationalbank can rely on the reporting agents to reply promptly to any communication requesting them to confirm the accuracy of their reporting, expected to be within 30 minutes.
In case of issues with FIONA, the primary submission platform – a secondary platform on MS Teams will be available for submission. Reporting agents are responsible for ensuring their continuous access to MS teams and for reporting before the 8am deadline, unless unreasonable to do so.
Errors detected in previous data submissions must be corrected and reported such that the reported transactions always reflect the applicable terms and conditions.
Attestation & Incidents
Each year, reporters are required to re-attest to their adherence to the guidelines. As a part of this process, Senior Management responsible for the reporting process must fill out the re-attestation form available upon request or in the designated MS Teams rooms.
Danmarks Nationalbank takes incidents which could adversely affect the integrity of UnSTMM dataset with the utmost seriousness.
In the case that Danmarks National bank deems an incident to have occurred which may (or has the potential to) impact the integrity of the UnSTMM dataset, reporters must, upon request, complete an incident form, which details the cause of the incident and what remedial actions have been taken to prevent re-occurrence. Incident forms must be signed by the senior manager responsible for the institution’s annual attestation.
In the case of repeated or more serious incidents, Danmarks Nationalbank may ask for a reporter’s internal processes to be audited, or in the extreme, levy sanctions, as described in the Danmarks Nationalbank Act.
Technical material
If you do not want to enter your data directly in FIONA Online, you can use the auxiliary files below to collect data. You company can collect the information used for reporting in an excel file or choose an automated solution in XML.
Other material
The following supplementary material is intended to help you report the correct information.