Assets sold under agreements to repurchase, remaining days to maturity

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[Line Items] for Borrowings [Table]

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Cash collateral posted for securities sold under agreements to repurchase.

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Aggregate percentage of reverse repurchase agreements held with counterparties with percentages of risk above a specified threshold.

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The number of counterparites that hold a percentage of open reverse repurchase agreements above a specified concentration risk threshold.

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Number of Counterparties with Outstanding Reverse Repurchase Agreements

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The carrying amount as of the date of the latest financial statement presented of securities which are owned but transferred to serve as collateral for repurchase agreements which have been sold prior to period end but remain unsettled at the balance sheet date.

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Concentration risk threshold whereby disclosure of amount at risk by counterparty is required if amount at risk as a percentage of total equity is above such threshold.

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Reverse Repurchase Agreements Maturity

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Total secured borrowings under reverse repurchase agreements (securities sold under agreements to repurchase) and other secured borrowing transactions.

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Interest rate on the amount to be repaid to the counterparty to the repurchase agreement when the carrying amount (or market value, if higher than the carrying amount) of securities or other assets sold under the repurchase agreement exceeds 10 percent of total assets.

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Face (par) amount of debt instrument at time of issuance.

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Effective interest rate for the funds borrowed under the debt agreement considering interest compounding and original issue discount or premium.

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Contractual interest rate for funds borrowed, under the debt agreement.

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Date when the debt instrument is scheduled to be fully repaid, in CCYY-MM-DD format.

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Percentage price of original principal amount of debt at which debt can be redeemed by the issuer.

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Secured financing other than securities sold under agreements to repurchase and securities loaned.

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The carrying amount as of the date of the latest financial statement presented of securities which are owned but transferred to serve as collateral for repurchase agreements, and for which the transferee does not have the right by contract or custom to sell or re-pledge them to an unrelated party.

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The cash inflow from additional borrowings, net of cash paid to third parties in connection with debt origination.

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Fair value of financial instrument held by the entity for its own account (proprietary securities) for trading or investment purposes that are carried at fair value and pledged to counterparties as collateral for financing transactions.

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Carrying amount of financial assets accounted for as secured borrowings recognized in the transferor's statement of financial position at the end of each period presented.

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