Purpose
Explain the difference between principal continuity and a new pricing period, including the controls around dates, rates and borrower instructions.
Before you begin
Prerequisites
- Current outstanding position
- Upcoming repricing or maturity event
- Valid borrower rate or period instruction
- Current pricing and benchmark terms
Operational sequence
Workflow and validations
Review the maturing period
Confirm principal, current rate, accrued interest and scheduled event date.
Validate the new instruction
Confirm rollover amount, repayment portion, interest period and pricing selection.
Resolve cash components
Separate principal continuation from interest, fees or any principal repayment.
Establish the new period
Apply the new start and end dates, benchmark inputs, spread and applicable floor.
Confirm and reconcile
Issue notices and prove principal continuity, rate application and cash.
Troubleshooting
Common breaks and response
Unexpected principal cash is generated
Likely cause
A rollover was treated as repayment plus new draw, or the continuation amount was entered incorrectly.
Controlled response
Pause release, compare the instruction and intended transaction structure, and correct through approval.
Interest period has a gap or overlap
Likely cause
Start, end or business-day adjustment was applied inconsistently.
Controlled response
Rebuild the date logic from the agreement and reconcile accrued days.
New rate differs from expectation
Likely cause
Benchmark date, spread tier, floor or rounding input is incorrect.
Controlled response
Evidence every rate component and compare with an independent calculation.
Connected impact
Downstream effects
- Interest accrual and billing
- Cash and lender settlement
- Rate notices
- Accounting period recognition
- Upcoming event monitoring
Control record
Audit evidence
- Borrower rollover instruction
- Rate source and calculation
- Old-to-new period reconciliation
- Required notices
- Approval of exceptions
Practical context
Scenario: partial rollover
A USD 10 million loan reaches its repricing date. The borrower repays USD 2 million and rolls USD 8 million into a new one-month period. Operations must separate the principal repayment from the continuing balance and settle the ending-period interest.
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