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Positions & cashCore17 min

Lender positions and pro-rata allocations

Control commitments, funded balances, availability, accrual entitlements and rounding across facilities and lenders.

Purpose

Maintain a lender-level book that proves back to facility totals while preserving the agreement’s allocation rules and effective dates.

Responsibility map

Roles and boundaries

Facility control

Owns aggregate commitments, utilisations, availability and transaction status.

Lender position control

Maintains lender shares, effective dates and transfer-driven changes.

Accrual or billing control

Calculates lender entitlements for interest, fees and other amounts.

Reconciliation owner

Proves facility totals, lender sub-ledger and cash or general-ledger records.

Operational sequence

Workflow and controls

01

Establish denominator

Identify the eligible commitment or outstanding population for the event.

Control point: Use the agreement, event date and lender status—not a default assumption.
02

Calculate shares

Apply eligible lender percentages to the transaction amount.

Control point: Check precision, currency decimals and residual handling.
03

Post positions

Update aggregate and lender-level balances with the same effective date.

Control point: Block totals that do not balance to the facility.
04

Reconcile

Compare position, accrual, cash and accounting records.

Control point: Investigate timing differences separately from true position errors.

Position logic

Calculations and concepts

Pro-rata percentage

Eligible lender amount divided by the event’s eligible aggregate denominator.

Allocated amount

Transaction total multiplied by the approved percentage, subject to currency rounding.

Availability

Commitment less relevant utilisations and reserves, as defined by the facility.

Risk and quality

Control checklist

  • Version effective-dated lender shares.
  • Prove lender totals to each facility and currency.
  • Document non-pro-rata treatment and approval.
  • Separate timing differences from unresolved breaks.

Exception handling

Common breaks and response

Lender shares total 99.99% after rounding.

Controlled response: Apply the documented residual convention and retain the calculation evidence.

A transfer is effective mid-interest period.

Controlled response: Follow the transfer terms for settlement and accrued entitlement; do not assume economic and record dates are identical.

Practical context

Commitment share is not the answer

A facility has different funded positions across tranches. Operations first identifies the event’s eligible tranche and denominator before calculating any lender amount.

Knowledge check

Check your understanding

Should every payment be allocated by total facility commitment?Show answer
No. The applicable denominator may be a tranche commitment, funded exposure, participation interest or another agreement-defined basis.

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