A repurchase agreement is a transaction involving the sale of financial assets by one party to another, subject to an agreement for the seller to repurchase the assets at a specified price on a future date. A resale agreement (also known as a reverse repurchase agreement) is the same transaction viewed from the opposite perspective. Securities sold or purchased under repurchase (resale) agreements should be reported as if the transaction had not occurred.
Please note that all repurchase agreements should be reported gross (i.e., FIN 41 should not be applied).
If a repurchase agreement does not qualify as a secured borrowing under FAS Statement No. 140, the selling institution should account for the transaction as a sale of financial assets and a forward commitment to repurchase the security. Similarly, if a resale agreement does not qualify as a borrowing under FAS Statement No. 140, the purchasing institution should account for the transaction as a purchase of financial assets and a commitment to sell.
Securities lending agreements in which one security is loaned in return for another are not reportable on the TIC Forms.