This information collection requires banks or bank holding companies with significant aggregate trading assets and liabilities to clearly define policies and procedures and a trading and hedging strategy for market risk, to include specific items in the institution's internal models, to obtain prior written approval to model incremental default risk, and to develop a formal disclosure policy that addresses the institution's approach for determining market risk disclosures.
US Code:
12 USC 324
Name of Law: Federal Reserve Act
US Code:
12 USC 1844(c)
Name of Law: Bank Holding Company Act
The Federal Deposit Insurance Act and the International Lending Supervision Act require the Federal Reserve to have risk-based capital requirements and to ensure banks maintain adequate capital. The Federal Reserve has worked together with the other financial institution regulators to develop a new framework for market risk that is more risk-sensitive than the existing rule. The rule also requires public disclosure of certain qualitative and quantitative information about the institution's market risk. This collection of information is necessary to assure that the new framework is implemented in the United States in a safe and sound manner.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.