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Margin and Capital Requirements for Covered Swap Entities

Open Date:
Open for comment 9/3/2014
Deadline:
All comments are due by 11/24/2014
Type:
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
Number:
RIN-2590-AA45
Group:
 
Other
Document Number:
2014–22001
CFR:
12 CFR Part 1221
CFR Description:
 
Federal Register Publish Date:
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Contact Information:

Robert Collender, Principal Policy Analyst, Office of Policy Analysis and Research, Robert.Collender@fhfa.gov, or Peggy K. Balsawer, Associate General Counsel, Office of General Counsel, Peggy.Balsawer@fhfa.gov, Federal Housing Finance Agency,  Constitution Center, 400 7th St., SW, Washington, DC  20024.

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​Summary: The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), the Federal Reserve Board, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), the Farm Credit Administration (FCA), and the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) (each an “Agency” and, collectively, the “Agencies”) are seeking comment on a proposed joint rule to establish minimum margin and capital requirements for registered swap dealers, major swap participants, security-based swap dealers, and major security-based swap participants for which one of the Agencies is the prudential regulator.  This proposed rule implements sections 731 and 764 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, which require the Agencies to adopt rules jointly to establish capital requirements and initial and variation margin requirements for such entities and their counterparties on all non-cleared swaps and non-cleared security-based swaps in order to offset the greater risk to such entities and the financial system arising from the use of swaps and security-based swaps that are not cleared.

Interested parties are encouraged to submit written comments jointly to all of the Agencies.  Commenters are encouraged to use the title “Margin and Capital Requirements for Covered Swap Entities” to facilitate the organization and distribution of comments among the Agencies. 

You may submit your written comments on the proposed rulemaking, identified by regulatory information number (RIN) 2590-AA45, by any of the following methods:

  • Agency Website: www.fhfa.gov/open-for-comment-or-input.

  • Federal eRulemaking Portal:  http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the instructions for submitting comments. If you submit your comment to the Federal eRulemaking Portal, please also send it by e-mail to FHFA at RegComments@fhfa.gov to ensure timely receipt by the Agency. Please include ‘‘RIN 2590-AA45” in the subject line of the message.

  • Hand Delivery/Courier: The hand delivery address is:  Alfred M. Pollard, General Counsel, Attention: Comments/ RIN 2590-AA45, Federal Housing Finance Agency, Constitution Center (OGC Eighth Floor), 400 7th St., SW, Washington, DC  20024. Deliver the package to the Seventh Street entrance Guard Desk, First Floor, on business days between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.

  • U.S. Mail, United Parcel Service, Federal Express, or Other Mail Service:  The mailing address for comments is:  Alfred M. Pollard, General Counsel, Attention:  Comments/ RIN 2590-AA45, Federal Housing Finance Agency, Constitution Center (OGC Eighth Floor), 400 7th St., SW, Washington, DC  20024.

All comments received by the deadline will be posted for public inspection without change, including any personal information you provide, such as your name, address, email address and telephone number on the FHFA website at http://www.fhfa.gov.  Copies of all comments timely received will be available for public inspection and copying at the address above on government-business days between the hours of 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. To make an appointment to inspect comments please call the Office of General Counsel at (202) 649-3804.

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