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.