Restrictions on Qualified Financial Contracts of Subsidiaries of certain FDIC-Supervised Institutions; Revisions to the Definition of Qualifying Master Netting Agreement and Related Definitions

This rule is necessary to give effect to such cross-default restrictions in the ISDA Protocol. The rule requires that FDIC-supervised institutions that are subsidiaries of GSIBs and their counterparties either adhere to the ISDA Protocol or take the prescribed steps to amend the contractual provisions of their QFCs, consistent with the requirements in the rule, within a specified period of time. If such institutions elect to amend their QFCs in lieu of adhering to the ISDA Protocol, they must seek the FDIC’s approval of the proposed amendments, giving rise to the information collection. The information collection is necessary to ensure QFC contracts are amended in compliance with the rule. The FDIC’s rule applies to FDIC-supervised institutions that are subsidiaries of GSIBs and sets forth requirements parallel to those contained in similar rules recently published by the FRB and the OCC with regard to entities they supervise to ensure consistent regulatory treatment of QFCs among the various entities within a GSIB group.

The latest form for Restrictions on Qualified Financial Contracts of Subsidiaries of certain FDIC-Supervised Institutions; Revisions to the Definition of Qualifying Master Netting Agreement and Related Definitions expires 2021-04-30 and can be found here.