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Federal Reserve Board Seeks Comment On Designated Utilities' Risk Management Standards, Payment System Risk Policy

Payment Systems Federal Reserve Agency Rule-Making & Guidance

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On January 10, the Federal Reserve Board proposed revisions to the Regulation HH risk-management standards for certain financial market utilities that have been designated as systemically important by the Financial Stability Oversight Council, and for which the Federal Reserve Board is the Supervisory Agency pursuant to Title VIII of the Dodd-Frank Act. The Board also requested comment on related revisions to part I of the Federal Reserve Policy on Payment System Risk (PSR policy), which applies to financial market infrastructures more generally, including those operated by the Federal Reserve Banks. The Federal Reserve states that both sets of proposed changes are based on and generally are consistent with the April 2012 Principles for Financial Market Infrastructures developed jointly by the international standard-setting bodies, the Committee on Payment and Settlement Systems and the Technical Committee of the International Organization of Securities Commissions. Among other things, the revisions: (i) establish separate standards to address credit risk and liquidity risk, (ii) add a standard on general business risk, and (iii) heighten requirements on transparency and disclosure. Comments on both proposals must be submitted by March 31, 2014.