Margin and Capital Requirements for Covered Swap Entities
Summary
SIFMA provided comments to multiple agencies, including the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and U.S. prudential regulators, regarding their proposals on margin requirements for uncleared swaps.
Excerpt
November 24, 2014
Legislative and Regulatory Activities Division
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
400 7th Street, SW
Suite 3E-218, Mail Stop 9W-11
Washington, DC 20219
Robert deV. Frierson, Secretary
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
20th Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC 20551
Robert E. Feldman, Executive Secretary
Attention: Comments
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
550 17th Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20429
Alfred M. Pollard, General Counsel
Attention: Comments/RIN 2590-AA45
Federal Housing Finance Agency
Constitution Center (OGC Eighth Floor)
400 7th Street, SW
Washington, DC 20024
Barry F. Mardock, Deputy Director
Office of Regulatory Policy
Farm Credit Administration
1501 Farm Credit Drive
McLean, VA 22102
Christopher Kirkpatrick, Secretary
Commodity Futures Trading Commission
1155 21st Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20581
Re: Margin and Capital Requirements for Covered Swap Entities, Docket ID OCC-2011-0008/RIN 1557-AD43, Docket No. R-1415/RIN 7100 AD74, RIN 3064-AE21, RIN 2590-AA45, RIN 3052-AC69;1
Margin Requirements for Uncleared Swaps for Swap Dealers and Major Swap Participants, RIN 3038-AC97.2
Ladies and Gentlemen:
The Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (“SIFMA”)3 welcomes this opportunity to comment on the captioned rule proposals (the “Proposed Rules”) published by the
1 79 Fed. Reg. 57348 (Sept. 24, 2014) (the “Bank Proposal”).
2 79 Fed. Reg. 59898 (Oct. 3, 2014) (the “CFTC Proposal”).
3 SIFMA brings together the shared interests of hundreds of securities firms, banks and asset managers. SIFMA’s mission is to support a strong financial industry, investor opportunity, capital formation, job creation and economic growth, while building trust and confidence in the financial markets. SIFMA, with offices in New York and Washington, D.C., is the U.S. regional member of the Global Financial Markets Association. For more information, visit www.sifma.org.