The guidance provides that state
member banks, bank holding companies, and U.S. branches and
agencies of foreign banks supervised by the Federal Reserve should
establish and maintain policies and procedures for identifying,
evaluating, assessing, documenting, and controlling risks
associated with certain complex structured finance transactions
(CSFTs). A financial institution engaged in CSFTs should maintain a
set of formal, firm-wide policies and procedures that are designed
to allow the institution to identify, evaluate, assess, document,
and control the full range of credit, market, operational, legal,
and reputational risks associated with these transactions. These
policies may be developed specifically for CSFTs or included in the
set of broader policies governing the institution generally. A
financial institution operating in foreign jurisdictions may tailor
its policies and procedures as appropriate to account for, and
comply with, the applicable laws, regulations, and standards of
those jurisdictions. A financial institution’s policies and
procedures should establish a clear framework for the review and
approval of individual CSFTs. These policies and procedures should
set forth the responsibilities of the personnel involved in the
origination, structuring, trading, review, approval, documentation,
verification, and execution of CSFTs. A financial institution
should define what constitutes a new complex structured finance
product and establish a control process for the approval of such
new product. An institution’s policies also should provide for new
complex structured finance products to receive the approval of all
relevant control areas that are independent of the profit center
before the products are offered to customers.
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;
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these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.