December 2023Transmittal 514
Effective: 12/1/2023
Banks and Banking
Policy Statements
The Board issued on August 1, 2023, an addendum to
the
Interagency Statement on Funding and Liquidity Risk Management to reinforce that depository institutions should maintain actionable
contingency funding plans (
Guidance, Risk
Management at
3-1579.2).
On October
24, 2023, the Board, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC),
and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) issued
Principles for Climate-Related Financial Risk Management for Large
Financial Institutions.
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The principles are intended
to support efforts by financial institutions to focus on key aspects
of climate-related financial risk management. The principles cover
six areas: governance; policies, procedures, and limits; strategic
planning; risk management; data, risk measurement, and reporting;
and scenario analysis. The principles also describe how climate-related
financial risks can be addressed in other risk categories including
credit, liquidity, other financial risk, operational, legal and compliance,
and other nonfinancial risk. This guidance applies to financial institutions
with over $100 billion in total consolidated assets (Guidance, Risk Management at 3-1579.231).Proposed Rules
On September 18, 2023, the
Board, the FDIC, and the OCC published in the
Federal Register a proposal to substantially
revise the capital requirements applicable to large banking organizations
and to banking organizations with significant trading activity.
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The agencies have
determined that an extension of the comment period is appropriate.
Comments on this notice of proposed rulemaking must be received by
January 16, 2024 (Docket R–1813).On September
1, 2023, the Board published in the
Federal Register a proposal to amend
the Board’s rule that identifies and establishes risk-based capital
surcharges for global systemically important bank holding companies.
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The Board has determined
that an extension of the comment period is appropriate. Comments on
this notice of proposed rulemaking must be received by January 16,
2024 (Docket R–1814).