80_FR_8795 80 FR 8763 - Sunshine Act; Notice of Meeting

80 FR 8763 - Sunshine Act; Notice of Meeting

FEDERAL RETIREMENT THRIFT INVESTMENT BOARD

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 32 (February 18, 2015)

Page Range8763-8763
FR Document2015-03424

Federal Register, Volume 80 Issue 32 (Wednesday, February 18, 2015)
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 32 (Wednesday, February 18, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 8763]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-03424]


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FEDERAL RETIREMENT THRIFT INVESTMENT BOARD


Sunshine Act; Notice of Meeting

TIME AND DATE: 10:00 a.m. February 23, 2015 (Telephonic).

PLACE: 10th Floor Board Meeting Room, 77 K Street, NE., Washington, DC 
20002.

STATUS: Open to the public.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: 

Open to the Public

1. Approval of the Minutes of the January 26, 2015 Board Member Meeting
2. Monthly Reports
    a. Monthly Participant Activity Report
    b. Monthly Investment Policy Report
    c. Legislative Report
3. Internal Audit Plan

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: Kimberly Weaver, Director, Office 
of External Affairs, (202) 942-1640.

    Dated: February 13, 2015.
Megan Grumbine,
Deputy General Counsel, Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board.
[FR Doc. 2015-03424 Filed 2-13-15; 11:15 am]
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                                                calculation of items pertaining to the                  not be required to estimate such benefits               Dated: February 6, 2015.
                                                comprehensive risk capital requirement.                 for purposes of reporting on the FFIEC                Stuart Feldstein,
                                                The agencies have updated the relevant                  102.                                                  Director, Legislative and Regulatory Activities
                                                items on the reporting form and                                                                               Division, Office of the Comptroller of the
                                                instructions to align with the                          V. Electronic Submission of Reports                   Currency.
                                                calculation methodology for the                           Consistent with the requirements for                  Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
                                                comprehensive risk capital requirement                  the agencies’ reports that collect data               System, February 10, 2015.
                                                in the market risk capital rule.8                       under the current regulatory capital                  Robert deV. Frierson,
                                                   The proposed reporting form also has                                                                       Secretary of the Board.
                                                                                                        reporting requirements,9 market risk
                                                a Memoranda section that is comprised                                                                           Dated at Washington, DC, this 6th day of
                                                                                                        institutions subject to the proposed
                                                of 22 line items. Because these line                                                                          February, 2015.
                                                                                                        reporting requirements would be
                                                items do not directly contribute to the                                                                       Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
                                                                                                        required to submit the FFIEC 102 in an
                                                determination of market RWAs, they
                                                would be reported in the separate                       electronic format using file                          Robert E. Feldman,
                                                Memoranda section. The agencies                         specifications and formats to be                      Executive Secretary.
                                                believe that these items will provide                   determined by the agencies.                           [FR Doc. 2015–03265 Filed 2–17–15; 8:45 am]
                                                additional insight into the risk profile of             VI. Request for Comment                               BILLING CODE 4810–33–P; 6210–01–P; 6714–01–P
                                                a market risk institution’s trading
                                                activity. For example, the first twelve                   Public comment is requested on all
                                                lines of the Memoranda section will                     aspects of this joint notice. In particular,          FEDERAL RETIREMENT THRIFT
                                                contribute to the agencies’                             do market risk institutions expect that               INVESTMENT BOARD
                                                understanding of the degree to which                    making any specific line items on the
                                                                                                        proposed FFIEC 102 public would cause                 Sunshine Act; Notice of Meeting
                                                diversification effects across the
                                                principal market risk drivers are                       them competitive or other harm? If so,                TIME AND DATE: 10:00 a.m. February 23,
                                                material.                                               please identify the specific line items               2015 (Telephonic).
                                                   In developing this proposal, the                     and describe in detail the nature of the
                                                                                                                                                              PLACE: 10th Floor Board Meeting Room,
                                                agencies considered several tradeoffs                   harm.
                                                between the reporting burden on market                                                                        77 K Street, NE., Washington, DC 20002.
                                                                                                          Additionally, comments are invited
                                                risk institutions and the information                                                                         STATUS: Open to the public.
                                                                                                        on:
                                                needs of bank supervisors. One issue                                                                          MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED:
                                                that the agencies identified was that                     (a) Whether the collections of
                                                                                                        information that are the subject of this              Open to the Public
                                                market risk institutions have exposures
                                                in certain products that might fit into                 notice are necessary for the proper                   1. Approval of the Minutes of the
                                                more than one of the specified risk                     performance of the agencies’ functions,                     January 26, 2015 Board Member
                                                categories (e.g., interest rate, equity,                including whether the information has                       Meeting
                                                foreign exchange, commodities, and                      practical utility;                                    2. Monthly Reports
                                                credit). For example, convertible                         (b) The accuracy of the agencies’                      a. Monthly Participant Activity Report
                                                securities will mostly be subject to                    estimates of the burden of the                           b. Monthly Investment Policy Report
                                                interest rate risk unless their value                   information collections as they are                      c. Legislative Report
                                                converges with that of the underlying                   proposed to be revised, including the                 3. Internal Audit Plan
                                                equity. Similarly, foreign exchange                     validity of the methodology and                       CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:
                                                swaps are primarily interest rate                       assumptions used;                                     Kimberly Weaver, Director, Office of
                                                positions, but it is possible that a market               (c) Ways to enhance the quality,                    External Affairs, (202) 942–1640.
                                                risk institution might classify some as                 utility, and clarity of the information to              Dated: February 13, 2015.
                                                subject to foreign exchange risk.                       be collected;                                         Megan Grumbine,
                                                Accordingly, for purposes of reporting
                                                the VaR- or stressed VaR-based                            (d) Ways to minimize the burden of                  Deputy General Counsel, Federal Retirement
                                                                                                        information collections on respondents,               Thrift Investment Board.
                                                measures on the FFIEC 102, market risk
                                                institutions may classify their exposures               including through the use of automated                [FR Doc. 2015–03424 Filed 2–13–15; 11:15 am]

                                                in the same risk categories in which                    collection techniques or other forms of               BILLING CODE 6720–01–P

                                                they are reported internally. Similarly,                information technology; and
                                                for purposes of reporting on the                          (e) Estimates of capital or start-up
                                                proposed FFIEC 102, the agencies have                   costs and costs of operation,                         DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS
                                                proposed to define diversification                      maintenance, and purchase of services                 AFFAIRS
                                                benefit as any adjustment to VaR- or                    to provide the information.                           [OMB Control No. 2900–0321]
                                                stressed VaR-based measures that a                        Comments submitted in response to
                                                market risk institution makes to reflect                this joint notice will be shared among                Proposed Information Collection
                                                the absence of a perfect statistical                    the agencies. All comments will become                (Appointment of Veterans Service
                                                correlation between the values of the                   a matter of public record.                            Organization/or Individuals as
                                                underlying positions. The agencies also                                                                       Claimant’s Representative) Activity:
                                                recognize that some market risk                                                                               Comment Request
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                                                                                                          9 Consolidated Reports of Condition and Income
                                                institutions may not adjust for                         for a Bank with Domestic and Foreign Offices
                                                diversification benefits in their VaR- or               (FFIEC 031), Consolidated Reports of Condition and    AGENCY:  Veterans Benefits
                                                stressed VaR-based estimates, and in                    Income for a Bank with Domestic Offices Only          Administration, Department of Veterans
                                                that case a market risk institution would
                                                                                                        (FFIEC 041), Consolidated Financial Statements for    Affairs.
                                                                                                        Holding Companies (FR Y–9C), and Regulatory
                                                                                                        Capital Reporting for Institutions Subject to the     ACTION: Notice.
                                                  8 See 12 CFR part 3, subpart F (OCC); 12 CFR part     Advanced Capital Adequacy Framework (FFIEC
                                                217 subpart F (Board); and 12 CFR part 324, subpart     101) (OMB Numbers: OCC, 1557–0239; Board,             SUMMARY: The Veterans Benefits
                                                F (FDIC).                                               7100–0319; and FDIC, 3064–0159).                      Administration (VBA), Department of


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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
Dates10:00 a.m. February 23, 2015 (Telephonic).
FR Citation80 FR 8763 

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