Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Regarding Alternatives to the Use of External Credit Ratings in the Regulatory Capital Guidelines of the Federal Banking Agencies

6 organizations filed 6 public comments on Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Regarding Alternatives to the Use of External Credit Ratings in the Regulatory Capital Guidelines of the Federal Banking Agencies, at the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. The comment window closed 5755d ago.

Abstract

The regulations of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (FRB), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), and Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS) (collectively, the agencies) include various references to and requirements based on the use of credit ratings issued by nationally recognized statistical rating organizations (NRSROs). Section 939A of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the Act), enacted on July 21, 2010, requires the agencies to review their regulations that require the use of an assessment of creditworthiness of a security or money market instrument and make reference to, or have requirements regarding, credit ratings. The agencies must then modify their regulations to remove any reference to, or requirements of reliance on, credit ratings in such regulations and substitute in their place other standards of creditworthiness that the agencies determine to be appropriate for such regulations. This advanced notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPR) describes the areas in the agencies' risk-based capital standards and Basel changes that could affect those standards that make reference to credit ratings and requests comment on potential alternatives to the use of credit ratings.

Commenters (6)

• American Bankers Associationtrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 97%
• Institute of International Financetrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• Mortgage Bankers Associationtrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 97%
• Securities Industry & Financial Markets Associationtrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• State Street Corporationunverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• The Risk Management Associationtrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%