Q: What happens if the IFR is not extended?Ī: Banks are capable of satisfying leverage ratio requirements should the temporary exemption be removed. Moreover, it will provide much needed capacity for the largest primary dealers which are bank affiliated so that they may continue to participate substantially in the unprecedented large size offerings expected at future U.S. and the Federal Reserve’s response to the COVID 19 pandemic. It will permit banks to absorb the swell of deposits from the retail and wholesale markets which have been prompted by the U.S. Treasury issuance in 2021 and the Fed’s ongoing quantitative easing.Ī: Extending the IFR is critical to the financial stability of the markets, households and the U.S.
Government response (stimulus), expected U.S. Treasury securities and deposits held at the Federal Reserve Banks not only continue today but are even more compelling given the enormity of the continued U.S. “… response to COVID-19 has notably increased the size of the Federal Reserve’s balance sheet and resulted in a large increase in the number of reserves in the banking system.” Moreover, the banking agencies acknowledged that during the dislocation “market participants have liquidated a high volume of assets and deposited the cash proceeds with banking organizations in recent weeks, further increasing the size of banking organizations’ balance sheets.” Looking forward, the Federal Reserve stated their balance sheet “…will continue to expand in the near term, as asset purchases continue.” They also concluded rightfully that “The ability of institutions to hold certain assets, most notably deposits held at a Reserve Bank for a depository institution and Treasury securities, is essential to market functioning, financial intermediation, and funding market activity, particularly in periods of financial uncertainty.”Īs we will illustrate below, all the factors that lead to the Agencies’ initial decision to exempt U.S. Treasuries and deposits at the Federal Reserve from the SLR?Ī: The Federal Reserve and the other banking agencies acknowledged in the preambles of the Interim Final Rules (IFR) that the combined U.S. Q: Why did the banking agencies issue an Interim Final Rule (IFR) which temporarily exempts U.S. leverage ratios are higher than the Basel rules. There are different leverage requirements based on the size and systemic importance of a bank, but all of the U.S. banks and bank holding companies are subject to leverage ratio requirements.
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Generally, a leverage ratio is a measure of total capital to total assets plus select off balance sheet exposures depending on the leverage ratio requirement. Additionally, it is crucially important that the Federal Reserve communicate their intentions regarding the IFR in the very near future to prevent any unnecessary disruptions.”īelow we answer several questions on the IFR and the SLR to further illustrate its importance to the smooth functioning and stability of our markets.Ī: Leverage Ratios are risk agnostic capital requirements which are intended to compliment Risk Based Capital rules, acting as a backstop and ensure banks’ balance risk appetite with size. The extension of the IFR is critical to the continued ability of banking organizations to continue accepting deposits and acting as intermediaries in the U.S. As we noted in our recent comment letter to the Federal Reserve System, “banking organizations have played a pivotal role in market stability by extending credit, accepting deposits, and intermediating the capital markets throughout the cycle. Treasury securities and deposits at the Federal Reserve Banks from the Supplementary Leverage Ratio (SLR). SIFMA believes there is a definitive need to extend the interim final rule (IFR) for bank holding companies that provides a temporary exclusion of U.S.
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