Agency Information Collection Activities: Notice of Intent To Renew Collection Numbers 3038-0068, 3038-0083, and 3038-0088: Confirmation, Portfolio Reconciliation, Portfolio Compression, and Swap Trading Relationship Documentation Requirements for Swap Dealers and Major Swap Participants, 10175-10176 [2022-03829]
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COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING
COMMISSION
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Notice of Intent To Renew
Collection Numbers 3038–0068, 3038–
0083, and 3038–0088: Confirmation,
Portfolio Reconciliation, Portfolio
Compression, and Swap Trading
Relationship Documentation
Requirements for Swap Dealers and
Major Swap Participants
Commodity Futures Trading
Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Commodity Futures
Trading Commission (‘‘CFTC’’ or
‘‘Commission’’) is announcing an
opportunity for public comment on the
proposed renewal of three collections of
certain information by the agency.
Under the Paperwork Reduction Act
(‘‘PRA’’), Federal agencies are required
to publish notice in the Federal Register
concerning each proposed collection of
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information, including each proposed
extension of an existing collection of
information, and to allow 60 days for
public comment. This notice solicits
comments on the collections of
information mandated by certain
Commission regulations (Confirmation,
Portfolio Reconciliation, Portfolio
Compression, and Swap Trading
Relationship Documentation
Requirements for Swap Dealers and
Major Swap Participants).
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before April 25, 2022.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
identified by ‘‘Confirmation, Portfolio
Reconciliation, Portfolio Compression,
and Swap Trading Relationship
Documentation Requirements for Swap
Dealers and Major Swap Participants,’’
and Collection Numbers 3038–0068,
3038–0083, and 3038–0088 by any of
the following methods:
• The Agency’s website, at https://
comments.cftc.gov/. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments
through the website.
• Mail: Christopher Kirkpatrick,
Secretary of the Commission,
Commodity Futures Trading
Commission, Three Lafayette Centre,
1155 21st Street NW, Washington, DC
20581.
• Hand Delivery/Courier: Same as
‘‘Mail’’ above.
Please submit your comments using
only one method. All comments must be
submitted in English, or if not,
accompanied by an English translation.
Comments will be posted as received to
www.cftc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Benjamin DeMaria, Special Counsel,
Market Participants Division,
Commodity Futures Trading
Commission at (202) 418–5988 or
bdemaria@cftc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the
PRA, Federal agencies must obtain
approval from the Office of Management
and Budget (‘‘OMB’’) for each collection
of information they conduct or sponsor.
‘‘Collection of Information’’ is defined
in 44 U.S.C. 3502(3) and 5 CFR 1320.3
and includes agency requests or
requirements that members of the public
submit reports, keep records, or provide
information to a third party. Section
3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA, 44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(2)(A), requires Federal agencies
to provide a 60-day notice in the
Federal Register concerning each
proposed collection of information,
including each proposed extension of an
existing collection of information,
before submitting the collection to OMB
for approval. To comply with this
requirement, the CFTC is publishing
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information—treated as a consolidated
collection—listed below.1
Title: Confirmation, Portfolio
Reconciliation, Portfolio Compression,
and Swap Trading Relationship
Documentation Requirements for Swap
Dealers and Major Swap Participants
(OMB Control Nos. 3038–0068, 3038–
0083, 3038–0088).2 This is a request for
an extension of currently approved
information collections.
Abstract: On September 11, 2012 the
Commission adopted Commission
Regulations 23.500–23.505
(Confirmation, Portfolio Reconciliation,
Portfolio Compression, and Swap
Trading Relationship Documentation
Requirements for Swap Dealers and
Major Swap Participants) 3 under
sections 4s(f), (g) and (i) 4 of the
Commodity Exchange Act (‘‘CEA’’).
Commission regulations 23.500–23.505
require, among other things, that swap
dealers (‘‘SDs’’) 5 and major swap
participants (‘‘MSPs’’) 6 develop and
retain written swap trading relationship
documentation. The regulations also
establish requirements for SDs and
MSPs regarding swap confirmation,
portfolio reconciliation, and portfolio
compression. Under the regulations,
SDs and MSPs are obligated to maintain
records of the policies and procedures
required by the rules.7
1 An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a
person is not required to respond to a collection of
information unless it displays a currently valid
OMB conrol number. See 46 FR 63035 (Dec. 30,
1981).
2 Historically, PRA Collections 3038–0068, 3038–
0083, and 3038–0088 were renewed as a
consolidated collection. See 82 FR 6241 (Feb. 5,
2016). However, on April 1, 2019, the CFTC
published an interim final rule (‘‘IFR’’), which
allowed uncleared swaps to retain legacy status
when transferred in connection with what was, at
the time, a potential no-deal Brexit. See 84 FR
12065 (Apr. 1, 2019). As the IFR only affected the
burdens calculations in PRA collection 3038–0088,
collection 3038–0088 was considered separately
from collections 3038–0068 and 3038–0083 for
purposes of incorporating the burdens related to the
IFR. Id. Since there is no need now to separate
collection 3038–0088 for purposes of renewing
these three collections, this proposed renewal once
again will treat PRA collections 3038–0068, 3038–
0083, and 3038–0088 as a consolidated collection.
3 17 CFR 23.500–23.505.
4 7 U.S.C. 6s(f), (g) & (i).
5 For the definition of SD, see Section 1a(49) of
the CEA and Commission regulation 1.3; 7 U.S.C.
1a(49) and 17 CFR 1.3.
6 For the definitions of MSP, see Section 1a(33)
of the CEA and Commission regulation 1.3; 7 U.S.C.
1a(33) and 17 CFR 1.3.
7 SDs and MSPs are required to maintain all
records of policies and procedures in accordance
with Commission regulations 23.203 and, by
extension, 1.31, including policies, procedures, and
models used for eligible master netting agreements
and custody agreements that prohibit custodian of
margin from re-hypothecating, repledging, reusing,
or otherwise transferring the funds held by the
custodian. See 17 CFR 1.31 and 23.203.
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Confirmation, portfolio reconciliation,
and portfolio compression are important
post-trade processing mechanisms for
reducing risk and improving operational
efficiency. The information collection
obligations imposed by the regulations
are necessary to ensure that each SD and
MSP maintains the required records of
their business activities and an audit
trail sufficient to conduct
comprehensive and accurate trade
reconstruction. The information
collections contained in the regulations
are also essential to ensuring that SDs
and MSPs document their swaps,
reconcile their swap portfolios to
resolve discrepancies and disputes, and
wholly or partially terminate some or all
of their outstanding swaps through
regular portfolio compression exercises.
The collections of information are
mandatory.
With respect to the collections of
information, the CFTC invites
comments on:
• Whether the proposed collections of
information are necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
Commission, including whether the
information will have a practical use;
• The accuracy of the Commission’s
estimate of the burdens of the proposed
collections of information, including the
validity of the methodology and
assumptions used;
• Ways to enhance the quality,
usefulness, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and
• Ways to minimize the burdens of
collection of information on those who
are to respond, including through the
use of appropriate automated electronic,
mechanical, or other technological
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology; e.g., permitting
electronic submission of responses.
You should submit only information
that you wish to make available
publicly. If you wish the Commission to
consider information that you believe is
exempt from disclosure under the
Freedom of Information Act, a petition
for confidential treatment of the exempt
information may be submitted according
to the procedures established in § 145.9
of the Commission’s regulations.8
The Commission reserves the right,
but shall have no obligation, to review,
pre-screen, filter, redact, refuse or
remove any or all of your submission
from https://www.cftc.gov that it may
deem to be inappropriate for
publication, for reasons such as obscene
language. All submissions that have
been redacted or removed that contain
comments on the merits of the
information collection request will be
retained in the public comment file and
will be considered as required under the
Administrative Procedure Act and other
applicable laws, and may be accessible
under the Freedom of Information Act.
Burden Statement: The Commission
is revising its estimate of the burdens for
the collections to reflect the current
number of respondents and estimated
burden hours. The respondent burdens
for the collections are estimated to be as
follows:
• OMB Control No. 3038–0068
(Confirmation, Portfolio Reconciliation,
and Portfolio Compression
Requirements for Swap Dealers and
Major Swap Participants).
Number of Registrants: 107.
Estimated Average Burden Hours per
Registrant: 1,274.5.
Estimated Aggregate Burden Hours:
136,371.5.
Frequency of Recordkeeping: As
applicable.
• OMB Control No. 3038–0083
(Orderly Liquidation Termination
Provision in Swap Trading Relationship
Documentation for Swap Dealers and
Major Swap Participants).
Number of Registrants: 107.
Estimated Average Burden Hours per
Registrant: 270.
Estimated Aggregate Burden Hours:
28,890.
Frequency of Recordkeeping: As
applicable.
• OMB Control No. 3038–0088 (Swap
Trading Relationship Documentation
Requirements for Swap Dealers and
Major Swap Participants).
Number of Registrants: 107.
Estimated Average Burden Hours per
Registrant: 6284.
Estimated Aggregate Burden Hours:
672,388.
Frequency of Recordkeeping: As
applicable.
(Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.)
Dated: February 17, 2022.
Robert Sidman,
Deputy Secretary of the Commission.
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COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION
Agency Information Collection Activities: Notice of Intent To
Renew Collection Numbers 3038-0068, 3038-0083, and 3038-0088:
Confirmation, Portfolio Reconciliation, Portfolio Compression, and Swap
Trading Relationship Documentation Requirements for Swap Dealers and
Major Swap Participants
AGENCY: Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (``CFTC'' or
``Commission'') is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the
proposed renewal of three collections of certain information by the
agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act (``PRA''), Federal agencies
are required to publish notice in the Federal Register concerning each
proposed collection of information, including each proposed extension
of an existing collection of information, and to allow 60 days for
public comment. This notice solicits comments on the collections of
information mandated by certain Commission regulations (Confirmation,
Portfolio Reconciliation, Portfolio Compression, and Swap Trading
Relationship Documentation Requirements for Swap Dealers and Major Swap
Participants).
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before April 25, 2022.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by ``Confirmation,
Portfolio Reconciliation, Portfolio Compression, and Swap Trading
Relationship Documentation Requirements for Swap Dealers and Major Swap
Participants,'' and Collection Numbers 3038-0068, 3038-0083, and 3038-
0088 by any of the following methods:
The Agency's website, at https://comments.cftc.gov/.
Follow the instructions for submitting comments through the website.
Mail: Christopher Kirkpatrick, Secretary of the
Commission, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Three Lafayette
Centre, 1155 21st Street NW, Washington, DC 20581.
Hand Delivery/Courier: Same as ``Mail'' above.
Please submit your comments using only one method. All comments
must be submitted in English, or if not, accompanied by an English
translation. Comments will be posted as received to www.cftc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Benjamin DeMaria, Special Counsel,
Market Participants Division, Commodity Futures Trading Commission at
(202) 418-5988 or [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the PRA, Federal agencies must obtain
approval from the Office of Management and Budget (``OMB'') for each
collection of information they conduct or sponsor. ``Collection of
Information'' is defined in 44 U.S.C. 3502(3) and 5 CFR 1320.3 and
includes agency requests or requirements that members of the public
submit reports, keep records, or provide information to a third party.
Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA, 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A), requires
Federal agencies to provide a 60-day notice in the Federal Register
concerning each proposed collection of information, including each
proposed extension of an existing collection of information, before
submitting the collection to OMB for approval. To comply with this
requirement, the CFTC is publishing
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notice of the proposed collections of information--treated as a
consolidated collection--listed below.\1\
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\1\ An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not
required to respond to a collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid OMB conrol number. See 46 FR 63035 (Dec.
30, 1981).
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Title: Confirmation, Portfolio Reconciliation, Portfolio
Compression, and Swap Trading Relationship Documentation Requirements
for Swap Dealers and Major Swap Participants (OMB Control Nos. 3038-
0068, 3038-0083, 3038-0088).\2\ This is a request for an extension of
currently approved information collections.
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\2\ Historically, PRA Collections 3038-0068, 3038-0083, and
3038-0088 were renewed as a consolidated collection. See 82 FR 6241
(Feb. 5, 2016). However, on April 1, 2019, the CFTC published an
interim final rule (``IFR''), which allowed uncleared swaps to
retain legacy status when transferred in connection with what was,
at the time, a potential no-deal Brexit. See 84 FR 12065 (Apr. 1,
2019). As the IFR only affected the burdens calculations in PRA
collection 3038-0088, collection 3038-0088 was considered separately
from collections 3038-0068 and 3038-0083 for purposes of
incorporating the burdens related to the IFR. Id. Since there is no
need now to separate collection 3038-0088 for purposes of renewing
these three collections, this proposed renewal once again will treat
PRA collections 3038-0068, 3038-0083, and 3038-0088 as a
consolidated collection.
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Abstract: On September 11, 2012 the Commission adopted Commission
Regulations 23.500-23.505 (Confirmation, Portfolio Reconciliation,
Portfolio Compression, and Swap Trading Relationship Documentation
Requirements for Swap Dealers and Major Swap Participants) \3\ under
sections 4s(f), (g) and (i) \4\ of the Commodity Exchange Act
(``CEA''). Commission regulations 23.500-23.505 require, among other
things, that swap dealers (``SDs'') \5\ and major swap participants
(``MSPs'') \6\ develop and retain written swap trading relationship
documentation. The regulations also establish requirements for SDs and
MSPs regarding swap confirmation, portfolio reconciliation, and
portfolio compression. Under the regulations, SDs and MSPs are
obligated to maintain records of the policies and procedures required
by the rules.\7\
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\3\ 17 CFR 23.500-23.505.
\4\ 7 U.S.C. 6s(f), (g) & (i).
\5\ For the definition of SD, see Section 1a(49) of the CEA and
Commission regulation 1.3; 7 U.S.C. 1a(49) and 17 CFR 1.3.
\6\ For the definitions of MSP, see Section 1a(33) of the CEA
and Commission regulation 1.3; 7 U.S.C. 1a(33) and 17 CFR 1.3.
\7\ SDs and MSPs are required to maintain all records of
policies and procedures in accordance with Commission regulations
23.203 and, by extension, 1.31, including policies, procedures, and
models used for eligible master netting agreements and custody
agreements that prohibit custodian of margin from re-hypothecating,
repledging, reusing, or otherwise transferring the funds held by the
custodian. See 17 CFR 1.31 and 23.203.
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Confirmation, portfolio reconciliation, and portfolio compression
are important post-trade processing mechanisms for reducing risk and
improving operational efficiency. The information collection
obligations imposed by the regulations are necessary to ensure that
each SD and MSP maintains the required records of their business
activities and an audit trail sufficient to conduct comprehensive and
accurate trade reconstruction. The information collections contained in
the regulations are also essential to ensuring that SDs and MSPs
document their swaps, reconcile their swap portfolios to resolve
discrepancies and disputes, and wholly or partially terminate some or
all of their outstanding swaps through regular portfolio compression
exercises. The collections of information are mandatory.
With respect to the collections of information, the CFTC invites
comments on:
Whether the proposed collections of information are
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the
Commission, including whether the information will have a practical
use;
The accuracy of the Commission's estimate of the burdens
of the proposed collections of information, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used;
Ways to enhance the quality, usefulness, and clarity of
the information to be collected; and
Ways to minimize the burdens of collection of information
on those who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate
automated electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection
techniques or other forms of information technology; e.g., permitting
electronic submission of responses.
You should submit only information that you wish to make available
publicly. If you wish the Commission to consider information that you
believe is exempt from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act,
a petition for confidential treatment of the exempt information may be
submitted according to the procedures established in Sec. 145.9 of the
Commission's regulations.\8\
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\8\ 17 CFR 145.9.
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The Commission reserves the right, but shall have no obligation, to
review, pre-screen, filter, redact, refuse or remove any or all of your
submission from https://www.cftc.gov that it may deem to be
inappropriate for publication, for reasons such as obscene language.
All submissions that have been redacted or removed that contain
comments on the merits of the information collection request will be
retained in the public comment file and will be considered as required
under the Administrative Procedure Act and other applicable laws, and
may be accessible under the Freedom of Information Act.
Burden Statement: The Commission is revising its estimate of the
burdens for the collections to reflect the current number of
respondents and estimated burden hours. The respondent burdens for the
collections are estimated to be as follows:
OMB Control No. 3038-0068 (Confirmation, Portfolio
Reconciliation, and Portfolio Compression Requirements for Swap Dealers
and Major Swap Participants).
Number of Registrants: 107.
Estimated Average Burden Hours per Registrant: 1,274.5.
Estimated Aggregate Burden Hours: 136,371.5.
Frequency of Recordkeeping: As applicable.
OMB Control No. 3038-0083 (Orderly Liquidation Termination
Provision in Swap Trading Relationship Documentation for Swap Dealers
and Major Swap Participants).
Number of Registrants: 107.
Estimated Average Burden Hours per Registrant: 270.
Estimated Aggregate Burden Hours: 28,890.
Frequency of Recordkeeping: As applicable.
OMB Control No. 3038-0088 (Swap Trading Relationship
Documentation Requirements for Swap Dealers and Major Swap
Participants).
Number of Registrants: 107.
Estimated Average Burden Hours per Registrant: 6284.
Estimated Aggregate Burden Hours: 672,388.
Frequency of Recordkeeping: As applicable.
(Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.)
Dated: February 17, 2022.
Robert Sidman,
Deputy Secretary of the Commission.
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