

The new policy and eligbility criteria are effective immediately.Your Request Originates from an Undeclared Automated Tool When are the new counterparty policy and eligibility criteria effective? The threshold measures a dealer’s market-making activity, in both the primary and secondary markets. Why is the New York Fed adding a market share threshold for primary dealers?Ī measure of Treasury market share is a direct measure of a firm’s capacity to perform the responsibilities of a primary dealer. The New York Fed regards the level of a firm’s regulatory capital as one indication of its operational capacity to perform the responsibilities of a primary dealer. What is the purpose of a minimum capital threshold for primary dealers?


We are increasing the Tier 1 threshold to better align these two different metrics. By contrast, the net regulatory capital measure for broker-dealers is a net measure of capital of the broker-dealer subsidiary. We are using the holding company’s Tier 1 capital, which is a gross measure of capital across the consolidated operations of the firm, as the metric for banking organizations. Why is the New York Fed raising the minimum Tier 1 capital threshold from $150 million to $1 billion at the same time that it is reducing the minimum net regulatory capital threshold? This change is informed by the New York Fed’s experiences and lessons learned in conducting its pilot programs with small dealers for Treasury operations and MBS operations in 20 respectively. Doing so offers the opportunity to increase capacity and further support competitive pricing for its open market operations. The New York Fed is seeking to expand and diversify the pool of firms eligible to apply for primary dealer status. Why is the New York Fed reducing the net regulatory capital threshold for primary dealers from $150 million to $50 million?
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The new counterparty policy is the result of a multi-year review of the framework for counterparty relationships across the full range of the New York Fed Trading Desk’s (Desk’s) operations in domestic and foreign financial markets. Why has the New York Fed developed a comprehensive counterparty policy?
