# Presentation: 674214

## Collateral Monitoring for the Acceptance of Bonds Secured by Government Obligations in Lieu of Bonds with Sureties Under 31 CFR Part 225

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- Collateral Monitoring for the Acceptance of Bonds Secured by Government Obligations in Lieu of Bonds with Sureties Under 31 CFR Part 225

***Department of the Treasury                    The Federal Reserve Bank***
***Financial Management Service             of St. Louis***
***Bureau of the Public Debt***

***Presented By***

## Roles and Responsibilities

**Bureau of the Public Debt**
- Acceptable Collateral and Collateral Valuation

**Financial Management Service**
- Collateral Policy

**The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis**
- Custodian
- Collateral Monitoring

## Collateral Monitoring Under 31 CFR Part 225

- Reasons For Changes To
- Collateral Monitoring

## Treasury’s Fiscal Service Collateral Program 31 CFR Part 225Collateral Issues and Guidance

- Treasury’s Fiscal Service Collateral Program 31 CFR Part 225Collateral Issues and Guidance

## Bureau of Public Debt Collateral Regulations

- 31 CFR Part 380 – Collateral Acceptability and Valuation

## 31 U.S.C. §9301Eligibility for 31 CFR Part 225

- 	Government obligation means a public debt obligation of the United States Government and an obligation whose principal and interest is unconditionally guaranteed by the Government.

## 31 U.S.C. §9303(a)(2)Valuation for 31 CFR Part 225

- The obligation  shall be in an amount equal at par value to the amount of the required surety bond.

## Eligible Collateral  31 CFR Part 225

- Treasury bills, notes, bonds, Inflation Indexed Notes, and Inflation Indexed Bonds.
- HUD Section 108 Government Guaranteed Notes and Section 108 Government Guaranteed Participation Certificates.
- Ginnie Mae GNMA I Mortgaged-Backed Securities, GNMA II Mortgaged Backed-Securities, Guaranteed Ginnie Mae Platinum Certificates, and Ginnie Mae Guaranteed REMIC Pass-Through Securities.

## Eligible Collateral  31 CFR Part 225 continued

- FHA Debentures
- Small Business Administration SBIC Guaranteed Debenture Participation Certificates, U.S. Government Guaranteed Development Company Participation Certificates
- VA-Guaranteed REMIC Pass-Through Certificates.
-  The most up to date list is available at:
- _[www.publicdebt.treas.gov](http://www.publicdebt.treas.gov/)_

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## Contact Information

**Government Securities Regulations Staff**
**Bureau of the Public Debt**
**U.S. Department of the Treasury**
- Phone:		(202) 691-3632
- Web Site:		www.publicdebt.treas.gov
- E-Mail:		govsecreg@bpd.treas.gov

## Collateral Monitoring for the Acceptance of Bonds Secured by Government Obligations in Lieu of Bonds with Sureties Under 31 C.F.R. Part 225

***National Customer Service Area (NCSA)***
***The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis***

## Collateral Monitoring 31CFR225 

- Introduction
- Acceptable Collateral and Valuation
- FRB STL Treasury Relations Department
- Review Current Process
- TIP Overview
- Obligors Monitored
- Pledgor Security Accounts (PSA)              *	**                                                                                   **	**	**	**	**           **National Customer Service Area*
*                                                                                            **Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis*

## Collateral Monitoring 31CFR225

- Amounts To Be Collateralized (ATBC)
- Collateral Monitoring
- Collateral Deposits, Withdrawals, & Substitutions
- Maturing Collateral
- Implementation
- Summary
- Questions?*	**	**          **National Customer Service Area*
*                                                                                              **Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis*

##                    Collateral Monitoring  31CFR225 FRB STL Treasury Relations

##                    Collateral Monitoring  31CFR225 NCSA Collateral Management Unit

##                    Collateral Monitoring  31CFR225 NCSA Collateral Management Unit

- Provide Services to Treasury
- Monitor collateral for Treasury accounts
- Central contact for Treasury on TT&L and Federal agencies on other programs
- Provide reporting to the Treasury and Federal Agencies
- Perform eligibility analysis on Fedwire book-entry collateral deposits for Treasury collateral accounts*                                              **National Customer Service Area*
*                                                                                    **Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis*

##                    Collateral Monitoring  31CFR225 NCSA Collateral Management Unit

- Provide Services to Depositaries
- Notifications on collateral deficiencies and upcoming maturities
- Treasury restricted security account set up
- TT&L account maintenance
- Merger Processing
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*                                                                                    **Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis*

##                     Collateral Monitoring 31CFR225 Review Current Process

- Two types of bond relationships
- US Trustee/Bankruptcy Courts with depositaries
- Other Government Agencies with non-depositaries
- Pledgor Security Account (PSA)
- Combination of a FRB account (ABA) and a specific restricted security account
- PSA relationships are established by the NCSA
- Restricted Security Accounts are set up by the NCSA
- NCSA verifies eligibility of collateral deposits
*                                                                            **National Customer Service Area*
*                                                                                    **Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis*
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**Notes:**
Holdings as of 12/31/02

US Trustees                 $8.7 billion
Bankruptcy Courts       $178 million

Other Agencies             $496 million

##                    Collateral Monitoring  31CFR225 Review Current Process

- Agency provides NCSA with written authorizations for collateral deposits, substitutions and withdrawals
- Agency monitors collateral levels in PSA
- Federal Reserve provides monthly Pledgee Holdings Statements to Agencies
- Agency works with Pledgor if PSA is undercollateralized.
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*                                                                            **National Customer Service Area*
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## Collateral Monitoring  31CFR225 Treasury Investment Program 

-   TIP Application
- Federal Reserve developed and operated application for the Treasury
- Processes Treasury Tax & Loan activity
- Monitors collateral for Treasury collateral programs

**Notes:**
TT&L Activity includes retained tax payments (electronic and paper), Treasury investments, and Treasury withdrawals as well as collecting interest from depositaries

Collateral Programs
TT&L                  $70 billion
31 CFR 202       $43 billion
31 CFR 225        $9.4 billion

## TIP

- FRB
- Accounting

- FRB
- Safekeeping
- Systems

- NCSA Collateral Staff

- Treasury/
- Agency

- Depositaries
- or Other
-  Obligors

- Maintains Accounts
- Collateral Valued
- Maintains ATBC
- Collateral Monitoring

## 			     TIP 31CFR225 AccountsDepositaries/Obligors Monitored 

- Determination of bond requirements and supporting documentation maintained by the Government Agency.
- Any Obligor electing to utilize Government Obligations instead of surety bonds to secure a bond.
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**Notes:**
Unlike the other two collateral programs, where the NCSA acts as fiscal agent for the Treasury, we are only custodians in the 225 program.  All necessary documentation for the bond relationship is executed and maintained by the agency.

The Federal Reserve only handles documentation related to the restricted security account.

The Federal Reserve is not involved if the obligor elects to secure the bond requirement with a surety bond

##                                   TIP 31CFR225 AccountsPledgor Security Accounts 

- TIP receives Pledgee name and address file updates from FRB Safekeeping Systems each morning
- NCSA may add or update a Pledgee’s account in TIP
- NCSA will maintain a database containing names and contact phone numbers for all Depositaries and Pledgees (Government Agencies)           *	**	**National Customer Service Area*
*                                                                                                     **Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis*

##                                   TIP 31CFR225 AccountsPledgee Security Accounts 

- Government Agency Contacts
- NCSA will work with Executive Office for US Trustees to maintain and periodically update the authorization lists for the US Trustees
- Annually the NCSA will request updated authorization forms from other agencies
- Agencies should supply any required updates to authorized individuals timely to NCSA
- Maintaining current Non-DI obligor contacts is the responsibility of the Agency  		*                                                                **National Customer Service Area*
*                                                                                                       **Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis*

**Notes:**
The executive office sends the NCSA a full update on a quarterly basis.  Interim updates are forwarded to us on an individual account basis.

##                                  TIP 31CFR225 AccountsPledgee Security Accounts

- NCSA will continue to establish and set up restricted security accounts and pledgor account relationships.
- FRB Safekeeping Systems provide TIP with hourly aggregate par updates for each PSA
- TIP will monitor accounts based on the Amount to be Collateralized (ATBC) established for the account by the agency.*                                                                           *
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##                                   TIP 31CFR225 AccountsAmount To Be Collateralized

- Agency determines Amount To Be Collateralized (ATBC)
- Factors in determination of ATBC for a depositary
- Aggregate all accounts with FI
- Determine applicable FDIC Insurance coverage
- Net out any portion covered by surety bonds
- Include any margin requirements*                                                                               *
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##                                   TIP 31CFR225 AccountsAmount To Be Collateralized

- Depositaries/Obligors must pledge collateral with a _**par value**_ equal to or greater than the ATBC
- Agency monitors bond requirements for depositaries/obligors and notifies NCSA of changes in the ATBC
- Notification provided by submitting to the NCSA an executed _**ATBC Change Form**_
*                                                                                           **National Customer Service Area*
*                                                                                                      **Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis*

## 		           TIP 31CFR225 AccountsCollateral Monitoring

- TIP performs collateral monitoring;
- Beginning of day, based on previous night’s actual end of day FRB Safekeeping Systems update
- Hourly, beginning at 10:50am ET based on FRB Safekeeping Systems update extracted on the hour
- End of TIP collateral monitoring day, 5:50pm ET, based on FRB Safekeeping Systems update extracted at 5:00pm ET       *National Customer Service Area* 					* Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis*

## 			     TIP 31CFR225 Accounts Collateral Monitoring

- TIP will notify the NCSA of any detected deficiencies
- NCSA will perform inquiry in FRB Safekeeping Systems to verify current collateral value
- NCSA will contact the depositary with a Collateral Deficiency and require deposit of additional collateral
- 		                                                           *National Customer Service Area* 				                                   *Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis*

## 			     TIP 31CFR225 Accounts Collateral Monitoring

- If  ATBC is questioned by depositary, NCSA will contact Agency to confirm the requirement.
- For non-DI Obligors, NCSA will contact the Agency for instructions
- Pledgees will receive the TIP Monthly Collateral Monitoring Recap Report
- Activity Reports and Monthly Holdings Statements will continue to be provided
*	**	**	**	**	**	**National Customer Service Area* 				                                   *Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis*
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## 		           TIP 31CFR225 AccountsCollateral Deposits

- FRB Safekeeping Systems Deposit -
-    NCSA or the local FRB performs an eligibility review upon receipt of each security deposit transaction
- If eligible, TIP will receive updated collateral value for PSA with next collateral update
- If ineligible, depositary/obligor will be contacted and required to pledge eligible collateral*                                                  **National Customer Service Area**              **	**	**	**                                                       Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis*

##                             TIP 31CFR225 	AccountsCollateral Deposits

- Agency does not need to provide the NCSA with detailed written instructions for a deposit
* *Only submit _**ATBC Change Form**_ with new requirement, if needed
- For Non-DI obligors, additional information may be required to process deposit.
- For Non-DI obligors, auction rollovers will still be offered
*	**	**	**	**	**  **National Customer Service Area*
*	**	**	**	**	**	**Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis*

## 			 TIP 31CFR225 	AccountsCollateral Withdrawals			         

- Each depositary withdrawal request must be approved by the NCSA
- If a withdrawal would cause a deficiency, the NCSA will
- Inquire into FRB Safekeeping Systems to confirm that TIP has the latest collateral value
- Contact the FI for a substitution or clarification
- If needed, contact the Agency to confirm ATBC
-                                                *National Customer Service Area*
*                                                                                                     **Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis*

## 			 TIP 31CFR225 	AccountsCollateral Withdrawals		

- Agency does not need to contact FRB with detailed withdrawal instructions, only provide ATBC Change Form, if needed
- NCSA will not release the collateral if a deficiency would occur
- If NCSA determines a deficiency will NOT occur, the withdrawal request will be released
- Agency is not contacted unless the NCSA  requires verification of ATBC*                                           *
*                                                                  **National Customer Service Area*
*                                                                                 **Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis*

##                              TIP 31CFR225	AccountsCollateral Substitutions		

- Agency does not need to provide the NCSA with detailed written instructions for a substitution.
- Substitutions will be permitted as long as par value is sufficient to cover ATBC
- Except for substitutions involving Ginnie Maes
-                                              *National Customer Service Area                                                                                           **	**	**	**                                 **Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis*

##                              TIP 31CFR225	AccountsCollateral Substitutions		

- Substitutions involving Ginnie Maes
- Current principal value will be utilized by the Federal Reserve, acting as the custodian, for Ginnie Mae securities
- Because par value may be different, the NCSA will contact the agency to request an adjustment to the ATBC
- After NCSA receives the ATBC Form, the substitution will be processed
*                                                                                **National Customer Service Area                                                                                           **	**	**	**                                  **Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis*

## 			     TIP 31CFR225 AccountsMaturing Collateral 

- NCSA will contact depositaries (or Agency for non-DIs) with upcoming maturities to request a substitution
- On maturity date, NCSA approval is required for payment of proceeds
- NCSA will perform inquiry to verify current collateral value
- If there is no deficiency, NCSA will authorize release
- If a deficiency would occur, the NCSA will contact the depositary about a substitution*                                                                                                    **	**	**	**	**                  **National Customer Service Area **                                      **	**	**	**	**                     Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis*

## 			     TIP 31CFR225 AccountsMaturing Collateral 

- If depositary questions ATBC, NCSA may contact Agency to confirm requirement
- Securities or Proceeds are NOT released until the projected deficiency is resolved
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*                                                                                                   **Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis*

##                                   TIP 31CFR225 AccountsImplementation

- Notification sent to depositaries in early January
- Agencies will be contacted over the next two weeks by NCSA to confirm initial ATBC for all depositaries/obligors
- Collateral Monitoring will be initiated on February 3, 2003
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*                                                                                                  **Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis*

## 			     TIP 31CFR225 Accounts Summary

- TIP monitors accounts based on collateral valued at par compared to the ATBC provided by the Agency
- Collateral values are updated hourly throughout the TIP processing day
- NCSA will handle collateral transactions with the depositaries
- NCSA is central contact point for Agencies
*                                                                             **National Customer Service Area*
*                                                                                                  **Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis*

## 			     TIP 31CFR225 Accounts Summary

- Contact NCSA
-     1-888-568-7343
- FAX for ATBC Forms
-     1-314-444-8665
- Hours of Operation
-     8:00am to 6:00pm ET

## 		 Collateral Monitoring 31CFR225  Questions?

## 31 CFR Part 225 Program Contact Information

_**U.S Department of the Treasury**_
- Financial Management Service
- 		_[www.fms.treas.](http://www.fms.treas.gov/)__[gov](http://www.fms.treas.gov/)__[/collateral](http://www.fms.treas.gov/)_
- Bureau of Public Debt
- 		_[www.publicdebt.treas.gov](http://www.publicdebt.treas.gov/)_
_**Federal Reserve System**_
- National Customer Service Area (NCSA)
- 		_[www.frbservices.org](http://www.frbservices.org/)_
- 		Phone:  1-888-568-7343