Federal Reserve Board ("FRB") Vice Chair for
Supervision Randal Quarles urged banks to prepare for the
transition away from LIBOR and described various ways in which the agency is
addressing concerns raised about the transition.
In remarks prepared for the fourth Alternative Reference Rates
Committee ("ARRC") roundtable, Mr. Quarles said that the
FRB developed "detailed questions for supervisory review"
regarding LIBOR preparedness. Additionally, the FRB is (i) working
with the CFTC and prudential regulators to clarify the treatment of
margin requirements for legacy derivatives instruments and (ii)
developing proposed rulemaking relating to the margin rules for
non-cleared swaps.