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Rule 17i-2 -- Notice of Intention to be Supervised by the Commission as a Supervised Investment Bank Holding Company

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1. An investment bank holding company that owns or controls a broker or dealer may file with the Commission a written notice of intention to become supervised by the Commission pursuant to section 17(i) of the Act, provided that the investment bank holding company is not:



1. An affiliate of an insured bank (other than an institution described in paragraph (D), (F), or (G) of section 2(c)(2), or held under section 4(f), of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956) (12 U.S.C. 1841(c)(2)(D), (F), or (G) and 12 U.S.C. 1843(f)) or a savings association;



2. A foreign bank, foreign company, or company that is described in section 8(a) of the International Banking Act of 1978 (12 U.S.C. 3106(a)); or



3. A foreign bank that controls, directly or indirectly, a corporation chartered under section 25A of the Federal Reserve Act (12 U.S.C. 611).



2. To become supervised as a supervised investment bank holding company an investment bank holding company shall file a notice of intention that includes the following:



1. A request to become supervised by the Commission as a supervised investment bank holding company;



2. A statement certifying that the investment bank holding company is not an entity described in section 17(i)(1)(A)(i) - (iii) of the Act;



3. Documentation demonstrating that the investment bank holding company owns or controls a broker or dealer that maintains a substantial presence in the securities business as evidenced either by its holding $100 million or more in tentative net capital as calculated pursuant to Rule 15c3-1 or by any other information that the Commission determines is appropriate; and



4. Supplemental information including:



1. A description of the business and organization of the investment bank holding company;



2. An alphabetical list of each member of the affiliate group, with an identification of the financial regulator, if any, by whom the affiliate is regulated, and a designation as to whether the affiliate is a material affiliate;



3. An organizational chart that identifies the investment bank holding company, each broker or dealer owned or controlled by the investment bank holding company, and each material affiliate;



4. Consolidated and consolidating financial statements of the affiliate group as of the end of the quarter preceding the filing of the notice of intention;



5. Sample computations for the supervised investment bank holding company of allowable capital and allowances for market risk, credit risk, and operational risk made in accordance with Rule 17i-7(a) - (d);



6. (A list of the categories of positions that the affiliate group holds in its proprietary accounts and a brief description of the method that the investment bank holding company proposes to use to calculate allowances for market and credit risk on those categories of positions pursuant toRule 17i-7(b) and (c);



7. A description of mathematical models that the investment bank holding company proposes to use to price positions and to compute allowances for market and credit risk (as specified in Rule 17i-7(b) and (c)), including:



1. A description of the creation, use, and maintenance of the mathematical models;



2. (A description of the internal risk management controls over those models, including a description of each category of persons who may input data into the model;



3. If the mathematical model incorporates correlations across risk factors, a description of the process used to measure those correlations;



4. A description of the backtesting procedures the investment bank holding company proposes to use to backtest the models, including a description of the backtest and procedures instituted to respond to test results;



5. A description of how each mathematical model satisfies the applicable qualitative and quantitative requirements listed in Rule 15c3-1e(d); and



6. A statement describing the extent to which each mathematical model that it is used to analyze risk and report risk to senior management;



8. A description of any positions for which the investment bank holding company proposes to use a method other than Value at Risk to compute an allowance for market risk and a description of how that allowance would be determined;



9. A description of how the investment bank holding company proposes to calculate the credit equivalent amount and maximum potential exposure (as defined in Rule 17i-7(c)(1)(i) and Rule 17i-7(c)(1)(i)(E), respectively);



10. A description of how the investment bank holding company proposes to calculate credit risk weights and internal credit ratings, if applicable;



11. A description of the method the investment bank holding company proposes to use to calculate its allowance for operational risk pursuant to Rule 17i-7(d);



12. A comprehensive description of the internal risk management control system the investment bank holding company has established to manage the risks of the affiliate group, including market, credit, leverage, liquidity, legal, and operational risks, and how that system satisfies the requirements of Rule 17i-4;



13. Sample risk reports the supervised investment bank holding company regularly provides to the persons responsible for managing risk for the affiliate group that the investment bank holding company proposes to provide to the Commission pursuant to Rule 17i-6(a)(1)(iv);



14. A written undertaking, in a form acceptable to the Commission and signed by a duly authorized person, that provides that if the disclosure of any information with regard to Rule 240.17i-1 through 240.17i-8 would be prohibited by law or otherwise, the supervised investment bank holding company will cooperate with the Commission as needed, including by describing any secrecy laws or other impediments that could restrict the ability of the supervised investment bank holding company or any material affiliate from providing information on its operations or activities and by discussing the manner in which the supervised investment bank holding company proposes to provide the Commission with adequate assurances of access to information; and



15. Any other information or documents relating to the investment bank holding company's activities, financial condition, policies, systems for monitoring and controlling financial and operational risks, and transactions and relationships among members of the affiliate group that the Commission may request to complete its review of the notice of intention.



3. Amendments to the notice of intention.



1. Prior to a Commission determination. If any of the information filed with the Commission as part of the notice of intention described in paragraph (b) of this rule is found to be or becomes inaccurate before the Commission makes a determination, the investment bank holding company must promptly notify the Commission and provide the Commission with a description of the circumstances in which the information was found to be or has become inaccurate along with updated, accurate information.



2. Subsequent to a Commission determination. A supervised investment bank holding company must amend and resubmit to the Commission its notice of intention, and obtain Commission approval of the amendment, as set forth in paragraph (d)(2)(ii) of the rule, before it may make a material change to a mathematical model or other method used to compute allowable capital or allowance for market, credit, or operational risk, or its internal risk management control systems as described in its notice of intention, as modified from time to time.



4. Process for review of notice of intention.



1. When filed. A notice of intention to be supervised by the Commission as a supervised investment bank holding company and any amendments thereto shall not be complete until the investment bank holding company has filed with the Commission all the documentation and information specified in the rule. The notice of intention, and any amendments thereto, shall be considered filed when received at the Office of the Secretary at the Commission's principal office in Washington DC. All notices of intention, amendments thereto, and other information filed in connection with the notice of intention shall be accorded confidential treatment to the extent permitted by law.



2. Commission determination.



1. An investment bank holding company shall become a supervised investment bank holding company pursuant to section 17(i) of the Act 45 calendar days after the Commission receives a completed notice of intention to be supervised by the Commission as a supervised investment bank holding company pursuant to paragraph (a) of the rule, unless the Commission issues an order determining either that:



1. The Commission will begin to supervise the investment bank holding company prior to 45 calendar days after the Commission receives the completed notice of intention; or



2. The Commission will not supervise the investment bank holding company because supervision of the investment bank holding company as a supervised investment bank holding company is not necessary or appropriate in furtherance of the purposes of section 17 of the Act. In addition, the Commission will not consider such supervision necessary or appropriate unless the investment bank holding company demonstrates that it owns or controls a broker or dealer that has a substantial presence in the securities business, which may be demonstrated by a showing that the broker or dealer maintains tentative net capital of $100 million or more.



2. The Commission, upon receipt of an amendment to the notice of intention submitted by a supervised investment bank holding company pursuant to paragraph (c)(2) of the rule, may approve the amendment after reviewing the amended notice of intention to determine whether the amendment is necessary or appropriate in furtherance of the purposes of section 17 of the Act.

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