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12/14/2023

READOUT: Financial Stability Oversight Council Meeting on December 14, 2023 | U.S. Department of the Treasury

READOUT: Financial Stability Oversight Council Meeting on
December 14, 2023
December 14, 2023

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Janet L. Yellen convened a meeting of
the Financial Stability Oversight Council (Council) in executive and public sessions at the U.S.
Department of the Treasury (Treasury).
During the executive session, the Council heard an update from sta of the Board of
Governors of the Federal Reserve System and Treasury on the continued e orts of the
Councilʼs Nonbank Mortgage Servicing Task Force regarding potential financial stability risks
related to nonbank mortgage servicers.
The Council also received an update from Treasury sta on work by the Councilʼs Hedge Fund
Working Group, including an overview of recent hedge fund market developments and the role
of hedge funds in Treasury market intermediation. The working group also presented on
potential financial stability risks associated with hedge fund activities and potential
responses to identified risks.
In addition, the Council heard an update from O ice of the Comptroller of the Currency sta
on work by the Councilʼs Climate-related Financial Risk Committee, including e orts to
develop a framework to monitor financial institutionsʼ exposures to climate-related financial
risks. The Council intends to use the framework to better integrate these risks into its
analysis and assessment of financial stability risks.
The Council also received a presentation from Treasury sta on recent cybersecurity
developments, including an update on the public-private partnership e orts established by the
Cloud Executive Steering Group for addressing the risks associated with the use of cloud
services in the financial sector. Recent cyber-related incidents were also discussed, as was
the need to review events for lessons learned and continue to improve cyber incident
response playbooks.
During the public session, the Council received a presentation on the Councilʼs 2023 annual
report and voted unanimously to approve the report.
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The Council also voted to approve the minutes of its previous meeting on November 3, 2023.
In attendance at the Council meeting at Treasury or virtually were the following members:
Janet L. Yellen, Secretary of the Treasury (Chairperson of the Council)
Jerome H. Powell, Chair, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (virtual)
Michael J. Hsu, Acting Comptroller of the Currency
Rohit Chopra, Director, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Gary Gensler, Chair, Securities and Exchange Commission
Martin Gruenberg, Chairman, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Rostin Behnam, Chairman, Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Sandra L. Thompson, Director, Federal Housing Finance Agency
Todd M. Harper, Chairman, National Credit Union Administration
Thomas Workman, Independent Member with Insurance Expertise
James Martin, Acting Director, O ice of Financial Research (non-voting member)
Steven Seitz, Director, Federal Insurance O ice (non-voting member)
Elizabeth K. Dwyer, Superintendent of Financial Services, Rhode Island Department of
Business Regulation (non-voting member)
Adrienne A. Harris, Superintendent, New York State Department of Financial Services (nonvoting member)
Melanie Lubin, Securities Commissioner, O ice of the Attorney General of Maryland,
Securities Division (non-voting member)
Additional information regarding the Council, its work, and the recently approved annual
report and meeting minutes is available at http://www.fsoc.gov.
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