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Readout of Financial Stability Oversight Council Meeting on March 31, 2021 | U.S. Department of the Treasury

Readout of Financial Stability Oversight Council Meeting on
March 31, 2021
March 31, 2021

Washington – U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen today convened a meeting of the
Financial Stability Oversight Council (Council) in executive and open sessions by
videoconference.
During the executive session, the Council heard an update from the O ice of Financial
Research (OFR) about hedge fund activities. The presentation addressed hedge fund
activities during the market stresses in March 2020, including the relationship between
hedge funds’ deleveraging and price declines in certain financial markets.
The Council also discussed recent market developments related to hedge fund activities. At
the request of Chairperson Yellen, the Council will reconvene its Hedge Fund Working Group,
which last reported to the Council in 2016, to enhance interagency data sharing and improve
the Council’s ability to identify, assess, and address potential risks to financial stability
related to hedge funds.
The Council also heard an update during the executive session from sta of the Securities
and Exchange Commission (SEC) regarding open-end mutual fund performance during the
COVID-19 crisis. The update included a discussion of fund outflows and liquidity risk
management e orts during that period. Chairperson Yellen asked interagency sta to assess
potential financial stability risks associated with open-end funds, particularly focusing on
liquidity risks.
In the open session, the Council heard a presentation from sta of the Board of Governors of
the Federal Reserve System about climate change and its potential impact on financial
stability. The presentation highlighted the channels through which climate change could
pose risks to the financial system and work the Federal Reserve is undertaking to monitor
and better understand climate-related risks to financial stability. A er the presentation,
Council members shared actions their agencies are taking or planning to take to address the
risks posed by climate change.
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Readout of Financial Stability Oversight Council Meeting on March 31, 2021 | U.S. Department of the Treasury

In attendance at the Council meeting today by videoconference were the following
members:
Janet L. Yellen, Secretary of the Treasury (Chairperson of the Council)
Jerome Powell, Chair, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
Blake Paulson, Acting Comptroller of the Currency
David Uejio, Acting Director, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Allison Herren Lee, Acting Chair, Securities and Exchange Commission
Jelena McWilliams, Chairman, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Rostin Behnam, Acting Chairman, Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Mark Calabria, Director, Federal Housing Finance Agency
Todd Harper, Chairman, National Credit Union Administration
Thomas Workman, Independent Member with Insurance Expertise
Dino Falaschetti, Director, O ice of Financial Research (non-voting member)
Steven Seitz, Director, Federal Insurance O ice (non-voting member)
Eric Cioppa, Superintendent, Maine Bureau of Insurance (non-voting member)
Charles G. Cooper, Commissioner, Texas Department of Banking (non-voting member)
Melanie Lubin, Securities Commissioner, O ice of the Attorney General of Maryland,
Securities Division (non-voting member)
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