Funding and Fiscal Affairs, Loan Policies and Operations, and Funding Operations; Investment Management

Résumé

The Farm Credit Administration (FCA) adopts final investment management regulations that help Farm Credit System (System or FCS) banks and associations respond to rapid and continual changes in financial markets and instruments. The final regulations: Expand the list of high-quality investments that System banks and associations can purchase; Provide more flexibility to use comprehensive analytical techniques to manage risks at the portfolio or institutional level; Strengthen our requirements for sound investment management practices; and Streamline the requirements for investments in mortgage securities issued or guaranteed by the Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation (Farmer Mac).