# Clear Street Derivatives LLC X-17A-5 (2025-03-04) — Broker-dealer annual report

- Company: Clear Street Derivatives LLC
- Form: X-17A-5
- Filed: 2025-03-04
- Period: 2024-12-31
- Accession: 0001983408-25-000002
- CIK: 1983408
- Material weakness: No
- Auditor: Ernst & Young LLP
- Auditor location: NEW YORK, NY
- Contact: Daniel Wenger
- Phone: (646) 931-0315
- Email: dwenger@clearstreet.io
- Website: clearstreet.io
- Signed by: Daniel Wenger (Chief Financial Officer)

Original filing: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1983408/000198340825000002/2024_CSD_AUP_Rpt.pdf

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## **Report of Independent Accountants on Applying Agreed-Upon Procedures**

To the Board of Directors and Management of Clear Street Derivatives LLC:

We have performed the procedures enumerated below related to Clear Street Derivatives LLC's compliance with its internal risk management controls as well as inventory pricing and modeling controls in compliance with U.S. Securities Exchange Commission ("SEC") Rule 240.15c3-4(c)(3) during the period January 1, 2024 to December 31, 2024. Clear Street Derivatives LLC is responsible for its compliance with those requirements.

Clear Street Derivatives LLC's management has agreed to and acknowledged that the procedures performed are appropriate to meet the intended purpose of assisting users in determining whether the entity complied with the specified requirements. This report may not be suitable for any other purpose. The procedures performed may not address all the items of interest to a user of this report and may not meet the needs of all users of this report and, as such, users are responsible for determining whether the procedures performed are appropriate for their purposes.

This agreed-upon procedures letter is required by the Securities and Exchange Commission's (the "Commission") Rule 240.15c3-4(c)(3). Combined, Clear Street Derivatives LLC and the Commission are the "Specified Parties." Clear Street Derivatives LLC is responsible for its internal risk management controls and its inventory pricing and modeling controls. The October 13, 2011, Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association ("SIFMA") letter addressed to Michael A. Macchiaroli of the Commission's Division of Trading and Markets lists the objectives outlined in Appendix A ("SIFMA Objectives").

We were engaged by Clear Street Derivatives LLC's management to perform this agreed-upon procedures engagement and conducted our engagement in accordance with attestation standards established by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants ("AICPA"). We were not engaged to and did not conduct an examination or review engagement, the objective of which would be the expression of an opinion or conclusion, respectively, on compliance with the specified requirements. Accordingly, we do not express such an opinion or conclusion. Had we performed additional procedures, other matters might have come to our attention that would have been reported to you.

We are required to be independent of Clear Street Derivatives LLC and to meet our other ethical responsibilities, as applicable, for agreed-upon procedures engagements set forth in the Preface: Applicable to All Members and Part 1 – Members in Public Practice of the Code of Professional Conduct established by the AICPA.

This report is intended solely for the information and use of the Board of Directors and management of Clear Street Derivatives LLC. It is not intended to be and should not be used by anyone other than the specified parties.

March 4, 2025

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Management's Report Over Subject Matter

March 4, 2025

The agreed upon procedures are related to evaluating Clear Street Derivatives LLC's (the "Company", "CSD") compliance with U.S. Securities Exchange Commission ("SEC") Rule 240.15c3-4(c)(3) for the period from January 1, 2024 through December 31, 2024 (the "Subject Matter") which was conducted for the intended purpose of evaluating our compliance in accordance with SEC rules over internal risk management controls as well as inventory pricing and modeling controls ("Specified Requirements"). Clear Street Derivatives LLC is responsible for establishing and maintaining effective internal control over compliance with the Specified Requirements.

We acknowledge that, as members of management of Clear Street Derivatives LLC (the "Company"), we are responsible for the Subject Matter being in accordance with U.S. Securities Exchange Commission ("SEC") Rule 240.15c3-4(c)(3) ("Criteria"). We also are responsible for selecting the Criteria against which the Subject Matter should be measured and for determining that such Criteria are appropriate for our purposes.

We are responsible for the completeness and accuracy of the information in this Report, including how such information is presented.

We agree to the procedures within Attachment A and acknowledge that the procedures are appropriate for the intended purpose for compliance with U.S. Securities Exchange Commission ("SEC") Rule 240.15c3-4(c)(3) during the period January 1, 2024, through December 31, 2024. No other party acknowledged the appropriateness of the procedures.

Very truly yours,

Signed by: Vaniel Wenger

Daniel Wenger Chief Financial Officer Clear Street Derivatives LLC

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## Attachment A: Results of Performing Agreed-Upon Procedures

## Rule 240.15c3-4(c)(3)

| Procedure                                                                                        | SIFMA                              | Sub-                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |                      |               |  |
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------|---------------|--|
| reference                                                                                        | objectives                         | reference                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      | Agreed-upon procedures performed and results                                                                                                                                                                                                          |                      |               |  |
| 1<br>The<br>existence<br>and<br>functionin<br>g of<br>oversight<br>committee<br>s to<br>maintain | S<br>240.15c3-<br>4(b)/(c)         | We inspected that the Clear Street Derivatives LLC ("CSD")<br>Board of Directors and CSD Management Committee charters<br>cover the oversight of governance decisions at CSD, the<br>responsibility for maintaining policies, and the responsibility of<br>measuring risk.<br>We obtained written representations from management that the<br>CSD Board of Directors and CSD Management Committee<br>charters were in effect for the period from January 1, 2024<br>through December 31, 2024. |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |                      |               |  |
|                                                                                                  | policies<br>and<br>measure<br>risk |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                | - We obtained written representations from management that the<br>reports from the CSD Board of Directors and CSD Management<br>Committee are circulated to the governing body and senior<br>management, made up of the below individuals and groups: |                      |               |  |
|                                                                                                  |                                    |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                | Person/Group                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          | Role                 | Service Dates |  |
|                                                                                                  |                                    |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                | Patrick Travers                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       | Governing Body       | 2024          |  |
|                                                                                                  |                                    |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                | Christy Moccia                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        | Governing Body       | 2024          |  |
|                                                                                                  |                                    |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                | Scott Gutmanstein                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     | Governing Body       | 2024          |  |
|                                                                                                  |                                    |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                | Nilimp Bhatt                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          | Governing Body       | Q1-Q2 2024    |  |
|                                                                                                  |                                    |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                | Andy Volz                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             | Governing Body       | Q1-Q2 2024    |  |
|                                                                                                  |                                    |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                | Atul Pawar                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            | Governing Body       | Q3-Q4 2024    |  |
|                                                                                                  |                                    |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                | Ed Tilly                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              | Governing Body       | Q3-Q4 2024    |  |
|                                                                                                  |                                    |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                | CSD Management Committee                                                                                                                                                                                                                              | Senior<br>Management | 2024          |  |
|                                                                                                  |                                    |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                | - On a sample basis, we obtained and inspected the CSD Board<br>of Director meeting minutes for the February 2024 and October<br>2024 meetings.                                                                                                       |                      |               |  |
|                                                                                                  |                                    | - We obtained and inspected that the written CSD Security-<br>Based Swap Dealer ("SBSD") risk management program<br>within the CSD SBSD manual outlines policies on the<br>resolution of limit violations.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |                      |               |  |
|                                                                                                  |                                    |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                | - We obtained and inspected that the CSD Risk Management<br>Program outlines market risk, credit risk, and liquidity risk<br>policies.                                                                                                                |                      |               |  |
|                                                                                                  |                                    |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                | - We obtained and inspected that the CSD Risk Management<br>Procedure outlines market risk, credit risk and the tolerance<br>limit escalation policies.                                                                                               |                      |               |  |
|                                                                                                  |                                    |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                | - We obtained and inspected that the CSD Operations<br>Procedures document outlines operational risk policy.                                                                                                                                          |                      |               |  |

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| Procedure<br>reference | SIFMA<br>objectives                                                                                                                                                                                                                            | Sub-<br>reference             | Agreed-upon procedures performed and results                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |     |
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|                        |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |                               |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             | - We obtained and inspected the CSD Trader Mandate for<br>policies on risk limits and resolution of limit violations.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |     |
|                        |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |                               |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             | - We obtained written representations from management that the<br>CSD SBSD Manual, CSD Risk Management Program, CSD<br>Risk Management Procedure, CSD Operations Procedure, and<br>CSD Trader Mandate documents were in effect for the period<br>from January 1, 2024 through December 31, 2024.                                                                                                                                                                                                           |     |
| 2                      | The<br>independe<br>nce of risk<br>managem<br>ent units<br>trom<br>business                                                                                                                                                                    | S<br>240.15c3-<br>4(b)(c)     | through December 31, 2024                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   | - We inspected the organization chart for the Risk function and<br>the business functions that was in effect from January 1, 2024<br>- We obtained written representations from management that the<br>risk function organization chart provided was accurate for the<br>period from January 1, 2024 through December 31, 2024.                                                                                                                                                                            |     |
|                        | units                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |                               |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             | - We obtained written representations from management that the<br>risk management units are independent of business units.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |     |
| 3                      | Risk limits<br>with<br>respect to<br>trading<br>and<br>counterpa<br>rt<br>exposures<br>and<br>quidelines<br>with<br>respect to<br>reliance<br>upon<br>funding<br>sources                                                                       | S<br>240.15c3-<br>4(d)(2)/(7) | limit escalation policies.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  | - We obtained and inspected that the Risk Management Program<br>outlines market risk, credit risk, and liquidity risk policies.<br>- We obtained and inspected that the CSD Risk Management<br>Procedure outlines market risk, credit risk and the tolerance<br>- We obtained and inspected that the CSD Risk Management<br>Procedure Policy outlines risk limit change policies.<br>- We obtained and inspected the CSD Trader Mandate for<br>policies on risk limits and resolution of limit violations. |     |
| 4                      | Assigned<br>responsibi<br>lities for<br>the daily<br>performan<br>ce of risk<br>measurem<br>ent and<br>monitoring<br>functions<br>with<br>respect to<br>market,<br>credit and<br>liquidity<br>risks to<br>specific<br>organizati<br>onal units | S<br>240.15c3-<br>4(c)(5)     | We obtained the CSD Risk Management Program and<br>inspected it outlined that the Chief Risk Officer is a part of the<br>governing body and management committee, is independent of<br>the business trading unit, and has clear reporting lines and role<br>responsibilities.<br>- For a random selection of days listed below, we obtained the<br>and<br>inspected<br>daily<br>reports<br>risk<br>that<br>derivatives@clearstreet.io email address was on the email:<br>January 29, 2024<br>O<br>July 23, 2024<br>O<br>October 4, 2024<br>O<br>October 14, 2024<br>O<br>October 22, 2024<br>O<br>- We obtained written representations from management that the<br>Financial Information used in the production of the FOCUS<br>Report, the Market Risk data used in the production of the<br>Market Risk Reports, and the Credit Risk data used in the<br>production of the Credit Risk Reports, leverage the following<br>systems:<br>Support<br>Systems |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            | the |

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| Procedure | SIFMA                                                                                                                   | Sub-                          |                                                                                                                                                         |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
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| reference | objectives                                                                                                              | reference                     | Agreed-upon procedures performed and results                                                                                                            |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
|           |                                                                                                                         |                               | Financial Information                                                                                                                                   | NetSuite: General Ledger System                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
|           |                                                                                                                         |                               | Market Risk                                                                                                                                             | Positional data<br>from<br>Voyager<br>(Swap booking system) and Sigma<br>(Business intelligence for Firms<br>data warehouse)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
|           |                                                                                                                         |                               | Credit Risk                                                                                                                                             | Credit Stress Data from MSCI Risk<br>Metric                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
|           |                                                                                                                         |                               |                                                                                                                                                         |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| 5         | The<br>preparatio<br>n of<br>analyses<br>of risks on<br>a regular<br>basis                                              | S<br>240.15c3-<br>4(c)(5)(ii) |                                                                                                                                                         | - On a sample basis, we obtained the CSD Management<br>committee meeting reports for the March 2024 and September<br>2024 meetings and inspected that market risk, credit risk,<br>operational risk, and liquidity risks topics were present.                                                                                                                                       |
| 6         | The ability<br>to<br>distinguish<br>the risks<br>of the<br>SBSD<br>from the<br>risks of<br>affiliates<br>of the<br>SBSD | S<br>240.15c3-<br>4(c)(5)(i)  | January 29, 2024<br>O<br>did not exist for these dates.<br>July 23, 2024<br>O<br>October 4, 2024<br>O<br>October 14, 2024<br>O<br>October 22, 2024<br>O | For a random selection of days listed below, we inspected that<br>the daily Counterparty Credit Risk Report Email separately<br>identified the inter-affiliate exposure:<br>For the selection of days listed below, we inspected that there<br>were no inter-affiliate exposures listed in the daily Counterparty<br>Credit Risk Report Email because the inter-affiliate exposures |
|           |                                                                                                                         |                               | affiliates were separately identified.                                                                                                                  | - On a sample basis, we obtained CSD Management Committee<br>meeting reports for the March 2024 and September 2024<br>meetings and inspected that receivables and payables of                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| 7         | S<br>I he<br>240.15c3-<br>incorporati<br>4(c)(5)(iii)<br>on of<br>principal                                             |                               |                                                                                                                                                         | - We obtained the counterparty credit exposure spreadsheet as<br>of December 31, 2024 and inspected that counterparty name<br>and exposure amount was filled in (not null).                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
|           | positions<br>and<br>counterpa                                                                                           | — (iv)                        |                                                                                                                                                         | - We obtained written representations from management that all<br>principal positions and counterparty exposures are included in<br>the computation of capital requirements.                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
|           | rt<br>exposures<br>into the<br>computati<br>on of                                                                       |                               | rating within the FOCUS report.                                                                                                                         | - We obtained the FOCUS report as of December 31, 2024 and<br>agreed the total is within 2% variance threshold from the<br>counterparty credit exposure spreadsheet to the Schedule 3 -<br>portfolio summary of derivatives exposure by internal credit                                                                                                                             |
|           | capital<br>requireme<br>nts under                                                                                       |                               |                                                                                                                                                         | - If applicable, we sampled positions from the counterparty<br>credit exposure spreadsheet at December 31, 2024 and<br>inspected that their capital charges were calculated in line with                                                                                                                                                                                            |

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| Procedure<br>reference | SIFMA<br>objectives                                                                                                          | Sub-<br>reference            | Agreed-upon procedures performed and results                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
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|                        | Appendice<br>s E and F                                                                                                       |                              |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | CSD policies, and that associated data inputs traced to and<br>agreed with upstream source systems. We noted that this was<br>not appliable for the period from January 1, 2024 through<br>December 31, 2024 as there were no capital charges applied<br>to any counterparty credit exposures.<br>- We obtained written representations from management that all |
|                        |                                                                                                                              |                              | positions.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                | positions were fully hedged and did not relate to long or short                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| 8                      | The<br>distributio<br>n of risk<br>analysis to<br>senior<br>members<br>of<br>business<br>units and<br>firm<br>managem<br>ent | S<br>240.15c3-<br>4(c)(5)(v) | - On a sample basis, we obtained and inspected the February<br>2024 and October 2024 CSD Board of Director meeting<br>minutes.<br>- On a sample basis, we obtained and inspected the CSD<br>Management Committee meeting reports for the meetings that<br>occurred in March 2024 and September 2024.<br>- We obtained written representations from management that the<br>attendees of the CSD Board of Director meetings and CSD<br>Management Committee meetings included senior officers of<br>CSD mentioned above.<br>-      We inspected distribution emails for the March 2024 and<br>September 2024 CSD Management Committee meetings to<br>verify the following email address was on the email:<br>csd management committee@clearstreet.io.<br>- For a random selection of days listed below, we obtained the<br>daily market risk and credit risk report email distributions and<br>noted the names, departments, and titles of the recipients<br>(include a table with the results). Samples selected and results<br>are listed below:<br>January 29, 2024<br>O<br>July 23, 2024<br>O<br>October 4, 2024<br>O<br>October 14, 2024<br>O<br>October 22, 2024<br>O |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
|                        |                                                                                                                              |                              | Sample Date                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | Names, Departments, and Titles of<br>Risk<br>Daily<br>those<br>in<br>Report<br>Distribution Email                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
|                        |                                                                                                                              |                              | January 29, 2024                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          | Wilson Chow, Director of Credit Risk,<br>Risk<br>CSD Management Committee<br>CSD Risk Management                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
|                        |                                                                                                                              |                              | July 23, 2024                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             | CSD Management Committee<br>CSD Risk Management                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
|                        |                                                                                                                              |                              | October 04, 2024                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          | Wilson Chow, Director of Credit Risk,<br>Risk<br>CSD Management Committee<br>CSD Risk Management                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |

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| Procedure | SIFMA                                                                                                                                                                                                          | Sub-                                     |                                                                |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
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| reference | objectives                                                                                                                                                                                                     | reference                                | Agreed-upon procedures performed and results                   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
|           |                                                                                                                                                                                                                |                                          | October 14, 2024                                               | Wilson Chow, Director of Credit Risk,<br>Risk<br>CSD Management Committee<br>CSD Risk Management                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
|           |                                                                                                                                                                                                                |                                          | October 22, 2024                                               | Wilson Chow, Director of Credit Risk,<br>Risk<br>CSD Management Committee<br>CSD Risk Management                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| 9         | Informatio<br>n<br>regarding<br>limit<br>violations<br>with<br>respect to<br>market,<br>credit and<br>liquidity<br>risks<br>provided<br>to senior<br>members<br>of<br>business<br>units and<br>firm<br>managem | S<br>240.15c3-<br>4(c)(5)(v)<br>— (viii) |                                                                | - We obtained written representations from management that the<br>attendees included in the CSD Management Committee<br>meetings include senior officers of CSD mentioned above.<br>- We obtained and inspected the CSD Trader Mandate for<br>policies on risk limits and resolution of limit violations.<br>- We obtained written representations from management that<br>there were no risk limit violations for CSD from January 1,<br>2024 through December 31, 2024.                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| 10        | ent<br>The<br>resolution<br>of limit<br>violations                                                                                                                                                             | S<br>240.15c3-<br>4(c)(5)(ix)            | limit escalation procedures.<br>reports.<br>December 31, 2024. | - We obtained and inspected that the CSD Risk Management<br>Procedures outlined written credit and market risk tolerance<br>- We obtained and inspected the CSD Trader Mandate for<br>policies on risk limits and resolution of limit violations.<br>- On a sample basis, we obtained and inspected the March 2024<br>and September 2024 CSD Management Committee meeting<br>- We obtained and inspected the written CSD SBSD risk<br>management program for the policies on the resolution of limit<br>violations within the CSD SBSD manual.<br>- We obtained written representations from management that<br>there were no limit violations for CSD from January 1, 2024 to |
| 11        | The<br>monitoring<br>of<br>operationa<br>l risks and<br>the<br>dissemina<br>tion of<br>informatio                                                                                                              | S<br>240.15c3-<br>4(c)(5)(x)-<br>(xi)    | minutes.<br>reports.                                           | - On a sample basis, we obtained and inspected the February<br>2024 and October 2024 CSD Board of Director meeting<br>- On a sample basis, we obtained and inspected the March 2024<br>and September 2024 CSD Management Committee meeting<br>- We obtained written representations from management that the<br>attendees of the CSD Board of Directors meetings and CSD                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |

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| Procedure<br>reference | SIFMA<br>objectives                                                                                                                                         | Sub-<br>reference                            | Agreed-upon procedures performed and results                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
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|                        | n and<br>analyses<br>regarding<br>internal<br>and<br>external<br>incidents<br>to senior<br>members<br>of<br>business<br>units and<br>firm<br>managem<br>ent |                                              | Management Committee meetings include senior officers of<br>CSD mentioned above.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| 12                     | The<br>procedure<br>s for the<br>verificatio<br>n of the<br>prices of<br>both<br>principal<br>and<br>customer<br>positions                                  | S<br>240.15c3-<br>4(c)(5)((xi<br>I)          | - We obtained the CSD Operations Procedures document and<br>inspected that the Swap Valuation Procedures including<br>Independent Price Verification ("IPV") procedures were<br>included in this document.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| 13                     | Receive<br>procedure<br>s for<br>stress<br>testing<br>and other<br>risk<br>managem<br>ent<br>processes                                                      | S<br>240.15c3-<br>4(c)(5)(xiiii<br>) — (xiv) | We obtained and inspected:<br>।<br>CSD Credit Risk Exposure Stress Testing Procedures<br>· We obtained the counterparty credit exposure<br>spreadsheet as of December 31, 2024 and<br>inspected that the counterparty name and<br>exposure amount was filled in (not null).<br>CSD Risk Management Procedures<br>O<br>· We inspected that the CSD Risk Management<br>Procedure outlines stress testing and other risk<br>management processes relating to market risk,<br>credit risk and the tolerance limit escalation<br>policies.<br>CSD Risk Management Program.<br>O<br>· We inspected that the CSD Risk Management<br>Program outlines stress testing and other risk<br>management processes relating to market risk,<br>credit risk, and liquidity risk policies. |
| 14                     | Receive<br>evidence<br>that Risk<br>performs<br>daily<br>stress test<br>to assess<br>the risk of<br>each<br>swap and                                        | S<br>240.15c3-<br>4(c)(5)(xiii<br>) — (xiv)  | - For a random selection of days listed below, we have obtained<br>the CSD Market Risk Reports and inspected that the analysis<br>of risk limit utilization % was performed daily and the results did<br>not breach risk limit utilization % tolerance:<br>January 29, 2024<br>O<br>July 23, 2024<br>O<br>October 4, 2024<br>0<br>October 14, 2024<br>O<br>October 22, 2024<br>O                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |

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| Procedure | SIFMA                                                                                                                                                                                       | Sub-                                        |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
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| reference | objectives                                                                                                                                                                                  | reference                                   | Agreed-upon procedures performed and results                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
|           | counterpa<br>rty<br>exposure<br>in line with<br>procedure<br>. This<br>stress<br>included<br>VaR<br>metrics,<br>equity<br>spot vol<br>scenarios,<br>and<br>liquidity<br>charge<br>scenarios |                                             | For a random selection of days listed below, we obtained the<br>CSD Counterparty Credit Risk Reports and inspected daily<br>stress tests were performed including VaR metrics, equity spot<br>vol scenarios and liquidity charge scenarios:<br>January 29, 2024<br>O<br>O<br>July 23, 2024<br>O<br>October 4, 2024<br>O<br>October 14, 2024<br>0<br>October 22, 2024<br>O                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| 15        | Confirm<br>details of<br>how the<br>stress test<br>IS<br>available<br>in CSD<br>Stress<br>Test<br>document<br>ട                                                                             | S<br>240.15c3-<br>4(c)(5)(xiii<br>) — (xiv) | For a random selection of days listed below, we have obtained<br>the CSD Market Risk Reports and inspected that the analysis<br>of risk limit utilization % was performed daily and the results did<br>not breach risk limit utilization % tolerance:<br>January 29, 2024<br>O<br>O<br>July 23, 2024<br>O<br>October 4, 2024<br>O<br>October 14, 2024<br>O<br>October 22, 2024<br>O<br>- For a random selection of days listed below, we obtained the<br>CSD Counterparty Credit Risk Reports and inspected daily<br>stress tests were performed including VaR metrics, equity spot<br>vol scenarios and liquidity charge scenarios:<br>January 29, 2024<br>O<br>July 23, 2024<br>O<br>October 4, 2024<br>O<br>October 14, 2024<br>O<br>October 22, 2024<br>O |
| 16        | Review<br>sample of<br>Stress test<br>result and<br>assessme<br>nt against<br>the limits<br>performed<br>daily and<br>limit<br>breach<br>escalated<br>to CRO (if<br>any)                    | S<br>240.15c3-<br>4(c)(5)(xiii<br>) — (xiv) | For a random selection of days listed below, we have obtained<br>the CSD Market Risk Reports and inspected that the analysis<br>of risk limit utilization % was performed daily and the results did<br>not breach risk limit utilization % tolerance:<br>January 29, 2024<br>0<br>July 23, 2024<br>O<br>October 4, 2024<br>O<br>October 14, 2024<br>O<br>October 22, 2024<br>0<br>- For a random selection of days listed below, we obtained the<br>CSD Counterparty Credit Risk Reports and inspected daily<br>stress tests were performed including VaR metrics, equity spot<br>vol scenarios and liquidity charge scenarios:<br>January 29, 2024<br>O<br>July 23, 2024<br>O                                                                                |

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| Procedure | SIFMA                                                                                                                                                                                 | Sub-                                        |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
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| reference |                                                                                                                                                                                       | reference                                   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
|           | objectives                                                                                                                                                                            |                                             | Agreed-upon procedures performed and results<br>October 4, 2024<br>0<br>October 14, 2024<br>0<br>October 22, 2024<br>0                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| 17        | Review<br>sample of<br>Stress test<br>results<br>and<br>evidence<br>of<br>assessme<br>nt<br>reported<br>daily to<br>CSD<br>Managem<br>ent<br>Committe<br>e and Risk<br>Departme<br>nt | S<br>240.15c3-<br>4(c)(5)(xiii<br>) — (xiv) | - For a random selection of days listed below, we have obtained<br>the CSD Market Risk Reports and inspected that the analysis<br>of risk limit utilization % was performed daily and the results did<br>not breach risk limit utilization % tolerance:<br>January 29, 2024<br>0<br>July 23, 2024<br>O<br>October 4, 2024<br>0<br>October 14, 2024<br>0<br>October 22, 2024<br>0<br>- For a random selection of days listed below, we have obtained<br>the CSD Counterparty Credit Risk Reports and inspected daily<br>stress tests were performed including VaR metrics, equity spot<br>vol scenarios and liquidity charge scenarios:<br>January 29, 2024<br>0<br>July 23, 2024<br>O<br>October 4, 2024<br>O<br>October 14, 2024<br>O<br>October 22, 2024<br>O |

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