Do Banks Still Need Holding Companies?
On June 23, the Federal Reserve Board issued the aggregate and individual results of the supervisory stress test (also known as the Dodd-Frank Act Stress Test or DFAST, as these tests are required by Section 165 of the...more
Federal Reserve and FDIC Post Resolution Plans for Eight Major Financial Firms - On July 5, 2017, the Federal Reserve Board (the "Board") and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation ("FDIC") posted the public portions of...more
On June 28, 2017, the Federal Reserve Board announced that it has completed its annual review of the capital planning processes and capital adequacy of the largest U.S.-based bank holding companies and did not object to the...more
On June 22, 2017, the Federal Reserve Board released the results of its annual supervisory stress tests conducted on 34 bank holding companies. According to the results, the nation’s largest bank holding companies have strong...more
The US Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System released the scenarios to be used by banks and supervisors for the 2017 Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review and stress test exercises (DFAST) mandated by the...more
On January 31, 2017, the Federal Reserve Board (the “Board“) adopted a final rule that revises the capital plan and stress test rules for (i) bank holding companies with $50 billion or more in total consolidated assets and...more
On January 30, 2017, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the “Federal Reserve”) adopted a final rule (the “Final CCAR Rule”) that revises the capital plan and stress test rules under the Dodd-Frank Wall...more
On January 28, 2016, the Federal Reserve released its supervisory scenarios for the 2016 Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review (CCAR) and for the Dodd-Frank Act stress tests. In 2016, CCAR includes 33 firms with $50...more
On August 19, one day before issuing its notice of proposed rulemaking on bolstering leverage ratio standards (as discussed above in “Agencies Seek to Bolster Leverage Ratio Standards for Largest Banks”), the Board of...more
The Federal Reserve Board on January 28 announced that results from the supervisory stress tests conducted as part of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act will be released on Thursday, March 7, and...more