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Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Basel Committee reiterates full and fast position on implementation

On May 13, the Basel Committee released a press release which reiterated its expectation to implement all aspects of the Basel framework, such as the Basel III “Endgame” proposal, in “full, consistently and as soon as...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Basel Committee Guidance on Core Principles for Effective Banking Supervision

In April 2022, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (the Basel Committee) began a review of “the core principles for effective banking supervision” (Core Principles or CP). Last month, the Basel Committee published a...more

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Banking and finance regulatory news, April 2020

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COVID-19: PRA letter to credit unions and direction modifying minimum provisioning requirements - On 8 April 2020, the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) published a letter to directors, staff members and volunteers of...more

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Basel Committee on Banking Supervision Publishes Overview of Pillar 2 Practices and Approaches

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The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision has published an overview report on the Pillar 2 supervisory review process and on the different practices that regulators and legislators in Basel member jurisdictions have adopted...more

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Orrick's Financial Industry Week In Review

FHFA Announces Increase in Maximum Conforming Loan Limits for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in 2017 - On November 23, 2016, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) announced an increase in the maximum conforming loan...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Amendments to the Basel Securitisation Framework – Alternative Capital Treatment for Simple, Transparent and Comparable...

The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (the “Basel Committee”) published an updated version of the “Basel III Document – Revisions to the securitisation framework” on 11 July 2016 (the “Amended Securitisation...more

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BCBS October 2015 Progress Report on Implementation of Basel Regulatory Framework

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On October 15, 2015, BCBS issued its ninth progress report (BCBS 338) on BCBS members’ implementation of Basel II, Basel 2.5 and Basel III, as at the end of September 2015. The report focuses on the status of domestic...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Basel Publishes Assessment Reports for the European Union and United States

On December 5, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (Committee) published separate reports assessing the implementation of the Basel III capital framework in the United States and the European Union. The Committee...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Banking Agencies Adopt Supplementary Leverage Ratio Final Rule

On September 3, the Federal Reserve Board, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency adopted a final rule modifying the definition of the denominator of the supplementary...more

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FDIC Issues Guidance on Basel III Capital Conservation Buffer for Subchapter S Banks

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A recent Financial Institution Letter provides guidance on the FDIC’s methodology when entertaining requests from banks or savings associations organized as Subchapter S corporations (S-corporation banks) to pay dividends to...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Be Careful What You Wish For

Many community bankers have looked surprised at the “internationalization” of our banking rules. Standards coming out of the Basel Committee, particularly the Basel III Capital Rules, do not seem to fit community banks. The...more

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Basel Committee Issues Final Rules on Measuring and Controlling Large Exposures

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On April 15, 2013, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (the “Basel Committee”) issued final rules (the “Final Rules”) concerning the supervisory framework for measuring and controlling large exposures, setting tighter...more

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Updated Basel III Monitoring Workbook Published

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The Bank for International Settlements has published on its website an updated version of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision’s Basel III monitoring workbook, accompanying instructions and a list of frequently asked...more

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Federal Reserve Board Proposes Stricter Bank Liquidity Rules

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Proposed rules include a shorter transition period, a narrower definition of what qualifies as “high quality liquid assets,” and a more stringent liquidity stress-testing methodology than the framework issued by the Basel...more

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BASEL III Lite: Regulators Adjust Capital Rules For Community Banks

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The three Federal bank regulatory agencies (the “Agencies”) have adopted new capital regulations implementing the first portion of the international principles, known as “Basel III,” agreed in the Basel Committee on Banking...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Banking Agencies Issue Final Basel III Capital Regulations

A new regulatory capital framework for US banks has been introduced by the issuance on July 2 of final capital regulations (the Final Regulation) for bank holding companies and state-chartered member banks by the Board of...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Capital Is Contagious— The FDIC and OCC Approve Final Risk-based Capital Rules, and the Agencies Propose a Supplemental Leverage...

Today, July 9, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (“OCC”) took two significant actions on the implementation of new regulatory capital requirements in the U.S....more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Federal Reserve Adopts Basel III for U.S. Banks

On July 2, 2013, the Federal Reserve Board approved a final rule implementing the Basel III regulatory capital reforms from the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision as well as certain changes required by the Dodd-Frank Wall...more

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