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- Agencies approve interim final rule authorizing retention of interests in and sponsorship of collateralized debt obligations backed primarily by bank-issued trust preferred securities
Interagency interim final rule to permit banking entities to retain interests in certain collateralized debt obligations backed primarily by trust preferred securities (TruPS CDOs) from the investment prohibitions of section 619 of the Dodd-Frank Act, known as the Volcker rule. Comments: Submit | View
January 10, 2014
- Federal Reserve Board requests comment on proposed revisions to Regulation HH and Payment System Risk policy
Proposed revisions to the Regulation HH risk-management standards for certain financial market utilities that have been designated as systemically important by the Financial Stability Oversight Council. Comments: Submit | View
December 27, 2013
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December 23, 2013
- Federal Reserve Board seeks comment on proposed amendments to Regulation A regarding emergency lending authority
Request for public comment on proposed amendments to Regulation A (Extensions of Credit by Federal Reserve Banks) that would implement sections 1101 and 1103 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010. Comments: Submit | View
December 20, 2013
December 19, 2013
- Federal Financial Regulators Extend Comment Period for Proposed Policy Statement on Assessing Diversity Policies and Practices of Regulated Entities
The Board, OCC, FDIC, NCUA, CFPB, and SEC are proposing joint standards for assessing the diversity policies and practices of the entities they regulate. Comments: Submit | View
December 12, 2013
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- Federal financial regulators proposing joint standards for assessing diversity policies and practices of regulated entities pursuant to Section 342 of the Dodd-Frank Act
The Board, OCC, FDIC, NCUA, CFPB, and SEC are proposing joint standards for assessing the diversity policies and practices of the entities they regulate. Comments: Submit | View
October 22, 2013
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- Federal Reserve Board issues interim final rules clarifying how companies should incorporate Basel III reforms into capital and business projections
Proposed interim final rule that amends the capital plan and stress test rules to require a bank holding company with total consolidated assets of $50 billion or more to estimate its tier 1 common ratio using the methodology currently in effect in 2013 under the existing capital guidelines (not the rules as revised on July 2, 2013); and clarifies when a banking organization would estimate its minimum regulatory capital ratios using the advanced approaches for a given capital plan and stress test cycle and makes minor, technical changes to the capital plan rule.
Submit | ViewAnnual Company-Run Stress Tests at Banking Organizations With Total Consolidated Assets of More Than $10 Billion But Less Than $50 Billion; One-Year Transition Period to Revised Regulatory Capital Framework for 2013-2014 Stress Test Cycle
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September 6, 2013
August 28, 2013
- Agencies revise proposed risk retention rule
Interagency proposed rule to revise the proposed rule the agencies published in the Federal Register on April 29, 2011, and to implement the credit risk retention requirements of section 15G of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as added by section 941 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Comments: Submit | View
August 19, 2013
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July 30, 2013
- Agencies seek comment on Dodd-Frank Act stress test guidance for medium-sized firms
Proposed interagency supervisory guidance outlining high-level principles for implementation of the Dodd-Frank Act stress tests for all bank and savings-and-loan holding companies, national banks, state-member banks, state non-member banks, Federal savings associations, and state chartered savings associations with more than $10 billion but less than $50 billion in total consolidated assets. Comments: Submit | View
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- Federal Reserve Board invites comment on proposal to establish annual assessments
Proposal to establish an annual assessment of bank holding companies and savings and loan holding companies with $50 billion or greater in total consolidated assets and for nonbank financial companies designated by the Financial Stability Oversight Council for supervision by the Federal Reserve Comments: Submit | View
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February 26, 2013
- Federal Reserve Board announces proposed rule regarding Federal Reserve Bank accounts and services for financial market utilities designated as systemically important
Proposed rule to amend Regulation HH to set out the conditions and requirements for a Federal Reserve Bank to open and maintain accounts for and provide financial services to financial market utilities designated as systemically important by the Financial Stability Oversight Council. Comments: Submit | View
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November 15, 2012
- Federal Reserve Board releases economic and financial market scenarios that will be used in next round of stress tests for large financial institutions
Proposed policy statement on the approach to scenario design for stress testing that would be used in connection with the supervisory and company-run stress tests conducted under the Board's Regulations pursuant to the Dodd-Frank Act and the Board's capital plan rule. Comments: Submit | View
August 15, 2012
- Agencies issue proposed rule on appraisals for higher-risk mortgages
Interagency proposal to establish new appraisal requirements for "higher-risk mortgage loans." For mortgages with an annual percentage rate that exceeds the average prime offer rate by a specified percentage, the proposed rule would require creditors to obtain an appraisal or appraisals meeting certain specified standards, provide applicants with a notification regarding the use of the appraisals, and give applicants a copy of the written appraisals used. Comments: Submit | View
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April 24, 2023