The Congressional Research Service prepared a detailed summary and analysis for legislators on the banking regulators' proposed "Regulatory Capital Rule: Amendments Applicable to Large Banking Organizations and to Banking Organizations with Significant Trading Activity."
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The Congressional Research Service reviewed (i) how proposed amendments to bank capital rules would change the capital treatment of unrealized losses on the debt securities that large banks hold as assets and (ii) policy considerations on unrealized capital losses post the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank.
The Financial Stability Oversight Council and the Financial Stability Board considered the "post-LIBOR transition landscape" and steps forward to ensure market resilience.
The Congressional Research Service found that "binding" leverage requirements on large banking organizations may be "incentivizing behavior counter to financial stability."
In its 2022 Annual Report, the Financial Stability Oversight Council offered recommendations touching on (i) digital assets, (ii) climate-related financial risks, (iii) investment fund disclosure, (iv) Treasury markets, (v) cybersecurity and (vi) LIBOR transitions.