FINRA published new guidance on various issues stemming from amendments made to FINRA rules on margin requirements for "Covered Agency Transactions."
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A New York bank agreed to settle allegations by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System concerning deficiencies in the bank's capital treatment of certain assets.
An Office of Financial Research working paper examined how risk-taking in the repurchase agreement market changed following the introduction of the Basel III supplementary leverage ratio regulation.
Agencies updated a FAQ document to clarify the capital treatment of certain Collateralized Debt Obligations.
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (collectively, the "Regulators") published a simplified supervisory formula tool to assist institutions in calculating risk-based capital requirements for securitization exposures under the revised capital rules. According to the Regulators, the tool is neither required nor a component of regulatory reporting. The Regulators recommended that banks continue to reference the revised capital framework when determining regulatory capital requirements