HVCRE: The Continuing Saga of Lenders
On July 22nd, the Federal Reserve Board (“FRB”) hosted the Integrated Review of the Capital Framework for Large Banks Conference. The Conference appears to be a first of its kind for the FRB, and as Chair Jay Powell noted in...more
On Tuesday, September 10, the Federal Reserve announced a reproposal of the much discussed and awaited Basel III Endgame. However, before we dive into the reproposal, it is important to take a step back and look at how we got...more
On September 18, 2023, the Federal Reserve, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency jointly published and sought comments on a proposal to implement new, standardized capital...more
This week, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) Director Jonathan McKernan gave remarks to the ISDA Conference on Trading Book Capital on Basel III Implementation....more
Last week, Federal Reserve Board (“FRB”) Governor Michelle Bowman gave a speech entitled Financial Stability in Uncertain Times, focusing on the “financial stability risks and vulnerabilities” she is most focused on....more
On October 20, 2023, the US federal banking regulators announced that they were extending the period for public comment to January 16, 2024 for both the (i) Basel Endgame proposal to significantly revise the risk-based...more
On Monday, Michael Barr, the Federal Reserve Board’s (“FRB”) Vice Chair for Supervision, delivered remarks to the American Bankers Association Annual Convention entitled Capital Supports Lending regarding the Basel III...more
On July 27, 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 agencies) issued a joint notice of proposed...more
The Federal Reserve has announced that its FedNowSM Service, a new interbank settlement service with clearing functionality to support instant payments, went live on July 20 with 35 early-adopting banks and credit unions. The...more
At a Peterson Institute for International Economics event on June 22, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) Chairman Martin Gruenberg announced that the FDIC — along with the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve...more
As we are coming to a close on 2022, we’re taking a look back at some of the important developments of 2022 and what lies ahead for 2023. Looking Back at 2022 - As past readers may have seen me say before, there’s a...more