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Federal Reserve Capital Requirements Proposed Rules

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Rethinking Bank Leverage and Capital Requirements in 2025

On July 10, 2025, the federal banking agencies published a proposed rule to change the enhanced supplementary leverage ratio (eSLR) for U.S. global systemically important bank holding companies (GSIBs) and their subsidiary...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Federal Reserve Board Proposes Revisions to Large Financial Institution Rating System

On July 15, 2025, the Federal Reserve Board released a proposed rule to revise the Large Financial Institution rating system or "LFI Framework." The proposal would change how the Fed evaluates the financial and managerial...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

US Banking Regulators Propose Changes to the Enhanced Supplementary Leverage Ratio for US GSIBs

On June 27, 2025, the Federal Reserve approved a proposal to recalibrate a key capital requirement applicable to the largest U.S. banking organizations (known as global systemically important banks (GSIBs)). - The proposal...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

Banking Regulators Propose to Ease Enhanced Supplementary Leverage Ratio for Large US Banks

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The proposal aims to free up large bank balance sheets and promote US Treasury market intermediation, which the current regulations may hinder....more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Prudential regulators propose rule on bank capital requirements

On June 27, the OCC, the Fed, and the FDIC issued a notice of proposed rulemaking to revise the enhanced supplementary leverage ratio standards for U.S. global systemically important banks (GSIBs) and their subsidiaries. The...more

Loeb & Loeb LLP

Banking Agencies Propose Long-Sought Changes to Capital Rules for the Largest U.S. Banks

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The Federal Reserve, alongside the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) and Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), released their highly anticipated Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to overhaul the Enhanced...more

Mayer Brown Free Writings + Perspectives

US Banking Regulators Propose Enhanced Supplementary Leverage Ratio Reform

Last week, the US federal banking regulators proposed changes to the enhanced supplementary leverage ratio (“eSLR”) requirement for US global systemically important bank holding companies (“US GSIBs”) (the “Proposal”)....more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

The Fine Print, June 2026 - Federal Banking Agencies Issue Proposed Rulemaking To Amend eSLR

This week, the Federal Reserve Board (“FRB") and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (“OCC”) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (“NPR") to amend the Enhanced Supplementary Leverage Ratio (“eSLR”). At the time of...more

Kohrman Jackson & Krantz LLP

Federal Reserve Signals Shift Toward Pragmatic Banking Regulation

With a focus on pragmatic and risk-based oversight, new leadership at the Federal Reserve signals a shift in the regulatory landscape for U.S. banks. Earlier this month, the Senate confirmed Federal Reserve Governor Michelle...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

May Market Moves, May 2025 - Modifications to the Capital Plan Rule and Stress Capital Buffer Requirement – Notice of Proposed...

The Federal Reserve Board has requested comment on a proposal designed to reduce the volatility of the capital requirements stemming from its annual stress tests. The proposal would achieve this primarily by averaging the...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Federal Agencies Request Comment on Proposed Rule Requiring Large Banks to Maintain Long-Term Debt

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On August 29, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Federal Reserve), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), and Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (collectively, the agencies) issued a notice of...more

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Financial Regulatory Reform Tracker - Anti-Tailoring Efforts

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Following the 2023 bank failures, the federal banking regulators (the Federal Reserve, the OCC, and the FDIC) have signaled that they are seeking to develop more stringent bank regulatory requirements for larger banking...more

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Regulatory Relief Continues: Federal Banking Agencies Propose New Capital Relief Rules for Large Banking Organizations

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On October 31, 2018, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the “Federal Reserve”), the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (the “OCC”) and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (the “FDIC”) issued a...more

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