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On December 12, 2014, the Federal Reserve Board proposed amendments to its risk-based capital framework in relation to depository institution holding companies with non-traditional capital structures.
On December 12, 2014, the Federal Reserve Board proposed
amendments to its risk-based capital framework in relation to
depository institution holding companies with non-traditional
capital structures. The proposed rule sets out examples of
instruments issued by non-stock entities, characteristics that
prevent these instruments from counting towards tier 1 common
equity capital, and provides suggestions on alterations that would
allow them to count towards the requirements. The proposal would
also add provisions relating to savings and loan holding companies
and extend the deadline to January 1, 2016 from January 1, 2015 to
allow for compliance with the new rules by the relevant
entities.
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