Fed Proposed Basel III Rules

On June 7, the Fed issued three notices of proposed rulemakings revising: (i) risk-based and leverage capital requirements; (ii) general risk-based capital requirements for determining risk-weighted assets; and (iii) the advanced approaches risk-based capital rule, each of which incorporate certain aspects of Basel III. The proposed rules are to be issued jointly with the FDIC and OCC, which are expected to issue the rules next week. Comments to the proposed rules must be submitted by September 7. Fed Memo. Fed Proposed Rule Risked-based and Leverage Capital Requirements. Fed Proposed Rule Standardized Approach. Fed Proposed Rule Advanced Approaches.