Joint Agency Guidance on Regulatory Capital Rulemakings

On November 9, the Fed, the FDIC, and the OCC indicated that they do not expect any of the new proposed regulatory capital rules to take effect on January 1, 2013, as was previously suggested in three notices of proposed rulemakings from June.  These new requirements are in connection with the international Basel III capital agreement that has been scheduled to go into effect on January 1, 2013.  Joint Release.