Federal Reserve Board Adopts Final Basel III Risk-Based Capital Rule: Initial Thoughts on Securitization Provisions

On July 2, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System adopted a final rule revising its risk-based and leverage capital requirements. The changes to the Advanced Approaches framework will be effective January 1, 2014 and the new Standardized Approach framework will be effective January 1, 2015. While we are still in the process of reviewing the rule and the release (it totals 971 pages), our initial impressions of the securitization sections of the rule are set forth in this client alert.

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