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Basel Committee releases final text of Basel III framework

  • Mayer Brown LLP
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  • Global
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  • January 11 2011

On December 16, 2010, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (Committee) released the final text of the Basel III package of capital and liquidity reforms, which were originally proposed in December 2009, were modified and elaborated upon in subsequent releases in July and September 2010, and were endorsed by the G20 leaders in November 2010

Basel III capital ratios and transition periods set, but key questions remain

  • Mayer Brown LLP
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  • Global
  • -
  • September 17 2010

On September 12, 2010, the Group of Governors and Heads of Supervision (Governors)the oversight body of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (Committee)announced the much-anticipated minimum capital ratios and transition periods that will apply under the "Basel III" package of capital reforms that were proposed in December 2009 and approved by the Governors, with several modifications, in July 2010

Many trust-preferred securities will cease to qualify for tier 1 capital under the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank Act)

  • Mayer Brown LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • July 12 2010

Trust-preferred securities have long played a controversial role as a component of tier 1 regulatory capital for depository institutions and their holding companies

The Volcker Rule: proprietary trading and private fund restrictions

  • Mayer Brown LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 30 2010

On June 25, 2010, the House-Senate Conferees agreed to a final version of the "Volcker Rule

The Volcker rule: implications for private fund activities

  • Mayer Brown LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 10 2010

On May 20, 2010, the US Senate passed its version of comprehensive financial services reform legislation, the "Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010" (the "Senate Bill"

Basel Committee proposes significant reforms to regulatory capital framework

  • Mayer Brown LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • January 13 2010

On December 17, 2009, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (the "Committee") released for public comment a series of detailed and far-reaching proposals designed to strengthen the Basel II capital framework and improve the banking industry’s ability to withstand future financial and economic stress

FDIC adopts modified policy statement on private equity investments in failed banks

  • Mayer Brown LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • August 26 2009

By a vote of 4-1 (with OTS Acting Director John Bowman dissenting), the board of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) adopted a final policy statement establishing guidelines for private equity investors in failed banks or thrifts