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Reaction of savings and loan share prices to increased capital requirements.
On November 28, 1988, the Federal Home Loan Bank Board (FHLBB) announced proposed changes in capital requirements for thrifts. These requirements were designed to be phased in and to take full effect by January 1, 1993. According to a report in the November 29, 1988, edition of The Wall Street Journal, the proposed rules would raise the average capital requirement to 8 percent of assets from a current range of 3 percent to 6 percent. The amount of capital required would be determined by the risk level assigned to certain types of loans and to a thrift's level of interest rate exposure. Specifically, investments in equities would be considered six times more risky than ...
- Rules for Banks' Use Of Derivatives Issued; Agency Would Boost Capital...
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Post Jay Mathews September 2, 1994 700+ words
...rule would increase capital requirements on contracts with longer...moment, the agency's capital requirements address only interest rate and foreign exchange...would be to increase capital requirements on these more volatile...
- SEC may treat interest rate swaps more like government bonds in capital rules.
- Magazine article from: The Bond Buyer Hume, Lynn Stevens April 25, 1994 700+ words
...considering easing capital requirements for interest rate swaps so that...capital charge for interest rate swaps, SEC and...hand to meet the capital requirements, even though...the rule so that interest rate swaps are treated...
- Regulators Defend Their Risk-Based Capital Requirements.(Brief Article)
- Magazine article from: National Mortgage News KERSNAR, SCOTT July 26, 1999 700+ words
...based rule links capital requirements to simultaneous credit and interest-rate risk and measures the...exposed itself to greater interest-rate risk than Freddie...chose not to hedge interest-rate risk as thoroughly...
- Measuring interest-rate risk
- Magazine article from: America's Community Banker Davidson, Steven January 1, 1996 700+ words
...exposure. But the interest-rate volatility in recent...sheet items) to an interest-rate risk weighting for...determining IRR capital requirements. As another example...Thrift Supervision interest-rate risk regulation...
- Reining in Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac: how can we control the mortgage giants'...
- Magazine article from: Regulation Jaffee, Dwight M. September 22, 2006 700+ words
...control the F&F interest rate risk. These proposals...of all F&F interest rate risk, using matching...Raise the F&F capital requirements, to reflect the...level of F&F interest rate risk. * Enhance...
- SEC proposes rule relaxing net capital requirements.(broker-dealer requirements)
- Magazine article from: The Bond Buyer Reynolds, Katherine M. December 18, 1997 700+ words
Net capital requirements would not be relaxed...rule would ease capital requirements for a number of...agreements, and interest-rate swaps. He told...because high SEC capital requirements make it cost-prohibitive...
- Measuring interest rate risk
- Magazine article from: America's Community Banker Davidson, Steven October 1, 1996 700+ words
...mutually exclusive interest rate measurement techniques...compares the two interest rate measuring techniques...an institution's capital requirements based on its market...agencies proposed an interest rate risk regulation using...
- Regulators tackling minimum interest rates and VA capital requirements....
- Magazine article from: National Underwriter Life & Health-Financial Services Edition Connolly, Jim February 10, 2003 700+ words
...guarantees, a low interest rate environment will...to determine what interest rate crediting minimums...Schreiner also says the interest rate employed to determine...risk in risk-based capital requirements. At least one interview...
