Quote from mastacoli71:
mkt not liking Basel III news
Thursday, June 07, 2012 3:10:25 PM (US) Fed Staff releases draft guidance on Basel III compliance for firms with at least $500M in assets, to vote on proposals later today- To require minimum tier 1 common equity ratio of 4.5%, buffer tier 1 common equity ratio of 2.5% - New proposals to include revised rules for calculating risk assets, remove references to credit ratings or meeting Dodd-Frank requirements. - Fed to allow three-month comment period on Basel III rules, to phase in compliance for components of bank rules beginning in January 2013.


