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Risk-Based Capital: The Good, the Bad and Mostly the Ugly

J.V.Rizzi | May 20
Use risk-based capital only as a supplement to a meaningful leverage test, combined with traditional judgment-based safety and soundness supervision.
Regulation & Reform
National/Global

House Passes SEC Cost-Benefit Analysis Bill

Victoria Finkle | May 17
The House passed a controversial bill on Friday requiring the Securities and Exchange Commission to conduct additional economic analysis on its rules.
Comments (1)
Regulation & Reform

JPM’s Chairman-CEO Drama; The Best Housing Solution?

May 17

A recap of the informed opinions (and the discussions they generated) on BankThink this week.
Mortgages
National/Global

Who Said 'Ketchup'? Apparently Not Ben Bernanke

Joe Adler | May 17
Washington Post blog tries giving clarity around who used the analogy in a point about Japanese monetary policy. It was likely not Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke.
Regulation & Reform

Watt's Grandson Steals Spotlight at House Judiciary Hearing

Victoria Finkle | May 17
It's common to hear complaints that Congress is no better than a bunch of squabbling kids, but it's less often that you see an actual child take part in official proceedings.
Regulation & Reform

Policy Clues from the Fed's Chicago Conference

May 17
Risks posed by the shadow banking system, the need for regulators to work through disagreements and housing reform were among the key concerns among top financial policymakers gathered at the Federal Reserve's annual conference in Chicago last week. Washington reporter Donna Borak, who attended the event, discusses the implications.
Regulation & Reform

Don’t Be Fooled by GSEs’ Record Profits

Kevin Villani | May 17
The return to profitability of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac is not a reason to preserve them as part of a future housing finance system.
Mortgages
National/Global

GSE Critics Ignore Loan Performance

David Fiderer | May 17
Loan performance data show the entire case against GSE underwriting standards, and their role in the financial crisis, is based on social stereotyping, smoke and mirrors, and little else.
Comments (2)
Mortgages
National/Global

The Politics Behind the Senate's Vote on Cordray: FAQ

Victoria Finkle | May 16
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is bringing the battle over the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau back to the forefront next week with a long-awaited confirmation vote on Richard Cordray, the agency's director.
Comments (2)
Regulation & Reform

Brown-Vitter Bill: A Capital Fix for Troubled Markets

John H. Buhrmaster | May 16
The common-sense steps taken in the bill will help even the playing field between community banks and big financial firms.
Comments (6)
Community Banking
Risk Management

More Must Be Done to Promote Homeownership for All

Orson Aguilar and Sasha Werblin | May 15
The banking industry must create sustainable mortgage products that will work for responsible families of modest means. We also need a proactive homeownership policy from the federal government.
Comments (1)
Mortgages
Consumer Finance

Fed Ready to Raise Capital Standards If TBTF Remains Unsolved

Donna Borak | May 14
Top Federal Reserve Board officials appear to have reached a consensus on how to deal with the "too big to fail" dilemma: wait for the current reform process to play out, but be ready to significantly increase capital standards if the problem remains unsolved.
Comments (1)
Risk Management
National/Global

Common Sense Brings ‘Fuzzy Science’ of Ops Risk into Focus

Richard J. Parsons | May 14
Accept the limitations of quantification exercises. Management should focus on identifying and mitigating risks that alone or in combination could cause a bank to fail.
National/Global
Regulation & Reform

By Jim Bullard's Logic, It's Time to Break Up the Fed

Alex J. Pollock | May 14
The central bank is too big, too leveraged, extremely short-funded and a frequent creator through its interest rate and money-printing actions of gigantic systemic risk.
National/Global
Risk Management

Brown-Vitter Capital Standard Trumps Risk-Based System

Christopher Cole | May 14
The bill would replace the misleading risk-based capital system with a straightforward way to determine the true health of an institution, in addition to providing incentives for the largest banks to downsize.
Comments (1)
Community Banking
Risk Management

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