Capital Briefs: Fed Offers Review Handbook for Examiners

The Federal Reserve Board has prepared a handbook to help examiners conduct risk-based reviews of banks with more than $1 billion of assets.

The new guide, released Oct. 27, consolidates examiner guidance provided in supervisory letters during the past several years. For instance, it advises examiners to target their reviews on the riskiest parts of an institution.

The Fed also said it is developing detailed guidance to help examiners review specific business units within large banks. These include loan portfolio analysis, treasury activities, capital market sales, and internal controls. The Fed expects to finish this project next summer.

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