📈OCC's Proposed Rule Changes for Enhanced Stress Testing Methodology
The Securities and Exchange Commission has published a notice regarding the Options Clearing Corporation's proposed amendments to its stress testing and liquidity risk management methodologies. The changes aim to enhance risk assessment capabilities by modifying scenario categorizations and updating documentation processes, fostering better financial resource management during market stresses.
Learn More💰Proposed Changes to Capital Plan Rule and Stress Capital Buffer
The Board is inviting public comment on a notice of proposed rulemaking (the proposal) that would amend the calculation of the Board's stress capital buffer requirement applicable to certain large bank holding companies, savings and loan holding companies, U.S. intermediate holding companies of foreign banking organizations, and nonbank financial companies supervised by the Board to reduce the volatility of the stress capital buffer requirement. The proposal would use the average of the maximum common equity tier 1 capital declines projected in each of the Board's prior two annual supervisory stress tests to inform a firm's stress capital buffer requirement. The proposal would also extend the annual effective date of the stress capital buffer requirement by one quarter, to January 1, to provide additional time for firms to comply with the requirement. In addition, the proposal would make changes to the FR Y-14A/Q/M reports to collect additional net income data that would improve the accuracy of the stress capital buffer requirement calculation, as well as remove data items that are no longer needed to conduct the supervisory stress test. The changes in the proposal are not designed to materially affect overall capital requirements and would decrease regulatory reporting burden.
Learn More📊FHFA Issues Orders for Regulated Entities on Stress Testing
In this document, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) provides notice that it issued Orders, dated March 4, 2025, with respect to stress test reporting as of December 31, 2024, under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank Act), as amended by the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act (EGRRCPA). Summary Instructions and Guidance accompanied the Orders to provide testing scenarios.
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