New paper intended to promote better planning by focusing on specific risks
The new guidance aims to help companies conduct tests that are “appropriately scaled to their size”
Big firms would have to maintain a tier 1 capital leverage buffer above the minimum Basel III requirement
A slowdown in the Fed’s bond purchasing could be particularly bad for the Canadian dollar
Mid-year tests are being conducted for the first time
Ally Financial and BB&T can only make capital distributions with Fed approval
Capital improvements ensure banks can continue to lend during economic difficulty
Banks to pay US$557 million to help mortgage borrowers
Banks would be required to create an intermediate holding company over their U.S. subsidiaries
Scenarios include baseline, adverse, and severely adverse