Risk Based Capital Rules - Proposed Rule on Risk-Based Capital Standards: Market Risk

Basel IIFederal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)Risk Management

Summary: The federal bank and thrift regulatory agencies have jointly issued the attached notice of proposed rulemaking (NPR) on possible modifications to the risk-based capital standards for market risk. The proposed rule would incorporate improvements to the current trading book regime as proposed by the Basel Committee on Bank Supervision and the International Organization of Securities Commissions in the joint document The Application of Basel II to Trading Activities and the Treatment of Double Default Effects, published in July 2005. The proposed rule would also apply to certain savings associations, which currently are not covered under the rule. The FDIC will accept comments on the NPR through January 23, 2007.

Highlights:
The proposed rule:

- Applies to banks with aggregate trading assets and liabilities equal to 10 percent or more of quarter-end total assets as reported on the most recent quarterly Call Report or Thrift Financial Report, or equal to $1 billion or more.

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