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“These vulnerabilities will remain for some time.” Fitch Ratings lowered the operating environment score for U.S. banks in June to ‘aa-‘ from ‘aa’ mainly due to structural uncertainty around the path and rate of monetary tightening & gaps in in the regulatory framework.

by Dismal-Jellyfish https://www.fitchratings.com/research/banks/further-cut-to-us-bank-oper-environment-score-would-require-structural-change-17-08-2023 Fitch Ratings-New York-17 August 2023: Fitch Ratings lowered the operating environment (OE) score for U.S. banks in June to ‘aa-‘ from ‘aa’ mainly due to structural uncertainty around the path and rate of monetary tightening and gaps in in …

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FDIC Chair: “In the near term, the FDIC, together with the Federal Reserve & the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, will issue a notice of proposed rulemaking to seek public comment on changes to the U.S capital framework to consider how best to incorporate the finalization of Basel III.”

by Dismal-Jellyfish Source: https://www.fdic.gov/news/speeches/2023/spjun2223.html TLDRS: After the 2008 financial crisis, banks were found to be undercapitalized and over-leveraged, leading to a complete overhaul of capital requirements through a set of rules known as Basel III. The aim was to ensure banks …

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Swiss National Bank in its 2023 Financial Stability Report on Credit Suisse: “these observations also raise questions regarding the ability of the Too Big To Fail “TBTF” framework to oblige a systemically important bank to take sufficient corrective action in a timely manner”

by Dismal-Jellyfish https://www.snb.ch/n/mmr/reference/stabrep_2023/source/stabrep_2023.n.pdf These measures need to strengthen banks’ resilience in order to prevent a loss of confidence wherever possible, and ensure a broad range of effective options to stabilise, recover or wind down a systemically important bank in the …

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