Bankowość · 27/10/1997

Risk-Based Capital Standards: Construction Loans on Presold Residential Properties; Junior Liens on 1- to 4-Family Residential Properties; and Mutual Funds and Leverage Capital Standards: Tier 1 Leverage Ratio

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board), the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), and the Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS) (collectively, the Agencies) are proposing to amend their respective risk-based capital standards and leverage capital standards for banks and thrifts. The proposal would represent a significant step in implementing section 303 of the Riegle Community Development and Regulatory Improvement Act of 1994, with regard to the Agencies' capital adequacy standards. (Section 303 requires the Agencies to work jointly to make uniform their regulations and guidelines implementing common statutory or supervisory policies.) The effect of the proposal would be that the Agencies would have uniform risk-based capital treatments for construction loans on presold residential properties, real estate loans secured by junior liens on 1- to 4-family residential properties, and investments in mutual funds, as well as uniform and simplified minimum Tier 1 capital leverage standards.