The Board, Office of the Comptroller
of the Currency (OCC), and Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
(FDIC) (collectively, the agencies) implemented through Regulation
WW - Liquidity Risk Measurement Standards (12 CFR Part 249) a
liquidity coverage ratio (LCR) requirement, consistent with the
international liquidity standards published by the Basel Committee
on Banking Supervision (BCBS), for large and internationally active
banking organizations. Each institution is required to hold high
quality, liquid assets (HQLA) such as central bank reserves and
government and corporate debt that can be converted easily and
quickly into cash in an amount equal to or greater than its
projected cash outflows minus its projected cash inflows during a
30-day stress period. The ratio of the firm’s liquid assets to its
projected net cash outflow is its LCR. The BCBS published the
international liquidity standards in December 2010 as a part of the
Basel III reform package and revised the standards in January 2013
(as revised, the Basel III Revised Liquidity Framework). The LCR
applies to all banking organizations with $250 billion or more in
total consolidated assets or $10 billion or more in on-balance
sheet foreign exposure and to these banking organizations’
subsidiary depository institutions that have assets of $10 billion
or more. The final rule also applies a less stringent, modified LCR
to bank holding companies and savings and loan holding companies
that do not meet these thresholds, but have $50 billion or more in
total assets. Bank holding companies and savings and loan holding
companies with substantial insurance or commercial operations are
not covered by the final rule.
US Code:
12
USC 1844 Name of Law: Bank Holding Company Act of 1956
US Code: 12
USC 324 Name of Law: Federal Reserve Act
US Code: 12
USC 334 Name of Law: Federal Reserve Act
US Code: 12
USC 1467a Name of Law: Home Owners' Loan Act
US Code: 12
USC 5365 Name of Law: Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and
Consumer Protection Act
PL: Pub.L. 115 - 174 132 Name of Law:
Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection
Act
Mark Tokarski 202-452-5241
Mark.E.Tokarski@frb.gov
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