Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
550 17th Street NW, Washington, DC 20429 Division of Supervision
NOTE: Paper copies of FDIC financial institution letters may be obtained through the FDIC's Public Information
Center, 801 17th Street, NW, Room 100, Washington, DC 20434 (1-877-275-3342 or (703) 562-2200).
Risk-Based Capital
FIL-54-95
August 4, 1995
TO: CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
SUBJECT: Joint Agency Final Rule Amending Risk-Based Capital Standards to Include
Exposure to Interest Rate Risk
The FDIC Board of Directors has approved a final rule revising its risk-based capital standards
to include a bank's exposure to changes in interest rates as a factor in evaluating the
institution's capital adequacy. The rule, implementing Section 305 of the FDIC Improvement Act
of 1991, was also approved by the Federal Reserve Board and the Office of the Comptroller of
the Currency. The revised rule takes effect on September 1, 1995.
This final rule is intended as the first part of a two-step process to ensure that risk-based capital
specifically includes an assessment of a bank's exposure to changes in interest rates in
determining capital adequacy. The second step will be to issue a proposed rule in the future that
would establish an explicit minimum capital charge for interest rate risk, based on the level of a
bank's measured interest rate risk exposure.
Concurrent with the publication of this final rule, the banking agencies are issuing for comment a
separate proposed joint agency policy statement that describes the process the banking
regulators will use to measure and assess interest rate risk. Refer to FIL-55-95 for details
regarding the proposed joint agency policy statement. Questions regarding this proposal may be
directed to William A. Stark, Assistant Director, Division of Supervision (DOS) at 202-898-6972,
or Phillip J. Bond, DOS Senior Capital Markets Specialist at 202-898-3519.
Nicholas J. Ketcha Jr.
Acting Director
Attachment: PDF Format (37 kb), HTML Format
Distribution: FDIC-Supervised Banks (Commercial and Savings)Inactive
550 17th Street NW, Washington, DC 20429 Division of Supervision
NOTE: Paper copies of FDIC financial institution letters may be obtained through the FDIC's Public Information
Center, 801 17th Street, NW, Room 100, Washington, DC 20434 (1-877-275-3342 or (703) 562-2200).
Risk-Based Capital
FIL-54-95
August 4, 1995
TO: CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
SUBJECT: Joint Agency Final Rule Amending Risk-Based Capital Standards to Include
Exposure to Interest Rate Risk
The FDIC Board of Directors has approved a final rule revising its risk-based capital standards
to include a bank's exposure to changes in interest rates as a factor in evaluating the
institution's capital adequacy. The rule, implementing Section 305 of the FDIC Improvement Act
of 1991, was also approved by the Federal Reserve Board and the Office of the Comptroller of
the Currency. The revised rule takes effect on September 1, 1995.
This final rule is intended as the first part of a two-step process to ensure that risk-based capital
specifically includes an assessment of a bank's exposure to changes in interest rates in
determining capital adequacy. The second step will be to issue a proposed rule in the future that
would establish an explicit minimum capital charge for interest rate risk, based on the level of a
bank's measured interest rate risk exposure.
Concurrent with the publication of this final rule, the banking agencies are issuing for comment a
separate proposed joint agency policy statement that describes the process the banking
regulators will use to measure and assess interest rate risk. Refer to FIL-55-95 for details
regarding the proposed joint agency policy statement. Questions regarding this proposal may be
directed to William A. Stark, Assistant Director, Division of Supervision (DOS) at 202-898-6972,
or Phillip J. Bond, DOS Senior Capital Markets Specialist at 202-898-3519.
Nicholas J. Ketcha Jr.
Acting Director
Attachment: PDF Format (37 kb), HTML Format
Distribution: FDIC-Supervised Banks (Commercial and Savings)Inactive