Industry Groups Differ Slightly on Details of Basel Ia Risk Weights
Mortgage lender groups support a proposal to increase the number of risk-weight categories to make the proposed Basel Ia capital rules more risk sensitive without unduly adding to the regulatory burden. The proposal is one of several components in a rule proposed by the federal thrift and banking regulatory agencies in October 2005, which would revise existing risk-based capital standards for lenders that will not be covered by Basel II. …