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Mayer Brown Discusses Bank Regulators’ Proposed Overhaul of Capital Requirements

Reynolds Holding

Require these banking organizations to calculate their risk-based capital ratios under the existing standardized approach and expanded standardized approach (a “dual-stack” requirement), and use the lower (less favorable) ratio of the two. Eliminate the opt-out for accumulated other comprehensive income (“AOCI”).

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Data Update 4 for 2021: The Hurdle Rate Question!

Musings on Markets

In this post, I will start by looking at the role that hurdle rates play in running a business, with the consequences of setting them too high or too low, and then look at the fundamentals that should cause hurdle rates to vary across companies.