“(The following statement was released by the rating agency) CHICAGO, February 25 (Fitch)
The Federal Reserve's move to allow the use of Basel III advanced approaches in the calculation of large banks' risk-based capital will give some institutions more flexibility in meeting capital targets. But Fitch Ratings sees accompanying increases in operational risk-weighted assets (RWA) as an additional tool for U.S. bank regulators to use in supervising capital levels in the industry.”
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