The U.S. Treasury Department recently completed stress tests to assess the capital adequacy of the country's 19 largest financial institutions. This approach is likely to be used by regulators at all types of financial institutions in the future, regardless of whether they participate in the Troubled Asset Relief Program or not. Now is the time to evaluate and enhance your risk modeling and regulatory compliance processes.
Recent market events have rocked financial centers worldwide and the responses of the U.S. government and regulators have been swift and unprecedented: the Treasury’s implementation of the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) and acquisition of preferred shares in troubled financial institutions (convertible to common stock), and continually changing regulatory and public expectations to name just a few.
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February 2009 - The U.S. Treasury and federal banking regulators announced details of economic assessments that will begin as part of the Capital Assistance Program (CAP) under the Treasury’s Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP).
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