The BASEL III capital rules became effective with the March 2015 regulatory call report filing.
Under the new rules, loan sales with limited recourse under the MPF® Program are considered synthetic securitizations where Participating Financial Institutions (PFIs) have three options for calculating the risk-weighted assets relating to the credit enhancement obligation – the simplified supervisory financial approach, the gross-up method, or a 1,250% risk weight.
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