In remarks at an industry event today, Federal Reserve Vice Chairman for Supervision Randal Quarles discussed possible ways to improve the supervisory ratings system that regulators use to assess banks’ strength in various risk areas to make them “more consistent and more predictable.”
ABA today welcomed the Federal Reserve and FDIC’s effort to revisit the 41-year-old CAMELS uniform rating system and urged the agencies to make CAMELS ratings reflective of today’s regulatory requirements, to communicate ratings expectations in advance and to make the “M” or management component more transparent.
The Federal Reserve and the FDIC are seeking feedback on the consistency and ratings assigned to financial institutions under the Uniform Financial Institutions Rating System.