Jason H. P. Kravitt

Crucial Transitional Relief under the FDIC Securitization Safe Harbor
Carol A. Hitselberger, Jason H. P. Kravitt, Jeffrey P. Taft, November 18, 2009
On November 12, 2009, the Board of the FDIC approved an interim rule that provides some crucial transitional relief relating to recent changes in US accounting standards for securitizations...One of the key impacts of the accounting changes is that banks (among other entities) will no longer be...

The Other Shoe Drops -- US Bank Regulators React to Securitization Accounting Changes
Jason H. P. Kravitt, Carol A. Hitselberger, September 4, 2009
On August 26, 2009, the US Federal bank regulators released a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPR) that responds to recent changes in US accounting standards for securitizations (see our June 22, 2009, Client Update "Big Changes to Securitization Accounting"). Under the accounting changes:

Basel II Modified in Response to Market Crisis
Melissa L. Baker, Kevin P. Hawken, Carol A. Hitselberger, Robert F. Hugi, Jason H. P. Kravitt, August 6, 2009
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (the "Basel Committee") has adopted amendments to the Basel II Capital Accord responding to the financial markets crisis. The amendments largely track proposals made in a set of three consultative documents released in January of 2009. Like the...