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How US regulators could stop management driving Camels

Supporters flag disconnect from other indicators; critics fear early warnings will go unnoticed

Camel against a regulation metric background
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What happens when you take the ‘M’ out of Camels? Banks and supervisors in the US might be about to find out.

For almost half a century, US regulators have relied on a composite rating of bank riskiness, comprised of each firm’s Capital adequacy, Asset quality, Management, Earnings, Liquidity, and Sensitivity to market risk. But the established pedigree of Camels doesn’t impress the current administration, and the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC, the US interagency

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