One of the most dramatic changes to the banking industry since the financial crisis is the rollout of new capital requirements for banks. Banks today are required to hold higher levels of capital, ...

Learn how risk-weighted assets are used to determine solvency ratio requirements under the Basel III accord, and see how capital requirements have increased.

Risk-parity portfolios weight asset classes by volatility, and use modest leverage to boost returns while keeping volatility manageable. This article will walk you through a simplified example of how ...

The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) is expected to re-propose a new regulatory capital framework for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in 2020. A new framework is clearly necessary before ending Fannie ...

IDU has provided passive cap-weighted exposure to large-/mid-cap utilities since its inception in June 2000. Its expense ratio is 0.38%, and the ETF has $1.60 billion in assets under management. The ...