NCUA's Hastings Opinion: Risk-Based Capital

Read the entire opinion from Washington law firm Paul Hastings that supports the NCUA's risk-based capital authority.

By Heather Anderson | February 01, 2015 at 09:21 AM

NCUA Chairman Debbie Matz on Jan 20 released the so-called Hastings opinion, a legal opinion that supports the agency's authority to require two-tier risk-based capital standards.

The NCUA solicited the opinion, shown at left, from Washington-based firm Paul Hastings LLP in 2014 after legal challenges to the regulator's original risk-based captal proposal surfaced.

Click through to read all 13 pages of the opinion; click on the documents to expand.

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