US Regulators Relax Key Bank-Capital Rule Tied to Treasuries (3)

US regulators moved to relax capital requirements that lenders have said limit their ability to act as intermediaries in the Treasuries market during times of stress.

Officials from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., Federal Reserve and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency finalized a plan to ease what’s known as the enhanced supplementary leverage ratio. The measure would see the largest US lenders like Bank of America Corp., JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. hold less capital relative to total assets.

The revisions would reduce holding companies’ capital requirement under the ratio to ...