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WASHINGTON -- The Federal Housing Finance Board's decision Friday to scrap its retained-earnings proposal while approving a less restrictive excess-stock rule amounted to an early Christmas present for the industry. [...]

The Federal Housing Finance Board said Friday that it has scheduled a meeting for Dec. 22 to discuss several topics, including retained earnings, excess stock, and public interest directors. Finance [...]

WASHINGTON -- For the second time in six months, the Federal Housing Finance Board has signed off on a rule change to help a struggling home loan bank. The agency [...]

The Federal Housing Finance Board approved a plan Wednesday that gives the Federal Home Loan Bank of Seattle authority to create a temporary excess stock pool that will help capitalize [...]

WASHINGTON -- The Federal Home Loan banks could take a more active role in selecting candidates for their boards under a proposal the Federal Housing Finance Board issued Wednesday. Current [...]

WASHINGTON -- The head of the Federal Housing Finance Board defended his agency's plan to significantly raise retained earnings at the Federal Home Loan banks, saying it was in the [...]

WASHINGTON -- The 12 Federal Home Loan banks would have to hold significantly more in retained earnings under a proposal the Federal Housing Finance Board issued Wednesday. The proposal would [...]

Federal Housing Finance Board Chairwoman Alicia Castaneda strongly defended its decision to require Home Loan banks to register with the Securities and Exchange Commission; she argued that the legal, accounting, [...]