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Federal regulators are likely to issue two different proposals in forthcoming mortgage-lending rules for loans classified as lower-risk: one calling for a minimum 20% down payment; and another recommending a 10% down payment, according to people familiar with the matter.

Regulators Consider 10% Down Payment for Homes Nick Timiraos 2011

Banking regulators are pushing for mortgage-lending rules that require homeowners to make minimum 20% down payments on loans classified as lower-risk, according to people familiar with the matter.

Regulators Push 20% Down Payments on Homes Victoria McGrane 2011

Banking regulators are pushing for mortgage-lending rules that require homeowners to make minimum 20% down payments on loans classified as lower-risk, according to people familiar with the matter.

WSJ.com: What's News US 2011

That generally means scaling back allocations to riskier assets such as stocks and levering up lower-risk investments such as bonds, often using derivatives.

How Risky Are Those Low-Risk Funds? Eleanor Laise 2010

Risk-parity portfolios tend to look far different from the standard 60/40 approach, partly because managers use derivatives to boost allocations to lower-risk assets.

How Risky Are Those Low-Risk Funds? Eleanor Laise 2010

A primary reason for the lower-risk temperament of developing-country investors is that equity owners have been burned repeatedly when political change ushers in anticapitalist regimes and tax policies.

Equity Markets Need a Seismic Shift in Washington 2011

A Calpers spokesman said the pension is focusing on separately managed accounts rather than funds, and on lower-risk real-estate investing than what Apollo was offering.

Apollo Has Difficulty Landing Real-Estate Funds Craig Karmin 2012

That may skew investment flows to lower-risk instruments such as government bonds, which carry zero capital requirement, perhaps surprisingly in light of the sovereign crisis.

Safer banks, insurers pose recovery threat Richard Barley 2011

British brewers already have a very good track record of making unit awareness available on bottles and cans – over 90% of products already have this information, and by 2013 over 90% will have lower-risk drinking guidelines and a pregnancy warning, too this figure is already over 70% .

MPs call for two alcohol-free days each week and clearer guidelines on drinking 2012

To lenders, the guarantees put an airline loan on par with lower-risk government debt.

Boeing, Airlines Face Off Over Aircraft-Export Loans Daniel Michaels 2010