A final rule outlining how stress testing required by the Dodd-Frank Act will be implemented was published by federal banking regulators on Tuesday.

The rule, announced by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, implements annual, company-run stress testing requirements found in Section 165 of the legislation. It applies to financial companies, under the purview of a  federal financial regulator, that have total consolidated assets of more than $10 billion must conduct an