Earlier this week, the Federal Reserve Board and other federal regulatory agencies (the “Agencies”) responsible for implementing the Volcker Rule agreed to seek public comment on proposed changes (the “Proposed Rule”) to the...more
Six federal agencies have finalized long-anticipated joint rules imposing risk retention, or “skin-in-the-game,” requirements for securitizations. The new rules, when they become effective over the next two years, will impose...more
10/24/2014
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Volcker Rule
The regulation that will implement the Volcker Rule was finally issued on December 10, 2013. Major financial institutions around the world will have to review a host of activities and investments in order to comply with the...more
We issued a client memorandum on December 9 listing the major topics to look for when the five financial regulatory agencies agreed to finalize the Volcker Rule, which generally prohibits banking organizations from engaging...more
On December 10 2013, the final regulation implementing the Volcker Rule was adopted by the five US federal bank regulatory agencies. This comes over two years after the publication of the proposed regulation. The text below...more
Over two years after publication of a proposed regulation, a final regulation implementing the so-called “Volcker Rule” is expected to be adopted tomorrow by the five US Federal financial regulatory agencies. Two of them —...more