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
On June 8, 2017, the House of Representatives passed an amended version of H.R. 10, the Financial CHOICE Act of 2017, or CHOICE Act 2.0, which scales back or eliminates many of the post-crisis financial reforms that were...more
In this week's newsletter, we provide a snapshot of the principal US, European and global financial regulatory developments of interest to banks, investment firms, broker-dealers, market infrastructure providers, asset...more
12/21/2016
/ Banking Sector ,
Central Counterparties ,
Credit Rating Agencies ,
Dodd-Frank ,
EU ,
FinTech ,
Foreign Banks ,
Global Systemically Important Banks (G-SIBs) ,
Liquidity ,
Payment Services Directive ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Stress Tests ,
Systemic Risk Buffer ,
UK ,
Volcker Rule
Throughout his campaign, Donald Trump wavered between populist and business-friendly policies and expressed seemingly conflicting plans for Wall Street—on the one hand advocating for less regulation with a repeal of the...more
In this week's newsletter, we provide a snapshot of the principal US, European and global financial regulatory developments of interest to banks, investment firms, broker-dealers, market infrastructure providers, asset...more
3/25/2016
/ Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive (BRRD) ,
Central Counterparties ,
Cuba ,
Deposit Insurance ,
Derivatives Clearing Organizations ,
Dodd-Frank ,
EU ,
Foreign Exchanges ,
Goldman Sachs ,
Insider Trading ,
Payment Systems ,
Sanctions ,
UK ,
Volcker Rule
In this week's newsletter, we provide a snapshot of the principal US, European and global financial regulatory developments of interest to banks, investment firms, broker-dealers, market infrastructure providers, asset...more
3/18/2016
/ Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) ,
Credit Default Swaps ,
EU ,
FDIC ,
Federal Savings Associations ,
International Banks ,
Libor ,
Market Abuse ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Ring-Fencing ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Senior Managers ,
Transfer Pricing ,
UK ,
Volcker Rule
In this week's newsletter, we provide a snapshot of the principal US, European and global financial regulatory developments of interest to banks, investment firms, broker-dealers, market infrastructure providers, asset...more
3/3/2016
/ Bank Secrecy Act ,
Banking Examinations ,
Cooperation ,
Enforcement Actions ,
EU ,
Money Transfer ,
MREL ,
Payment Systems ,
Stress Tests ,
UK ,
Volcker Rule
In this week's newsletter, we provide a snapshot of the principal US, European and global financial regulatory developments of interest to banks, investment firms, broker-dealers, market infrastructure providers, asset...more
In this week's newsletter, we provide a snapshot of the principal US, European and global financial regulatory developments of interest to banks, investment firms, broker-dealers, market infrastructure providers, asset...more
7/21/2015
/ Asset Management ,
Banking Sector ,
Broker-Dealer ,
Capital Requirements ,
EU ,
Financial Institutions ,
Global Systemically Important Banks (G-SIBs) ,
Investment Firms ,
Regulatory Agencies ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Ring-Fencing ,
Stress Tests ,
Volcker Rule
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
/ Derivatives ,
Dodd-Frank ,
FDIC ,
Federal Reserve ,
FHFA ,
Higher-Risk Securitizations ,
HUD ,
New Regulations ,
OCC ,
Regulation AB ,
Risk Retention ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Exchange Act ,
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