After a long lead up, the five agencies (Agencies) with responsibility for the regulations that implement the Volcker Rule (Regulations) have issued a wide ranging proposal to tailor the application of the Regulations in...more
6/15/2018
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Banks ,
Comment Period ,
Covered Funds ,
Deregulation ,
Economic Growth Regulatory Relief and Consumer Protection Act ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Regulatory Reform ,
Hedging ,
Liquidity Risk Management Rule ,
Proposed Amendments ,
Proprietary Trading ,
Public Comment ,
Regulatory Burden ,
Trump Administration ,
U.S. Treasury ,
Volcker Rule
During the Trump Administration’s first year in office, it has implemented major new policy approaches and engaged in significant reversals of Obama Administration policies in many areas. In contrast, the Administration to...more
1/16/2018
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Banks ,
Capital Markets ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Credit Unions ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Dodd-Frank ,
Fiduciary Rule ,
Financial Regulatory Agencies ,
Financial Regulatory Reform ,
Financial Services Industry ,
FSOC ,
Insurance Industry ,
Liquidity ,
Repeal ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
SIFIs ,
Trump Administration ,
Volcker Rule
Campaign promises rarely turn into specific actions, but when they do, they are necessarily impacted by the dynamics of the legislative process. History suggests, however, that the policies of candidates can be a predictor of...more
10/12/2016
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Banks ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Dodd-Frank ,
FDIC ,
Federal Reserve ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Regulatory Reform ,
FSOC ,
Hillary Clinton ,
Industry Consolidation ,
Liquidity ,
Mergers ,
Mortgages ,
OCC ,
Policy Terms ,
Presidential Elections ,
Receivership ,
SIFIs ,
Too Big to Fail ,
Trump Administration ,
Volcker Rule
The Federal Reserve Board (Board) recently adopted final rules representing the most significant change in U.S. regulation of foreign banking organizations (FBOs) since the International Banking Act of 1978. Perhaps most...more
The Volcker Rule (“Volcker Rule” or “Rule”) is intended to limit risks to the financial system that Congress believes may be created by (i) proprietary trading operations of insured depository institutions, foreign banking...more
Under the final version of the Volcker Rule issued this week, issuers and sponsors of new CLO issuances should consider structuring CLOs to conform to the exclusions contained in the rule, and banks and bank affiliates that...more
12/17/2013
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Collateralized Loan Obligations ,
Derivatives ,
Dodd-Frank ,
FDIC ,
Federal Reserve ,
Financial Regulatory Reform ,
Hedge Funds ,
Investment Fund Vehicles ,
Investment Funds ,
Leveraged Loans ,
Loans ,
Private Equity Funds ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Secured Debt ,
Volcker Rule
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“Bureau”), pursuant to its authority to extend its supervision to persons that offer or provide any consumer financial product or service that poses a risk to consumers, has adopted a...more