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Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP

Nutter Bank Report: November 2021

Federal Banking Agencies Publish Policy Road Map for Crypto-Asset Activities - The federal banking agencies have issued a joint statement summarizing their interagency “policy sprints” focused on crypto-asset activities...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Credit Funds, Done Right, Can Be an Opportunity for Banks

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Recent changes to the Volcker Rule, which become effective October 1, 2020, will permit banks and their affiliates (for convenience, “banks”) to sponsor credit funds, whose primary assets are loans and other debt instruments...more

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Volcker Rule Update: Amendments to the Covered Funds Provisions

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The Federal Reserve Board (the Federal Reserve), the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Volcker Rule Changes Provide Stimulus Effect With Banks and Investment Funds

On June 25, 2020, federal banking and securities regulators issued new regulations that will ease burdens on banks that involve themselves with certain types of investment funds. By creating new exclusions from the definition...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Agencies Finalize Amendments To Volcker Rule Covered Fund Provisions

On June 25, 2020, five federal agencies (the “Agencies”) finalized amendments to the rules implementing section 13 of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 (the “Volcker Rule”) related to the prohibition on investing,...more

White & Case LLP

COVID-19 Response: US Federal Regulatory (Updated April 28, 2020)

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In response to the global COVID-19 crisis, US federal financial regulators are taking important actions that affect US and non-US financial institutions, other financial services providers, consumers, and the US and global...more

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

Understanding the Newly Proposed Credit Fund Exclusion Under the Volcker Rule

Section 13 of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 (the BHC Act) generally prohibits any insured depository institution (as defined in Section 3(c) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act, but excluding institutions that...more

Mayer Brown

Potential Volcker Rule Changes Announced

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On January 30, 2020, five federal financial regulatory agencies published the long awaited notice of proposed rulemaking (the “NPR”) to revise certain aspects of the Volcker Rule (Section 13 of the Bank Holding Company Act)...more

Morgan Lewis

Protecting Your Investment: Insights For 2020

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Investors and investment managers around the globe are seeing increasing rules and regulations on how they can deploy their money, how they can advertise their services, and how they have to report to regulators. ...more

Troutman Pepper

Description Of The Small Business Investment Company Program Participation By Unleveraged Funds - January 2020

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A Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) is a privately owned and operated company that makes long-term investments in American small businesses and is licensed by the United States Small Business Administration (SBA)....more

Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP

Bank Report: October 2019

Federal Banking Agencies Adopt Simplified Capital Calculation for Community Banks The federal banking agencies have issued a final rule that will simplify capital requirements for community banks by allowing them to adopt...more

K&L Gates LLP

OCC and FDIC Ease “Volcker Rule” Restrictions on Proprietary Trading: SEC, CFTC, and Federal Reserve Expected to Follow Suit

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On August 20, 2019, the Board of Directors of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (“OCC”) approved amendments to regulations implementing Section 13 of the Bank...more

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OCC Approves Volcker Rule Reforms

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On August 20, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) approved a final rule amending the Volcker Rule. The final rule is meant to simplify and tailor the requirements of the existing rule....more

Vedder Price

Volcker Rule: Community Bank Exemption

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On July 9, 2019, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the “FRB”), U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (the “FDIC”), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (the...more

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Agencies Publish Rule Excluding Community Banks from Volcker Rule

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On July 9, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), the Federal Reserve Board, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) and the Securities and Exchange...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

Your Daily Dose of Financial News

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Federal regulators moved this week to “ease oversight of Wall Street firms by scaling back two major mechanisms that were imposed to scrutinize big financial companies in the wake of the financial crisis.” ...more

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Did Congress Release Nearly All Banks from the Volcker Rule?

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Yes. The Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief and Consumer Protection Act (EGRRCPA) provided significant regulatory relief for community banks, including broad relief from the Volcker Rule’s prohibition on proprietary...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

Two Proposed Volcker Rule Updates: “Banking Entity” Definition and Name-Sharing Restriction

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The proposed modifications, if adopted, would amend the Volcker Rule in a manner consistent with the statutory amendments under the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act. The Economic Growth,...more

Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP

Nutter Bank Report, December 2018

FDIC Approves 3-Year Phase-In for Adverse Effects on Capital from CECL - The FDIC has approved a final rule that will provide banks with the option to phase in over a three-year period the day-one adverse effects on...more

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Financial Services Weekly News - December 2018 #3

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Editor's Note - In This Issue. Federal financial regulators issues a proposed rule exempting community banks from the Volcker Rule; the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking...more

K&L Gates LLP

Volcker Rule

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Introduction - This practice note provides an overview of the Volcker Rule, which was enacted in 2010 as Section 619 of the comprehensive Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank Act) and...more

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Right Sizing Volcker

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The five agencies that adopted and administer the Volcker Rule have proposed to revise it. Interestingly, however, the proposed revisions make up a surprisingly small part of the release, much of which consists of questions...more

Baker Donelson

Dodd-Frank Law Loosened by the House; Volcker Rule Changes Proposed by the Fed

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On May 22, by a vote of 258-159, the House approved a Senate-passed bill to free thousands of small and medium-sized banks from strict rules that had been enacted in 2010 as part of the Dodd-Frank law intended to prevent...more

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Volcker 2.0: Agencies Propose to Reduce Regulatory Burdens Imposed by the Volcker Regulations

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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

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President Trump Signs the First Major Financial Services Deregulation Law in a Decade

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President Trump has signed into law the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act ("Act"), with the principal goals of promoting U.S. economic growth, recalibrating burdensome rules, and strengthening...more

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