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At Brookings Event, DOJ Official Signals Heightened Scrutiny for Bank Mergers

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At a Brookings Institution event on June 20, Assistant Attorney General Jonathan Kanter, a top antitrust official for the U.S. Justice Department (DOJ or Department), announced that the Department will reassess its approach...more

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Update: Federal Reserve's Revised Control Framework Now Effective and New FAQs Issued

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New Rule Effective as of September 30 - The Federal Reserve’s revised control framework under the Bank Holding Company Act (BHCA) and Home Owners’ Loan Act (HOLA) issued on January 30, 2020 became effective on September 30...more

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Volcker Rule Amendments: Implications for Asset Managers

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On June 25, 2020, the Federal Reserve Board, the OCC, the FDIC, the SEC and the CFTC (collectively, the "Agencies") adopted amendments (the "Amendments") to the regulations implementing section 13 of the Bank Holding Company...more

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Volcker Rule Covered Fund Amendments Provide Clarity and Opportunities

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

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Volcker Rule Changes Adopted, Lifting Certain Compliance Burdens for Covered Funds

The US federal financial regulatory agencies with responsibility for implementing and enforcing Section 13 of the Bank Holding Company Act, commonly known as the Volcker Rule, have finalized amendments to the “covered fund”...more

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Final Rule on Regulatory ‘Control’ Framework: What It Means for Financial Services Market Participants

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The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the Board) issued a much-anticipated final rule (Final Rule) on January 30 to amend and codify—in certain respects, for the first time—its framework for making...more

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Covered Funds May Cover Less

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The federal agencies responsible for the Volcker Rule have proposed to clarify some requirements for exclusion from the definition of “covered fund” and to increase the types of funds excluded from that definition. The...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Rolling Back the Impact of the Volcker Rule on CLOs

Last week the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures...more

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Volcker 3.0: The Agencies Propose Relief for Securitizations and Foreign Funds and New Exemptions from the Volcker Rule’s Covered...

On January 30, 2020, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Securities and Exchange Commission, and the Commodity...more

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Proposed Changes to the Volcker Rule

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On January 30, 2020, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Treasury (OCC), the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (“Fed”), the Federal Deposit...more

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Federal Banking Regulators Sign Off on Volcker Rule 2.0

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On October 8, 2019, five federal agencies jointly announced that they had finalized revisions designed to simplify compliance with the Volcker Rule regulations implementing Section 13 of the Bank Holding Company Act. The...more

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Fed Board Clears Rewrite of Volcker Rule

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Proposed Changes Subject to 60-Day Comment Period - On May 30, the Federal Reserve Board of Governors voted unanimously in favor of a proposal to amend section 13 of the Bank Holding Company Act (Volcker Rule), which was...more

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Federal Reserve Revisits FHC Commodities and Merchant Banking Activities

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New advanced notice of proposed rulemaking requests public comments on physical commodities activities and merchant banking investments of financial holding companies. The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve...more

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Observation 1.1.1 On The Volcker Rule: Community Banks – Compliance

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On December 10, 2013, the federal banking agencies jointly issued final regulations to implement the “Volcker Rule,” added to the Bank Holding Company Act by Section 619 of the Dodd-Frank Act, to prohibit banking entities and...more

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