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What Does the Dodd-Frank Relief Bill mean for Enhanced Prudential Standards for Foreign Banks?

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On May 23, Congress passed a bill to revise Dodd-Frank to reduce regulatory burdens on banks. Just as with the original Dodd-Frank Act, the real work will have to be done by the banking agencies and thus months will have to...more

Jones Day

Volcker Rule Reform Begins

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The Situation: The Volcker Rule's complexity has created uncertainty and compliance burdens that adversely affect market liquidity, risk hedging, and other economically important activities. The Opportunities: Bank...more

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The Department of the Treasury Issues Recommendations on the Regulation of U.S. Depository Institutions

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"A Financial System that Creates Economic Opportunities: Banks and Credit Unions," a Report by the Department of the Treasury, identifies potential reforms that would promote the "Core Principles for Regulating the United...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

NY DFS Finalizes Rigorous AML/BSA Regulation

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The New York Department of Financial Services (DFS) has finalized a new regulation setting forth rigorous standards for monitoring and filtering programs to monitor transactions for potential anti-money laundering (AML) and...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Orrick's Financial Industry Week in Review

ESMA Updates its Questions and Answers on EMIR Implementation - On October 24, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) published an updated version of its Questions and Answers on the European Market...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Orrick's Financial Industry Week in Review

ESAs' Joint Committee Publishes Report on Risks and Vulnerabilities in the EU Financial System - On September 22, the Joint Committee of the European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) published its bi-annual report on the...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

The EU Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive Bringing Stability Back to the European Banking Sector

The collapse of Lehman Brothers was a pivotal moment which had catastrophic effects on the European financial sector which are still reverberating. Inadequacies in banking regulation were highlighted as most jurisdictions had...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Orrick's Financial Industry Week in Review

EU Commission Sends Statement of Objections to Three Banks in Cartel Investigation - On May 20, the European Commission announced that it has sent a statement of objections to Credit Agricole, HSBC and JP Morgan for...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Orrick's Financial Industry Week in Review

UK Government Backs "Transparency & Trust" Paper Recommendations - The UK government has published a response paper largely in agreement with the controversial "Transparency & Trust" discussion paper published by its...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

"EU Banking Union: Political Agreement Reached on Single Resolution Mechanism"

On March 20, 2014, the European Parliament announced that it had reached political agreement with the European Council on the regulation implementing a single resolution mechanism (SRM), which is an essential element of the...more

Dechert LLP

U.S. Federal Reserve Board Adopts Enhanced Prudential and Intermediate Holding Company Requirements for Foreign Banking...

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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

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Separation Anxiety: Structural Reform of EU Credit Institutions

The march towards structural reform of the EU banking sector has taken another step forward, as the EU Commission’s (the “Commission”) legislative proposals (the “Proposals”) for a Regulation implementing certain...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Global Regulators Adopt Final Margin Requirements for Uncleared Derivatives

On September 2, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) and the Board of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) jointly published a document...more

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