The federal regulatory agencies charged with deriving and maintaining regulatory provisions pursuant to section 13 of the Bank Holding Company Act (commonly referred to as the Volcker Rule) have revised the “covered fund”...more
7/9/2020
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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
2/11/2020
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The Federal Reserve Board (Board) has adopted a rule that is intended to provide more detailed, accessible and slightly more generous criteria and procedures for use in determining whether control exists within the meaning of...more
2/6/2020
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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