The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (Federal Banking Agencies) on December 27, 2019 provided temporary relief from...more
2/10/2020
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Banks ,
Board of Directors ,
Compliance ,
Credit Extension ,
FDIC ,
Federal Bank Regulatory Agencies ,
Federal Reserve ,
Fund Management Companies ,
Insider Information ,
Investment Adviser ,
Investment Funds ,
Loans ,
OCC ,
Portfolio Companies ,
Regulation O ,
Relief Measures ,
Voting Shares
The Federal Reserve Board (FRB) recently issued a proposed rule that would codify and clarify when a company is presumed to have a controlling influence over the management and policies of a second company (Proposed...more
7/3/2019
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Bank Holding Company Act ,
Banks ,
Board of Directors ,
CBCA ,
Controlling Influence Test ,
Controlling Stockholders ,
Federal Reserve ,
HOLA ,
Investment Funds ,
Investors ,
Non-Controlling Interests ,
Private Equity ,
Proposed Amendments ,
Proxy Contests ,
Public Comment ,
Voting Control Test ,
Voting Shares
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
The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve (FRB) on August 3, 2017 issued a notice inviting comment regarding Proposed Guidance on Supervisory Expectations for Boards of Directors (Proposal). The Proposal applies to boards...more
9/6/2017
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Banks ,
Board of Directors ,
Directors ,
Federal Reserve ,
Foreign Banks ,
FSB ,
Proposed Guidance ,
Public Comment ,
Savings and Loan Companies ,
SIFIs ,
Supervision
As the general conformance period for banking entities to comply fully with Section 13 of the U.S. Bank Holding Company Act (Volcker Rule) and its implementing regulations (Volcker Regulations) ended on July 21, 2017, two...more
Companies that the Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) believes may be subject to FDIC receivership under the Orderly Liquidation Authority contained in Title II of the Dodd-Frank Act, and certain of their...more
3/8/2017
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Banks ,
Broker-Dealer ,
Court-Appointed Receivers ,
Derivatives Clearing Organizations ,
Dodd-Frank ,
Exemptions ,
FDIC ,
Financial Institutions ,
FSOC ,
Insolvency ,
Investment Adviser ,
Major Swap Participants ,
Qualified Financial Contracts (QFC) ,
recordkeeping ,
Recordkeeping Requirements ,
SIFIs
Under the Volcker Regulations (Regulations), banking entities are sharply restricted in their ability to invest in and sponsor entities that are treated as “covered funds.” During the rulemaking process, the Volcker Agencies...more
As the general July 21, 2015 deadline approached to conform with the implementing regulations (Final Rules) for the Volcker Rule, a key issue remained with respect to the sponsoring, organizing and seeding of investment...more
7/29/2015
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Covered Funds ,
Final Rules ,
Financial Institutions ,
Foreign Investment ,
Investment Companies ,
Investment Company Act of 1940 ,
Proprietary Trading ,
Public Funds ,
Registered Funds ,
Volcker Rule