US Financial Stability Oversight Council Releases its 2017 Annual Report

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The US Financial Stability Oversight Council published its 2017 annual report. The report addresses topics such as financial and regulatory developments and potential emerging threats and vulnerabilities, and makes a number of recommendations with respect to these topics. The report notes that market conditions have been relatively stable over the last year, and discusses the FSOC’s rescission of its designation of two nonbank financial institutions for supervision by the US Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System—American International Group, Inc. and General Electric Capital Corporation, Inc. One key issue in the report is the continuing and growing threat that cybersecurity risks pose to the financial system. The report notes that although progress has been made in this area, more work is required to guard against significant cybersecurity events in the future. The report also discusses FinTech initiatives, both in the context of how innovation is changing financial market structure and financial products. The report notes that while these innovations can provide great benefits, they also create new risks to, and potential vulnerabilities in, the financial system.

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