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The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board), the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading...more
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
The five U.S. federal regulatory agencies responsible for implementing the Volcker rule — the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Federal Reserve), the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), the...more
On June 25, 2020, five federal agencies (the “Agencies”) finalized amendments to the rules implementing section 13 of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 (the “Volcker Rule”) related to the prohibition on investing,...more
On January 30, 2020, the Federal Reserve Board, FDIC, OCC, SEC and CFTC proposed amendments to certain Volcker Rule restrictions relating to banking entity activities with hedge funds or private equity funds (covered funds)....more
On January 30, 2020, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (“FRB”), the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”), the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (“OCC”), the Securities and Exchange...more
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
On Aug. 20, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (the FDIC) and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (the OCC) approved amendments to the Volcker Rule, which restricts banking entities’ ability to engage in...more
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
On August 2, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) issued a notice (the OCC Notice) seeking public comments over the next 45 days to assist in determining how the final rule implementing Section 13 of the Bank...more
Section 13 of the Bank Holding Company Act (the “Volcker Rule”) and its implementing regulations (the “Implementing Regulations”) generally prohibit banking entities from engaging in proprietary trading and from investing in,...more
Section 13 of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended, and its implementing regulations (the “Volcker Rule”) generally prohibit a “banking entity” from engaging in proprietary trading and from investing in,...more
1. Question: What is the Volcker Rule, and when does it take effect? Answer: The Volcker Rule was enacted into law as section 619 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 (Dodd-Frank...more
Where do we go from here? As we mark another milestone in regulatory reform with the fourth anniversary of the enactment of the Dodd-Frank Act, it strikes us that although most studies required to be undertaken by the Act...more