Too Big To Fail in the Dodd-Frank Era
Rodge Cohen: Dodd-Frank Fixes "Too Big To Fail"
The Financial Stability Oversight Council unanimously approved an analytic framework for financial stability risk identification, assessment and response and interpretive guidance on nonbank financial company determinations...more
Billionaire hedge-fund manager Steven Cohen (he, formerly of SAC Capital Advisors) has agreed to be barred from commodities trading until 2018 under the terms of a settlement announced by the CFTC yesterday....more
Dear Clients and Friends: In October, federal agencies proposed two new sets of regulations under the Dodd-Frank Act. The proposals — to implement the Volcker Rule and to create standards to designate certain nonbanks...more
An insurance company is a “covered banking entity” if it controls or is affiliated with an insured depository institution (as defined in Section 3(c) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act), which includes any bank, thrift,...more
The Volcker Rule prohibits a banking entity from sponsoring or investing in a hedge fund or private equity fund, subject to certain exceptions. The proposed regulations expand the definitions of “hedge fund” and “private...more