Jennifer E. Kerslake

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Ms. Kerslake is an associate in Davis Polk's Financial Institutions Group. [Full Bio]

The Federal Reserve’s proposed core principles on management of large financial institutions are another welcome addition to its efforts to clarify and better distinguish between the roles of boards of directors and the management of large financial institutions. The new guidance (Management Guidance) describes core principles of effective senior management, … Read More

In what we expect to be the first step in a process of increasing the transparency of the Federal Reserve’s supervisory stress tests and their application to banking organizations subject to the Dodd-Frank Act supervisory stress testing requirements and the Federal Reserve’s Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review (CCAR) framework, the … Read More

The OCC’s recent revision to its Community Reinvestment Act examination and ratings policies is a welcome first step in a long overdue and much needed rethink of how supervisors might modernize the CRA so that the statutory goal of helping underbanked communities can be met in the digital era.  The … Read More

Since the CFPB issued its Arbitration Rule in July, most commentators have focused on ways the rule may be blocked from going into effect. Chief among these is the possibility that Congress will vote to overturn the rule under the Congressional Review Act, and the House did promptly vote in … Read More

The Federal Reserve has proposed changes to its guidance on corporate governance for banking organizations, which refocus its supervisory expectations more clearly on a board’s core responsibilities. The proposal distinguishes more clearly the roles and responsibilities of boards and senior management, eliminates redundant and outdated SR letters and guidance, and … Read More

The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Federal Reserve) has proposed a new rating system for large financial institutions (LFIs). This proposal is intended to more closely align the Federal Reserve’s supervisory rating system with its supervisory program for LFIs.

LFIs are (i) bank holding companies and non-insurance, … Read More

The long conversation about raising the Dodd-Frank $50 billion asset threshold for enhanced prudential standards took a step forward today.  Treasury Secretary Mnuchin, responding to a question from Rep. Hensarling in a House Financial Services Committee hearing, said that the threshold should be increased “substantially,” to at least $250 billion … Read More

Earlier today, the Consumer Bankers Association, the Credit Union National Association, the Independent Community Bankers of America and the National Association of Federal Credit Unions sent a letter to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Senate Minority Leader-elect Chuck Schumer recommending changes related to the CFPB. In the letter, the … Read More

In October 2016, the U.S. federal banking agencies jointly issued an advance notice of proposed rulemaking regarding enhanced cyber risk management standards (the “Enhanced Standards”).  The Enhanced Standards would apply on an enterprise-wide basis to large financial institutions and their service providers, as detailed in this memorandum.  The U.S. federal … Read More