The U.S. banking agencies have released a final rule amending the U.S. Basel III capital rules to simplify the capital treatment of capital deductions and recognition of minority interests for non-advanced approaches banking organizations, as well as implementing certain technical amendments applicable to both advanced approaches and non-advanced approaches banking
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Status of Financial Regulatory Leadership Changes
As summer gets underway, we have updated our brief deck summarizing the leadership and staffing changes among federal financial regulators, including announced nominations, confirmations, resignations and expiring terms. The first slide summarizes the state of play for the agencies’ principals; the later slides provide a deeper look on an agency-by-agency…
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Davis Polk Financial Services Regulatory Reform Tool—Summer Spotlight Edition
Financial services regulatory reform continues to evolve in 2019. As we observe the changing landscape, here is the Summer Spotlight Edition of our reference tool, which provides context and summarizes current developments across a range of key regulatory areas, agencies and actors. We will continue to track these issues and…
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Public Memorandum | Federal Reserve’s Proposed Rule on Controlling Influence: A Step in the Right Direction
The Federal Reserve has requested comment on a highly anticipated notice of proposed rulemaking to amend its regulatory framework for deciding when a company exercises a controlling influence over another company under the Bank Holding Company Act and the Home Owners’ Loan Act.
The proposal is a welcome step in…
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U.S. Banking Agencies Propose Custody Bank Relief under the Supplementary Leverage Ratio
The U.S. banking agencies have proposed allowing custodial banking organizations to exclude certain central bank deposits from the calculation of total leverage exposure, the denominator of the U.S. Basel III supplementary leverage ratio (SLR). The proposal implements Section 402 of the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief and Consumer Protection…
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FDIC Considers Amendments to Resolution Planning Requirements
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Yesterday, the FDIC issued and invited comments on a proposal to amend and restate their 165(d) Rule, issued jointly with the Federal Reserve, which implements the resolution planning requirements of Section 165(d) of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. This proposal is identical to the version…
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Federal Reserve Proposes Amendments to 165(d) Resolution Plan Rule
By The Davis Polk FIG Team on
Today, the Federal Reserve issued and invited comments on a proposal to amend and restate their 165(d) Rule, which implements the resolution planning requirements of Section 165(d) of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.
The Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for this new 165(d) Proposal is available…
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Bank Pay Rules May Be Resurrected
U.S. federal banking regulators plan to revive efforts to regulate financial institution incentive compensation, as required under Section 956 of the Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the Dodd-Frank Act). The Wall Street Journal reports that the current effort is in its “early stages” and is being…
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Status of Financial Regulatory Leadership Changes
As the new Congress gets underway, we have updated our brief deck summarizing the leadership and staffing changes among federal financial regulators, including announced nominations, confirmations, resignations and expiring terms. The first slide summarizes the state of play for the agencies’ principals; the later slides provide a deeper look on…
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Davis Polk Financial Services Regulatory Reform Tool—New Congress Edition
Financial services regulatory reform continues to evolve in 2019. As we observe the changing landscape, here is the New Congress Edition of our reference tool, which provides context and summarizes current developments across a range of key regulatory areas, agencies and actors. We will continue to track these issues and…
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