The future of resolution planning for U.S. global systemically important banking organizations (G-SIBs) has started to come into focus. The FDIC and the Federal Reserve have recently laid out an ambitious agenda designed to put in place Resolution Planning 2.0. This slide sets forth our collection of the
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Status of Financial Regulatory Leadership Changes
As we emerge from the midterm election season, 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…
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Davis Polk Financial Services Regulatory Reform Tool—Post Midterm Election Edition
Posted in Administrative Law, Anti-Money Laundering, Bank Capital, Bank Regulation, CFPB, CFTC, Community Reinvestment Act, Cost-Benefit Analysis, Dodd-Frank, Economic Sanctions, FDIC, Federal Reserve, Fintech, FSOC, Legislation, Liquidity, OCC, OFAC, Stress Testing, Swap Regulation, TLAC, U.S. Basel III, U.S. Congress, Volcker Rule
Financial services regulatory reform will continue to evolve in 2018 and 2019. As we observe the changing legislative landscape, here is the Post Midterm Election 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…
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Visual Memorandum: The Federal Reserve’s Large Financial Institution Rating System — Final Rule
By The Davis Polk FIG Team on
The Federal Reserve has finalized a new supervisory ratings system for large financial institutions (LFIs), discussed in our visual memorandum here. The new LFI rating system, which reflects the three core areas of focus in the Federal Reserve’s current LFI supervisory framework—capital, liquidity and governance and controls—is…
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A Breath of Fresh Air at the FDIC: The “Trust through Transparency” Initiative
By Randall D. Guynn & Margaret E. Tahyar on
FDIC Chairman Jelena McWilliams has announced a “Trust through Transparency” initiative that is remarkable and well worth a read. In our view, there are three main takeaways. One is the importance of transparency to public trust in a Democracy, the second is how important it is that the government be…
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Status of Financial Regulatory Leadership Changes
As we head into the mid-term election season, 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…
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Zions to Shed Its Holding Company – Will Others Follow?
This blog post lays out the pros and cons that boards and senior management of regional and community banking organizations should consider in light of the Zions decision to shed its bank holding company.[1] Some have suggested that directors of BHCs now have a fiduciary duty to consider shedding…
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Davis Polk Financial Services Regulatory Reform Tool—Fall Focus Edition
Posted in Administrative Law, Anti-Money Laundering, Bank Capital, Bank Regulation, CFPB, CFTC, Community Reinvestment Act, Cost-Benefit Analysis, Dodd-Frank, Economic Sanctions, FDIC, Federal Reserve, Fintech, FSOC, Legislation, Liquidity, OCC, OFAC, Stress Testing, Swap Regulation, TLAC, U.S. Basel III, U.S. Congress, Volcker Rule
Financial services regulatory reform in 2018 continues to evolve. As we leave summer behind, here is the Fall Focus 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 will…
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Interagency Statement on Supervisory Guidance Could Result in Meaningful Changes to Supervisory Practices
Guidance is guidance, and rules are rules. This straightforward statement was reiterated by Treasury Secretary Mnuchin, Federal Reserve Vice Chairman for Supervision Randal Quarles and Comptroller of the Currency Joseph Otting in separate Congressional hearings earlier this year.[1] Nevertheless, for at least the past ten years, the failure to…
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Recommended Read: CFS Financial Crisis Timeline
By Randall D. Guynn & Margaret E. Tahyar on
The Center for Financial Stability is providing a freely accessible Financial Timeline, curated by Senior Fellow Yubo Wang. The timeline, created in 2010 and actively maintained, charts more than 1,100 developments across the markets, institutions, the Federal Reserve, Treasury and other sources, from 2007 to the present. This resource, which…
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