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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Davis Polk Financial Services Regulatory Reform Tool—Summer Beach Read 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, 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. For those of you who have been thinking you might catch up over the summer lull, here is the summer beach read edition of our reference tool, which provides context and summarizes current developments across a range of key regulatory areas,…
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Visual Memorandum: Proposed Amendments to the Volcker Rule Regulations
Our visual memorandum here describes the proposed amendments to the Volcker Rule regulations issued by the Federal Reserve, FDIC, OCC, SEC and CFTC, as well as key requests for comment about possible additional amendments. To make the analysis more user-friendly, the memorandum incorporates elements of Davis Polk’s flowcharts on the…
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Proposal to Modify the Volcker Rule Regulations
The Federal Reserve held an open meeting today at which it released a proposal to modify the Volcker Rule regulations. Comments on the proposal will be due 60 days after the “date of issuance.” The other four regulators tasked with jointly implementing the Volcker Rule regulations are expected to release…
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Visual Memorandum: Bipartisan Banking Act Will Rebalance the Financial Regulatory Landscape
Our visual memorandum here describes the key changes the Bipartisan Banking Act makes to the regulation of banking organizations. It is color coded for those who want to look only at the changes that affect their own organization.
The House is expected to pass the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief and…
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Davis Polk Financial Services Regulatory Reform Tool—May 2018
Financial services regulatory reform in 2018 is complex and evolving. To assist in navigating this landscape, we have prepared a reference tool that provides context and summarizes current developments across a range of key regulatory areas, agencies and actors. We will continue to track these issues and provide updated versions…
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Davis Polk Financial Services Regulatory Reform Tool–March 2018
Financial services regulatory reform in 2018 is complex and evolving. To assist in navigating this landscape, we have prepared a reference tool that provides context and summarizes current developments across a range of key regulatory areas, agencies and actors. We will continue to track these issues and provide updated versions…
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Visual Memorandum: Senate Bipartisan Banking Bill to Rebalance the Financial Regulatory Landscape
The Senate passed the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief and Consumer Protection Act (S.2155) on March 14 by a filibuster-proof vote of 67 – 31. The Senate bill still must pass the House, where Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) and other representatives have said they plan to propose a series of amendments…
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Treasury Asset Management and Insurance Report Makes Three Recommendations Tied to the Volcker Rule
Buried in the latest Treasury Report, the third in a series, are important gems on the Volcker Rule and on the concept of controlling influence.[1] Of the three interesting new recommendations, two are limited to the covered funds portion of the Volcker Rule and build upon the recommendations in the…
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Volcker Rule Commenters Largely Support Reforms
By Randall D. Guynn, Jai R. Massari, Gabriel D. Rosenberg, Alison M. Hashmall, Craig D. Kennedy & Kirill Lebedev on
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The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (the “OCC”) took a first formal step in evaluating how the regulations implementing the Volcker Rule should be revised by issuing a request for public input on the regulations in early August, with comments due in late September. Of the 55 comment…
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