In recent weeks the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), the Federal Reserve Board of Governors (FRB), and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)...

On May 3, 2016 the Federal Reserve Board (FRB) proposed a rule that aims to strengthen and provide stability to the financial markets.1  The proposed rule would require US global systemically important banking institutions (GSIBs) and the US operations of foreign GSIBs to amend contracts for common financial transactions to prevent the immediate cancellation...

During the third quarter of 2015, the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) set out Supervisory1 and Policy statements2 outlining the new capital framework and Pillar 2 (P2) methodologies that would be rolled out across PRA regulated firms.  As of January 2016,3 supervisory teams have adopted the new capital framework and methodologies for their Supervisory...

The “Regulatory Reform” newsletter is the monthly initiative aimed at updating the Finance and Risk community with the most recent regulatory changes impacting Banks and Capital Markets firms. We update our comprehensive regulatory database every month by tracking more than 40 regulatory and industry bodies covering North America, Europe and Asia Pacific....

The “Regulatory Reform” newsletter is the monthly initiative aimed at updating the Finance and Risk community with the most recent regulatory changes impacting Banks and Capital Markets firms. We update our comprehensive regulatory database every month by tracking more than 40 regulatory and industry bodies covering North America, Europe and Asia Pacific....

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and the Federal Reserve Board (FRB), recently provided the determinations and firm-specific feedback on the 2015 resolution plans submitted by eight systemically important, domestic banking institutions.1 The resolution plan, more commonly known as “Living Wills,” is a statutory standard established under...