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 reque...
There has been significant attention to the first major policy speech by the CFTC’s newly-minted Enforcement Division Director, James McDonald on September 25, 2017. Mr. McDonald’s s...
The U.S. banking agencies this week released a proposal that would significantly amend the U.S. Basel III capital rules of all three agencies by simplifying the capital treatment of sever...
In the August 25th episode of the CFTC podcast, CFTC Talks, the new Director of the CFTC’s Enforcement Division, James McDonald, discussed his priorities for the Division (transcript he...
Recently, certain derivatives clearinghouses have changed their rulebooks to treat daily payments of mark-to-market variation margin as settlement payments of the derivatives transactions...
A recent decision by the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals effectively raises the standard for SEC review and approval of rule change filings submitted by national securities exchanges, FINRA...
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) issued a Notice today requesting public comment on potential changes to the regulations implementing the Volcker Rule. The Notice focu...
The CFTC staff has once again extended its no-action relief from the “arrange, negotiate or execute” provisions of CFTC Advisory 13-69, the controversial 2013 advisory that applies tr...
Friday marks the seventh anniversary of the Dodd-Frank Act. The outlook for financial regulation, and Dodd-Frank, has fundamentally shifted over the past year. Since President Trump’s...
The recent Treasury Report on financial regulatory reforms related to banks and credit unions devotes significant attention to issues of capital, stress testing and liquidity, which highl...
