Davis Polk is pleased to announce the first installment of the “Davis Polk Dodd-Frank Rulemaking Progress Report.” This short presentation, to be issued monthly, uses empirical data t...
Yesterday seven federal agencies jointly finalized a proposed rule under Section 956 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act that would subject financial institut...
On March 23, 2011, the FDIC published its second notice of proposed rulemaking to implement its new Orderly Liquidation Authority (OLA) under Title II of the Dodd-Frank Act. The Second NP...
A proposed rule issued under Section 956 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act would subject financial institutions with $1 billion of assets to substantive and...
The final regulations implement the conformance period during which banking entities must bring their activities, investments and relationships into compliance with the prohibitions and r...
On February 8, 2011, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the “Board”) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking and request for comment setting forth suggested definiti...
In the wake of the recent purchase of AmericanWest Bank by a joint venture between a Goldman Sachs fund and Oaktree Capital, we have received numerous client inquiries regarding the diffe...
As required by the Dodd-Frank Act, the Financial Stability Oversight Council (the “FSOC” or “Council”), has completed a study of the concentration limit imposed by Section 622 of ...
The Financial Stability Oversight Council’s (“FSOC” or the “Council”) studyon the Volcker Rule calls for robust implementation of the core proprietary trading prohibition while ...
The designation of systemically important nonbank financial companies has generated significant interest from multiple stakeholders about which companies the Financial Stability Oversight...
