This is not about top-shelf liquor, it is about today’s notice of proposed rulemaking…. At an open meeting today, the Federal Reserve Board (“FRB”) approved a proposed rule implementing a liquidity coverage ratio (“LCR”)...more
Asset managers create vulnerabilities “that could pose, amplify, or transmit threats to financial stability,” according to the Treasury Department’s Office of Financial Research (OFR) in a September 2013 report....more
Yesterday, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) released the “CARD Act Report,” a report summarizing the CFPB’s views on the impact of the Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure Act of 2009...more
The New York Fed quietly announced it is testing a “new tool” that would provide a lifeline for yield-starved money market funds.
In a speech today at Fordham University, William C. Dudley, president and chief...more
On July 31, 2013, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (“District Court”) issued a sharply worded Memorandum Opinion in the merchant litigation with the Federal Reserve Board (“Board”) regarding the Board’s...more
The Federal Reserve Board today approved the publication of the long-awaited final regulatory capital rules (“Final Rules” ), which were proposed one year ago (the “Proposed Rules”). While today’s action was taken by the...more
The Securities and Exchange Commission today unanimously proposed two alternative requirements for money market funds. First, the SEC would require institutional prime money market funds to operate with a floating net asset...more
On March 26, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (“Basel Committee”) published a Consultative Document in which it proposes a revised supervisory framework for measuring and controlling large counterparty exposures...more
At the end of last week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit issued its decision in Noel Canning v. National Labor Relations Board, holding that President Obama’s recess appointments to the National...more
In a bizarre twist to the case of the money market fund that broke the buck, the investment adviser to the Reserve Primary Fund (Reserve Fund) and its principals sued the fund’s independent trustees, laying the blame for the...more
Table of Contents:
Introduction; Financial Stability Reform; Resolution Planning; Agencies and Agency Oversight Reform; Securitization Reform; Derivatives Regulation; Investor Protection Reform; Credit Rating Agency...more
12/29/2012
/ Capital Requirements ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Corporate Governance ,
Credit Ratings ,
Derivatives ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Dodd-Frank ,
Financial Stability Acts ,
Foreign Banks ,
Mortgage Loan Originators ,
Mortgages ,
Securitization ,
Servicing Policies ,
Volcker Rule
In This Issue:
Bureau Report; Operations Report; Beltway Report; Arbitration Report; Mortgage Report; Privacy Report; Preemption Report; and Plastics Report.
Excerpt from the Bureau Report:
World’s Most...more
12/18/2012
/ American Express ,
Chase Bank ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Cybersecurity ,
Debt Collection ,
Dodd-Frank ,
FDIC ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Google ,
Mobile Apps ,
MySpace ,
Project Catalyst ,
Stress Tests ,
Truth in Lending Act (TILA)