Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
Goldman swaps assets drop $140bn after margin change
Move follows guidance from US regulators; no word from Goldman on capital impact
US Treasury hands CCP resolution powers to FDIC
Mnuchin regulatory review explicitly refers to FDIC as receiver under a Title II resolution
Covered funds seen as starting point for Volcker rule reform
Inter-agency consensus may prove more elusive on altering prop-trading definitions
US regulators approve VM route to capital savings
Guidance tips balance in debate over interest payments in settled-to-market swaps
US gives 21 banks another year to solve resolution problems
Banks including Societe Generale, Santander and BNP Paribas have until end-2018 to file plans
FDIC’s Hoenig warns on relaxing bank capital requirements
In letter to Senate committee, regulator claims big banks are less well-capitalised
Fed weighing VM capital cut for cleared swaps
Powell implies support for practice that saved UBS $300m in capital
US learns to play the Basel game
Mnuchin report marks a US regulatory shift – from leadership to gamesmanship
Scrap the gold plate: Mnuchin goes global on bank rules
Treasury converges to international standards, but leverage ratio exception may delay Basel deal
Giancarlo: SLR change would cut clearing capital by 70%
Isda AGM: netting of clearing collateral would boost activity without weakening banks, claims CFTC chair
MEP: Basel too slow to deal with clearing capital clash
Isda AGM: Swinburne criticises Basel’s lethargy on clash between leverage and clearing rules
Volcker fights back as prop-trading ban comes under attack
Former Fed chair tells Risk.net that calls for total overhaul of eponymous rule are misplaced
Executive disorder: little threat to Dodd-Frank from Trump memos
Order to scrap two rules for each new one cannot capture bank regulators or repeal legislation
Trump casts a shadow over US swap stays legislation
Changes to agency heads could delay or derail a vital part of bank resolution rules
FDIC’s Hoenig rounds on Europeans over Basel stand-off
Risk USA: Senior US regulator criticises focus on capital neutrality
Dodd-Frank reforms tipped to survive Trump presidency
Risk USA: speakers split on whether new administration will ease regulations
Big losses force banks to rethink energy lending
Unfunded loans and exposures to suppliers worry credit risk managers
UBS saves Sfr295m in capital via swaps margin change
FDIC vice-chair has warned of hidden dangers in new approach
US-European rift deepens on leverage ratio
FDIC rebuffs European calls to allow netting of client clearing margin in leverage exposure measure
US regulators favour September margin deadline
September 1 roll-out would threaten bilateral swap trading chasm between EU and US
US wrestles with bankruptcy-based resolution regime
Political divides undermine efforts to bolster insolvency process
Basel plans would weaken leverage ratio
Adoption of 'risk-sensitive' SA-CCR will allow more leverage, argues FDIC vice-chair
Q&A: FDIC’s Hoenig warns on daily settled swaps
FDIC vice-chair on leverage-cutting schemes, TLAC and TBTF
FDIC’s Hoenig: don’t impose TLAC, let equity 'do its job'
FDIC vice-chair says TLAC should reflect individual bank business models