Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
Volcker compliance-responsibility aspect splits legal opinion
Volcker rule requirements for chief executive compliance responsibility called into question
US dealers breathe easier as global uncleared margin rules take shape
The extraterritorial scope of US margin rules would have left US banks’ overseas swaps business in tatters, but an international working group looks set to deliver a reprieve by endorsing similar rules
Bank capital
In depth: bank capital introduction
OpRisk North America: Op risk is high and increasing, says OCC
Operational risk is on the rise in high-volume markets, regulators say
Stronger defences needed: stress testing a eurozone break-up
For a few dollars more
Volcker rule will not be ready for July, Fed chair admits
Expert predictions of delayed start date proven correct
Deloitte appoints three experts to banking and securities team
Big Four firm names new head of regulatory practice and two directors
High sales prompt Finra to investigate certificates of deposit
After mass investor flight to the perceived safety of certificates of deposit, US regulator Finra plans to investigate quite how safe the investments are, especially those that include a derivative component
Basel 2.5: US ratings workaround criticised
Workaround woes
Swaps push-out a 'vast overreaction', says OCC's Walsh
Section 716 of the Dodd-Frank Act is based on a misperception of OTC derivatives, says acting OCC head - who also acknowledged criticism of US uncleared margin proposals
Use of OECD ratings in US market risk proposals questioned
Country risk classifications "are not sovereign ratings" says OECD. US regulators last month proposed using them as an alternative to external credit ratings
CFTC's Sommers and O'Malia attack 'unworkable' Volcker rule
Republicans dismiss prop trading ban as overly complex, unworkable and unenforceable
Basel 2.5: US ratings workaround too punitive, banks complain
Basel 2.5: US ratings workaround too punitive, banks complain
July deadline in question for Volcker implementation
Industry experts divided over Volcker deadline of July 2012
Repeal of Dodd-Frank's swaps push-out seen as unlikely to pass Congress
Despite positive vote by House subcommittee, lawyers say a bill repealing section 716 of Dodd-Frank will not pass
Non-US banks stunned by Volcker compliance regime
Non-US banks stunned by Volcker compliance regime
Product retrospective: Breaking barriers
Product retrospective: Breaking barriers
Foreign regulators leave US isolated on uncleared margin rules
Follow the leader?
SEC charges former UCB executives with misleading investors
SEC charges former UCB executives with failing to disclose losses that led to the bank crashing in 2009
US structured product investors unwilling to abandon capital guarantees
Hanging on to protection
CFTC and SEC facing legal anxiety over cost-benefit analyses
Cost-benefit paralysis
Prop trading ban set to crimp market-making and hedging activities
Putting a stop to prop
Foreign regulators leave US isolated on uncleared margin rules
The extraterritorial application of US uncleared margin proposals will make it tough for US banks to compete with their foreign counterparts unless the proposals are copied by regulators elsewhere