Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC)
Credit Risk USA: Real estate, rates and bank competition a concern, says OCC
Deputy comptroller gives sneak-preview of possible systemic threats that will be highlighted in a forthcoming OCC report
OpRisk North America highlights the limitations of risk management
Limits and boundaries
Ever heard of the WGMR?
Working Group on Margining Requirements is keeping a low profile
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
OpRisk North America: Speakers question value of capital numbers
Op risk capital calculations might be flawed or irrelevant, conference hears
OpRisk North America: Right culture is critical, conference hears
Getting the risk culture right at a financial institution is critical to op risk – but speakers acknowledge that is far from easy
OpRisk North America: Op risk is high and increasing, says OCC
Operational risk is on the rise in high-volume markets, regulators say
OpRisk North America: Too much confidence in risk models, OCC’s Levonian warns
OCC regulator warns risk managers to re-examine data integrity and be wary of model risk
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
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
Profile: OCC's Walsh on Volcker rule leaks, Dodd-Frank divergence and bank capital
From the ridiculous to the sublime
OCC seeking change to rating ban in Dodd-Frank, reveals Walsh
Banking regulator talking to Congress about altering the Dodd-Frank Act to allow a limited use of credit ratings
Risk USA: US regulators “scared to death” by eurozone debt crisis
The sovereign debt crisis is a concern, but direct US bank exposure is manageable, says senior OCC official
In defence of cross-product margining
In defence of cross-product margining
Foreign regulators leave US isolated on uncleared margin rules
Follow the leader?
Prop trading ban set to crimp market-making and hedging activities
Putting a stop to prop
Credit Risk USA: Basel trading book regime attacked by dealers
CVA charge and Basel 2.5 rules incoherent and over-complicated, say dealers
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