Deregulation
Go your own way: departures pose new challenges for CFTC
Loss of Democratic majority would impede chairman’s ambitions for regulatory agenda
Fed ‘tailoring’ led to larger, less capitalised regional US banks
Lenders freed from toughest requirements in 2018 grew balance sheets but saw capital ratios slip
Brexit bogeyman haunts EU’s Mifir transparency push
Bloc considers copying darker side of UK's divergence from its 2018 rules
New Fed regulation head unlikely to roll back all Trump changes
Progressives see climate and crypto as priorities over toughening Volcker Rule or tailoring
Reg AT withdrawal could delay a Biden agenda for the CFTC
Democrats and some lawyers say Tarbert’s new principles don’t achieve same goals as Reg AT
BoE and ECB weigh calls to follow US lead on capital relief
European regulators face pressure to exempt sovereign exposures from leverage ratio
Fed missed chance to curb dividends, say ex-supervisors
Instead, changes to stress capital buffer and TLAC rules would allow larger payouts
Review of 2019: shaken, not stirred
The market survived a cocktail of hits. But is a hangover on the way?
Foreign banks expect Fed proposal imminently
New framework for tiering FBO requirements could come as early as this week
For US banks, billions in regulatory manna
The unwind should help mid-tier banks, but the G-Sib impact is a complex balancing act
Leaked EU paper softens French blow to Mifir equivalence
Council draft ditches national licensing but introduces conditions on equivalence for some services
PNC’s risk chief on life as an in-betweener
Regulatory relief has bypassed the 'super-regionals', says CRO
If regulations don’t bend, they’ll break
Financial regulation should be adaptive, not reactive, argues Andrew Lo
Volcker rule revisions may complicate compliance – experts
US regulators’ efforts to simplify key test of trading intent could ramp up data demands
Crapo bill could end LCR limbo for three banks
US Bancorp, PNC and Capital One stand to benefit if House passes bill
EU risks backlash on CCP supervision – UK MEP
Swinburne says US could retaliate over fears of “damaging blanket Brexit policy”
Treasury official calls on Fed to review FBO rules
Senate bill aims to relax US Sifi threshold but offers no relief for foreign banks
Senate bill will not hurt big bank oversight – Powell
Fed chair says raising of Sifi threshold will not affect application of enhanced standards
Reporting rules key for EU-US swaps trading equivalence
Market participants welcome outcomes-based approach, but need clarity where rules differ
US Treasury hands CCP resolution powers to FDIC
Mnuchin regulatory review explicitly refers to FDIC as receiver under a Title II resolution
Regulators struggle to balance global and local
Global banks merit global rules, but local banks can end up as collateral damage