Dodd-Frank Act
Brainard hits back again at ‘tailoring’ regulations
Resolution plan changes and potential loosening of swap margins leave the system less safe, Fed governor warns
Large US banks pass Fed’s second round of stress tests
Fed approves capital plans of 17 of the largest banks, which now can increase dividend payments and share buybacks
Fischer warns Trump could sabotage Fed crisis response
Fed independence under “unprecedented” threat and second Trump term would harm US – Fischer
Interview: Sheila Bair on US regulatory reform and rollback since 2008
Crisis-era FDIC chair “saddened” by former Fed chairs’ focus on bailout powers
US regulators find ‘shortcomings’ in foreign bank living wills
Banks will have to correct the problems when they next file a resolution plan
Increasing banks’ capital could enable looser regulations, says Greenspan
Former Fed chief discusses new book, ‘Capitalism in America, a history’, with journalist and co-author Adrian Wooldridge
Trump is weakening US regulatory reforms, Yellen warns
“Worrisome reversals of legislation” under new president, says former Fed chair
Fed proposes lightening regulations for large banks
Lael Brainard objects to plans, warning they could leave taxpayers “on the hook”
Supervisory lessons: fault lines in prudential regulation
Former Bank of Spain head of supervision Aristóbulo de Juan highlights the lessons he has learnt about weaknesses in prudential regulation, in the second of a four-part series on supervision
James Bullard on 2% rates, tariffs and Fed leadership
The president of the Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis speaks about the impact of US trade policies, the disruption to the banking industry from Silicon Valley, shrinking the Fed balance sheet and the potential for agent-based modelling
Banks tend to game stress tests, Fed economists say
Models tend to be subject to “strategic adjustments”, paper finds
Book notes: Unfinished business, by Tamim Bayoumi
Anand Sinha praises Bayoumi’s analysis of how the euro crisis and US housing crash were, in fact, intertwined
Banks stumble in second round of Fed stress tests
Fed demands Deutsche Bank take remedial action; two others told not to increase dividends
Major banks pass Fed stress tests
All banks assessed reached minimum capital requirements in more adverse scenario
Is the US dismantling Dodd-Frank?
Richard Heckinger asks whether recent amendments to the Dodd-Frank Act amount to technical tweaks or full-scale rollback
US House passes deregulation bill with bipartisan support
Once President Trump signs it, measure will relieve some regional banks from stricter requirements
FCA prepares crackdown on inaccessible Mifid data
UK regulator says approved publication arrangements not observing spirit of the rules
Critic of regulation likely to become next head of FDIC
Jelena McWilliams to appear before senate prior to FDIC chair appointment
Deregulatory bill gathers bipartisan support in US Senate
The amendment lifts the asset threshold beyond which banks are submitted to stricter oversight
Revised Basel output floor could hit US banks after all
Fall in operational risk weights could push up capital requirements for market and credit risk
Minneapolis Fed launches too-big-to-fail plan
The four-step plan proposes stricter capitalisation rules for big banks and looser regulation for smaller institutions
Dudley: use ‘paring knife not meat cleaver’ on Dodd-Frank
New York Fed president accepts that some elements of Dodd-Frank could be improved, but also says vulnerabilities remain
Fed’s Fischer criticises efforts to unwind banking regulation in the US
The economist describes attempts to reduce capital standards as “extremely dangerous and extremely short-sighted”
Fed and FDIC extend resolution plan-filing deadline for banks
Nineteen foreign banks granted more time were already given one-year extensions in 2016