Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
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
Finding Volcker rule metrics will be tough, dealers warn
Crop of the props
Dealers struggle to develop metrics to spot prop trading
Banks considering a variety of measures to identify proprietary trading and so meet the requirements of the Volcker rule, but none is foolproof, say dealers
Bair bids bye-bye to FDIC
Bair bids bye-bye
Europe lax on RWA calculations, says Bair
FDIC chairman warns of international divergences on risk-weighted assets
Largest Sifis should hold capital surcharge of at least 3%, says FDIC’s Bair
FDIC chairman Sheila Bair rejects argument by some bankers that a Sifi surcharge is not necessary