All posts tagged "Volcker Rule"
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997Capital RegulationCovid-19 Puts Financial Regulation Under Stress
Business continuity plans, social distancing measures, economic stimulus and liquidity constraints are hindering banks’ abilities to stay consistent with regulators' expectations, says Peter Guy.
March 30, 2020 -
1.0KCapital Regulation25 Years Since Barings Collapse: What Has Changed?
Peter Guy explores whether regulation, compliance and financial technology have improved risk management in the 25 years since Barings Bank's spectacular crash.
March 10, 2020 -
408Capital RegulationFurther Volcker Rule Easing Proposed, Despite Dissenting Voices
The proposed revisions seek to relax the Volcker Rule's general prohibition on banks investing in hedge funds, private equity funds and credit funds.
February 1, 2020 -
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Volcker Rule Rewrite Gets Final Approval After Fed Sign-off
The revisions continue to prohibit proprietary trading, while providing greater clarity and certainty for activities allowed under the law.
October 10, 2019 -
555Capital RegulationUS Regulators Approve Easing of Volcker Rule
Two of five US agencies have approved the Volcker Rule revamp, which aims to simplify its requirements and give banks more flexibility to trade.
August 21, 2019 -
473Capital RegulationDeutsche Bank Pressures Tied to Regulatory Woes
It’s impossible to separate Deutsche Bank’s ongoing regulatory compliance shortcomings from its business exigencies. The recent and unusual censure from the Federal Reserve highlights the bank’s inexorable pressures.
June 28, 2018 -
515Capital RegulationVolcker Rule – Road to Reform or Ruin?
Proposed changes by the Trump Administration to the Volcker Rule are already controversial. Linking cause and effect to risk management have only resulted in an excessively complex regulation that is proving difficult to reform in a “too big to fail”...
June 11, 2018 -
715Capital RegulationWhen FRTB Meets the Real World
The Fundamental Review of the Trading Book was supposed to redefine how banks collectively manage risks. Yet, risk can still be a ‘ghost in the machine’.
May 14, 2018 -
382Asia-Pacific
US Fed Eyes Eased Regulation for Foreign Banks
Vice chairman says to allow more foreign banks to set up more than one holding company, which each regulated separately according to different risk profiles.
March 9, 2018 -
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Banks Will Struggle if Prop Trading is Reintroduced
US banks lobbied hard for a rollback of the Volcker Rule and a return to proprietary trading to bolster profits. They will soon find that it’s now a different world.
January 22, 2018
