Volcker Rule

The Agencies published a final rule in the Federal Register on July 22, 2019, that adopted final rules to amend regulations implementing Section 13 of ...

Earlier this month, five federal regulatory agencies, including the SEC and CFTC, issued a joint final rule excluding smaller banks from the Volcker rule and ...

The OCC, Board, FDIC, SEC, and CFTC are adopting final rules to amend the regulations implementing the Bank Holding Company Act’s prohibitions and restrictions on ...

It took awhile but the federal agencies united in the Volcker rule finally have published their proposed changes. The Feb. 8th Federal Register reveals the ...

The OCC, Board, FDIC, SEC, and CFTC (individually, an Agency, and collectively, the Agencies) are inviting comment on a proposal to amend the regulations implementing ...

In response to requests from commenters regarding issues addressed in the proposal, the public comment period has been extended for 30 days until October 17, ...

The SEC, along with four other federal financial regulatory agencies, has determined to extend by 30 days the comment period for a proposed rule to ...

This spring, CFTC Chairman J. Christopher Giancarlo told Congress he would prefer an unanimous vote to stop the threshold for swap dealer registration from falling ...

One view holds that the complex and costly Volcker rule must be changed to more easily permit hedging and market making. The second view fears ...

This is a proposed revision of the so-called Volcker rule.