by David Schwartz J.D. CPA | Mar 29, 2017 | All, Disclosure Regimes, Formal Regulatory Remedies
In a March 16, 2017 address before the Financial Data Summit in Washington, DC, Richard Berner, Director of the Office of Financial Research (OFR), announced an initiative to identify areas of “duplication, overlap, and inefficiency in regulatory reporting.” The...
by David Schwartz J.D. CPA | Mar 15, 2017 | All, Change Overview and Rationale, Formal Regulatory Remedies
Over the past few weeks, the U.S. Office of Financial Research (OFR) has published a trio of papers looking at various aspects of central counterparties (CCPs). These papers range from the best way to stress test CCPs, to the adequacy of CCP margin requirements and...
by David Schwartz J.D. CPA | Apr 27, 2016 | All, Change Overview and Rationale
On April 13, 2016, the Office of Financial Research (OFR) published its annual systemic importance data for the world’s larges banks. Based on data released in 2013 and 2014 by the Basel Committee, the OFR’s report examined data for the global 30 banks designated as...
by David Schwartz J.D. CPA | Apr 19, 2016 | All, Change Overview and Rationale
The Office of Financial Research released results of its survey of the bilateral repo markets. The report, “The U.S. Bilateral Repo Market: Lessons from a New Survey,” provides aggregate statistics on U.S. dealers’ bilateral repo agreements and...
by David Schwartz J.D. CPA | Mar 29, 2016 | All, Change Overview and Rationale, Formal Regulatory Remedies
In a report released March 28, 2016, the GAO concluded that fragmented and overlapping oversight has created inefficiency in the U.S. financial market regulatory structure. The GAO recommended that Congress should consider taking steps to reduce or better manage...
