by David Schwartz J.D. CPA | Mar 18, 2017 | All, Change Overview and Rationale, Formal Regulatory Remedies
On March 15, 2017 the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision published a second consultation paper on guidelines for the identification and management of step-in risk. The first consultation on the topic in December of 2015 set out a framework for identifying and...
by David Schwartz J.D. CPA | Dec 19, 2016 | All, Change Overview and Rationale, Formal Regulatory Remedies
In a July 12, 2016 address at the Center for American Progress and Americans for Financial Reform Conference, Washington, DC, Federal Reserve Board Governor Daniel K. Tarullo provided some insights in to the Fed and FSOC’s current thinking on regulation of shadow...
by David Schwartz J.D. CPA | Jun 25, 2016 | All, Change Overview and Rationale, Formal Regulatory Remedies
On June 22, 2016, the Financial Stability Board (FSB) published a consultation paper proposing a framework to address four areas it sees as structural vulnerabilities from asset management activities that could potentially present financial stability risks. The...
by David Schwartz J.D. CPA | Mar 13, 2016 | All, Change Overview and Rationale, Formal Regulatory Remedies
Among the priorities in the European Commission’s (EC) list of its planned initiatives for 2016 is a new push to refine a package of reforms under its Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II). After announcing just last month that MiFID II implementation...
by David Schwartz J.D. CPA | Feb 14, 2016 | All, Change Overview and Rationale, Formal Regulatory Remedies
On January 29, 2016, the Bank of England (B of E) issued a consultation paper laying out its proposed framework for the systemic risk buffer (SRB) to be applied to ring-fenced banks and large building societies holding more than £25 billion of retail and small and...