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Important Gaps Remain in Too Big to Fail Bank Reforms

By Mayra Rodriguez Valladares, MRV Associates
Originally published in Forbes

Eleven years since numerous bank reforms were approved in key banking centers globally, gaps remain in completing reform measures to …

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Fed missed chance to curb dividends, say ex-supervisors

By Sharon Thiruchelvam
April 14, 2020, Risk

Former supervisors say U.S. prudential regulators have missed an opportunity to follow their European counterparts and ensure banks have more capital to deploy …

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Fed tweaks TLAC rules to help banks make distributions

By Tyler Davies
March 24, 2020, GlobalCapital

The U.S. Federal Reserve has made it easier for the country’s banks to eat into their total loss-absorbing capacity (TLAC) buffers without facing …

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Fed Considers New Tool for a Downturn

By Lalita Clozel
August 12, 2019, The Wall Street Journal

Federal Reserve officials are weighing whether to use a tool that could reduce the risk of a credit crunch in …

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FSB’s Domanski cool on bail-in debt for clearing houses

By Luke Clancy
July 26, 2019, Risk

Having pushed central clearing as a way to tackle systemic risk, regulators are now grappling with how to maintain the safety of the …

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Regulators Float Measure to Penalize Certain Debt Purchases by Large Banks

By Andrew Ackerman
April 2, 2019, The Wall Street Journal

U.S. bank regulators on Tuesday proposed steps to toughen a bailout-prevention rule that will penalize big banks for purchases of …

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Banks Come Up Against Tough Market for Bail-In Debt

By David Crow
March 25, 2019, Financial Times

“Never again will the American taxpayer be held hostage by a bank that is too big to fail,” said Barack Obama in …

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Banks Presence Shrinks in the U.S. Corporate Bond Market

By Claire Boston
January 25, 2019, Bloomberg

The biggest issuers of U.S. corporate bonds are easing up on selling new securities, which could translate to gains for investors holding the …

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For U.S. Banks, Billions in Regulatory Manna

By Joanna Wright
January 9, 2019, Risk

2018 was a heady year for regulatory change in the U.S. Proposals came thick and fast, with some hawked as a helping hand …

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ECB Says Euro-Area Financial System Can Withstand No-Deal Brexit

By Alessandro Speciale
November 29, 2018, Bloomberg

A chaotic U.K. exit from the European Union would have a manageable impact on continent’s financial system if banks and other financial institutions …