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Analysis: US Money Market Funds, Advocates, Stake Out Positions as Crackdown Looms
By Pete Schroeder and Michelle Price
April 13, 2021, Reuters
Market participants this week staked out their positions on how to fix systemic risks in the $4.9 trillion US money …

US Money Markets Brace for Headaches as Debt Limit Draws Near
By Alex Harris
April 13, 2021, Bloomberg
Dollar-denominated funding markets are already facing myriad challenges that are distorting supply and demand, and these effects are only going to intensify as …

Bill Dudley: Exclude Reserves, Not Treasuries, From SLR
By Sharon Thiruchelvam
April 1, 2021, Risk
Exempting US Treasuries from the leverage ratio is not necessary to ensure the smooth functioning of the Treasury market, according to William Dudley, …

Wall Street Faces Yellen’s Scrutiny After Fed Debt-Market Rescue
By Paula Seligson and Craig Torres
March 31, 2021, Bloomberg
The Federal Reserve saved the corporate bond market after it froze last year. Now regulators want Wall Street to pay …

Yellen Signals Scrutinizing Hedge Funds a Renewed FSOC Focus
By Daniel Avis and Robert Schmidt
March 31, 2021, Bloomberg
President Joe Biden’s council of financial regulators signaled a sharpened focus on hedge funds and whether their trading poses dangers …

Analysis: Archegos Meltdown Set to Intensify Shadow Banking Regulatory Scrutiny
By Michelle Price and Katanga Johnson
March 30, 2021, Reuters
The implosion of New York-based Archegos Capital Management and the resulting losses for global banks is likely to intensify regulatory …

Federal Reserve’s Digital Dollar Push Worries Wall Street
By Joe Light
March 22, 2021, Bloomberg
The financial services industry, braced for what could be its biggest disruption in decades, is about to get an early glimpse at the …

Yellen: Treasury Guidance on Relief Funds Is Coming
By Sarah Wynn
March 23, 2021, The Bond Buyer
US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said more guidance on how state and local governments can spend $350 billion from the last …

How Trump’s Team Amassed a $1 Trillion War Chest for Biden to Deploy
By Victoria Guida
March 14, 2021, Politico
Republicans are bashing the new $1.9 trillion pandemic relief package for further ballooning the federal debt, but it’s the Trump administration that greased …

Democratic Senators Call for Tougher Capital Requirements for US banks
By Colby Smith and James Politi
March 2, 2021, Financial Times
Two senior Democratic lawmakers have warned the Federal Reserve and other US regulators that it would be a “grave …
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