Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
Isda chairman: US banks could be hamstrung by Dodd-Frank
Isda chairman warns House Committee on Agriculture that extraterritorial application of swaps proposals could make US banks less competitive
Sentences handed down in Omni fraud case
Delroy Davy convicted of bank fraud, sentenced to 14 years in prison
Resolution regimes could cause bank CDS spreads to tighten
Credit analysts predict drop in credit default swap spreads under new bank resolution regimes
US distributor of the year
US distributor of the year
US regulators propose standards to give securitisers skin in the game
Regulators release risk retention rule; publish a specific loan-to-value ratio for those mortgages that will be exempted
Bankruptcy: flaw in the law? Joseph Mason column
Bankruptcy: flaw in the law?
FDIC names more new senior regulators
Cave named as institutional monitoring chief
FDIC shows hand on remuneration rules
FDIC shows hand on remuneration rules
US securitisation of the year – FDIC
US securitisation of the year – FDIC
Bailout funds miss the point: Joseph Mason column
Bailout funds miss the point
US federal regulators endorse "appropriate" Basel III
Bair says evidence supported even higher capital requirements under revised Accord
Increasing FDIC’s powers could penalise senior debt holders
David Knutson, senior research analyst at LGIMA, says granting the FDIC powers to determine the priority of creditors’ claims in failing financial institutions would be a costly mistake.
IIF: banks must do better on disclosing pay practices
Regulatory requirements in the US and Europe mean banks now have tougher pay standards to comply with
Regulators to finalise living will proposals
Live and let die
Dodd-Frank sends banks on journey into the great unknown
The passing of the Dodd-Frank Act into US law signifies profound changes for banks and regulators. But how they should prepare now for the new legislation is still far from certain
US regulators assess rating agency alternatives
FDIC's Bair says agency ratings being inappropriately used as substitute for due diligence
Basel Committee defends adjustments to Basel III as calibration decisions loom
Regulators describe difficulties ahead as they prepare for Basel III calibration and transition decisions in September
BNP Paribas enters US retail space via Bank of the West
BNP Paribas is offering market-linked certificates of deposit to US retail investors for the first time through subsidiary Bank of the West
FDIC creates new units as US regulators expand for Dodd-Frank systemic oversight
US regulators are hiring more staff in preparation for Dodd-Frank changes
First FSAP for US flags commercial real estate woes
The US banking system at risk from commercial real estate woes, the IMF’s first Financial Sector Assessment Programme says
Banker bonuses cut by EU amendments to CRD...
...and US issues supervisory guidance
The FDIC’s only safe harbour is from itself: Joseph Mason column
The US Court of Appeals has ruled against the FDIC in a case that gave rise to the regulator’s original safe harbour provisions for securitisation deals.
Robert W Baird: succeeding through caution
Setting up a business just before a global financial crisis hits is not ideal, but Robert W Baird’s structured products business, set up in 2007, has survived the turmoil by sticking to conservative products and avoiding the more complex deals offered by…