House Financial Services Committee
US regulatory reform legislation nears 2,000 pages as conference begins
Democrats and Republicans spar in the first meeting of the two-week process.
Financial reform to be decided in US
US financial reform edges closer as legislators prepare for the reconcilation of the House and Seante bills
Fed mulls MBS repo to reduce balance sheet
Appearing before the House Committee on Financial Services last month, Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke confirmed the regulator intends to eventually drain large quantities of cash in the banking...
Bank tax is ‘flawed’, says white paper on systemic risk
The idea of imposing a levy on large financial firms is a “flawed policy”, with economic costs outweighing any potential benefits, according to a recent white paper prepared by Washington, DC-based...
Fed may abandon funds rate – Bernanke
The federal funds rate could become useless as a policy tool thanks to plans to increase banks’ reserves, according to testimony from Federal Reserve Board chairman Ben Bernanke. Bernanke did not appear...
Bernanke testimony: Fed may abandon funds rate
The federal funds rate could become useless as a policy tool thanks to plans to increase banks' reserves, according to testimony from Federal Reserve Board chairman Ben Bernanke scheduled for today. ...
To be clear on OTC regulation
The US House of Representatives passed a bill on December 11 requiring all standardised derivatives contracts traded between dealers and major swap participants to clear through a registered clearing...
US Senator commends House clearing exemption for FX
The decision by the US House of Representatives in December to exempt foreign exchange swaps and forwards from mandatory clearing requirements seems sensible, says Judd Gregg, a member of the Senate Committee...
Chair of Senate Banking Committee to step down
Chris Dodd, chairman of the US Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs and a significant contributor to the incoming US over-the-counter derivatives legislation, will retire from the senate...
A year of reform
December was particularly busy for supervisors. Having already published proposals for an incremental risk charge, stressed value-at-risk and new resecuritisation risk weightings earlier last year, the...
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