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Banks fear time-limit on Fed leverage ratio reprieve
Capital constraints not covered by relief also weigh on balance sheet strategy
Clearing experts fear tough EC stance on Emir 2.2
Industry disappointed final Esma advice did little to dial back on burdensome equivalence rules
Searching for the end of Giancarlo’s white-paper trail
CFTC chairman faces key test to turn thought leadership into real reform
To be resolved: the FDIC and the future of bank failure
Will Jelena McWilliams finally nail down the FDIC’s role as a resolution authority?
Banks still face risk of Fed disapproval on exposure limits
Rules loosened on affiliated counterparties, but supervisor can reject banks’ findings
Quarles: Fed would recalibrate eSLR if Crapo bill passes
Senate or House changes to CCAR could also affect Fed’s new stress capital buffer
Crapo: US Treasury reforms will be ‘complicated’
Democrats unlikely to back changes that benefit big banks, Senate banking committee chair says
Clashing bank resolution plans threaten to stall US reforms
Supporters of bankruptcy act want it separated from repeal of Dodd-Frank Title II
Volcker fights back as prop-trading ban comes under attack
Former Fed chair tells Risk.net that calls for total overhaul of eponymous rule are misplaced
Scrap FSOC’s non-bank Sifi regime, Congress told
Designation process criticised at House hearing; senators call for review
Republican senator slams bank capital rules
US president Donald Trump is no fan of Basel III, Perdue claims
Deal or no deal? US divided on EU insurance agreement
Benefits of mutual recognition may encourage Trump administration to keep Obama’s last act
Treasury: SLR 'reducing stability' in US repo markets
Treasury study found leverage ratio is making bank repo funding “fragile”
Executive disorder: little threat to Dodd-Frank from Trump memos
Order to scrap two rules for each new one cannot capture bank regulators or repeal legislation
Massad: cost-benefit bill makes CFTC rulemaking 'very difficult'
Departing chairman says the CFTC already does “a good job” of analysing costs
Dodd-Frank reforms tipped to survive Trump presidency
Risk USA: speakers split on whether new administration will ease regulations
US wrestles with bankruptcy-based resolution regime
Political divides undermine efforts to bolster insolvency process
Republicans in Congress set to push Dodd-Frank fixes
End-user relief has good shot at surviving Obama veto, observers say
SEC 'broken windows' policy draws new critics
Is the regulator's goal of trying to be everywhere feasible or even desirable?
US congressional committee blasts Sifi designation process
Financial Stability Board labelled an 'old boys' club' by US lawmakers
OpRisk North America: Executive order on cyber security insufficient
Congress must act to improve co-operation
OECD agreement promises Fatca for all
But details of data sharing rules have still to be determined
Looking back: Regulators try to slow down OTC juggernaut
Today, regulation is a fact of life for OTC commodity derivatives traders. But in April 1994, it was somewhat novel, as Energy Risk reported at the time
Congress could make Dodd-Frank changes in 2014, says Crapo
Democrats and Republicans finding common ground on issues including swaps push-out, says senator