Dodd-Frank Act
WHAT IS THIS? Properly known as the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, this controversial US legislative package enacted a host of reforms agreed by the G20 nations in the aftermath of the financial crisis, including rules on the clearing, execution and reporting of standardised swaps. It also introduced the Volcker rule ban on proprietary trading by banks, and a new way of liquidating big institutions.
BNY Mellon, Goldman join Citi in escaping Collins floor
Outpaced drop in standardised RWAs pushes banks above threshold – but custodian only bank to reap benefits
CFTC’s re-jigged swap reporting rules go into effect smoothly
No problems yet, but some warn of potential pitfalls ahead with package trades and margin reporting
Modelled RWAs diverge from standardised at Wells Fargo
Gap between the two methodologies hits $152bn – its widest ever
Chill winds blow for Capitolis’s equity swap platform
Fintech’s effort to revive off-balance-sheet funding runs into market and regulatory turbulence
US regulators step up enforcement of Dodd-Frank swap rules
Recent words and actions indicate stricter line on registration and reporting failures
CFTC backs banks in tussle over clearing house governance
CME and Ice will need to pay more attention to clearing members on risk committees
Pick a lane: Anna DSB to rival CDM coded swaps reporting?
Dual machine-executable rules are set to create choice – and maybe bifurcation – for swaps reporting
Citi, BNY Mellon escape Collins floor
Both banks return above the threshold after just two quarters
Fed ‘tailoring’ led to larger, less capitalised regional US banks
Lenders freed from toughest requirements in 2018 grew balance sheets but saw capital ratios slip
DFAST 2022 leverage results widest in four years
Distribution of post-stress leverage ratios sees expanding gap between top and bottom performers
Credit Suisse goes off piste in latest DFAST
US unit of Swiss bank underestimated leverage hit in Fed stress test
JP Morgan fined for not reporting half of FX swap trades
US bank incorrectly believed one-day swaps did not have to be reported
Foreign banks outperform US peers on DFAST
Intermediate holding companies reported higher post-stress capital and leverage ratios under the Fed’s severely adverse scenario
Fair value gains give JP Morgan DFAST edge
Bank was only one to record bigger capital lift from AOCI by end of test’s horizon
BofA, Citi among hardest hit in latest Fed buffer review
Five out of eight US systemic banks face higher stress capital buffer add-ons
US banks underestimate loan losses in Fed stress test
Systemic lenders predict 34% lower hit to their loan books in latest DFAST exercise
HSBC exhausts leverage headroom in Fed stress tests
Goldman Sachs worst performer among US banks
Coded swaps reporting plan delights some, but not all
Cost-busting code for swaps reporting could be tricky if banks lack internal standardisation
Banks eye ‘nirvana’ in machine-executable swaps reporting
Coded reporting requirements to save banks “millions” in compliance costs
Standardised approach extends reach over US banks’ RWAs
Gap between standardised and advanced RWAs at its widest ever for BofA, BNY Mellon, Morgan Stanley and Wells Fargo
CFTC approves start-up SDR ahead of US reporting overhaul
KOR Financial expects 30–50% cost savings as participants prepare to adopt US rule rehash
The Collins flaw: backstop turned binding constraint
US legislative tweak was meant to prevent banks from using their own capital models too liberally. It’s now something different
Banks balk at SEC backloading rule
Reporting requirements for expired security-based swaps “not justified”, dealers say
CFTC delays rewritten swaps reporting rules after industry plea
Firms still face multiple rounds of compliance to implement UPI and ISO standards