The United States Senate voted Wednesday afternoon to advance S. 2155, the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act, after several weeks of debate, amendments, and negotiation. On Wednesday afternoon, the Senate finally voted 67-31 to end debate on the bill, capping ...
Read More »Senate Debates Dodd-Frank Modification Bill
On Wednesday, the Senate entered its second day of debate over the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act. The bill enacts modifications to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act signed into law in 2010 by ...
Read More »Senate Set to Review Dodd-Frank
The bipartisan Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act is now headed to the full Senate for debate, including provisions that would modify significant elements of the Dodd-Frank act.
Read More »Ratings Agency Questions Fed’s ‘Harsh’ Stress Test Verbiage
Kroll Bond Ratings Agency believes that investors should take note of the language the Fed used in the published results of its recent stress tests for the largest bank holding companies.
Read More »Fed Asks Morgan Stanley to Resubmit Capital Plan
The Fed did not object to Morgan Stanley’s capital plan, but the firm is required to submit a new plan by December 29, 2016, in order to address weaknesses found in its capital planning process.
Read More »Digging Deeper into Fed’s Stress Tests
The Federal Reserve is about to let the industry know just how well-capitalized the largest bank holding institutions are. What are this year's stress tests going to involve?
Read More »Fed Makes it Tougher for Banks to be ‘Big’
While the debate continues over whether or not “Too Big to Fail” still exists, the Federal Reserve is trying to give the “big” banks an incentive to get smaller.
Read More »Are Stress Tests Still Important? To the OCC, They Are
Stress tests have come under some scrutiny lately as to whether or not they are providing any new, relevant information seven years after the Federal Reserve disclosed the results of the first stress tests. To the OCC, however, stress tests are still relevant.
Read More »Stress Test? Not for JPMorgan Chase
Just how well-capitalized is JPMorgan Chase? The bank's CEO, Jamie Dimon, tells us exactly how much in his annual letter to shareholders.
Read More »Are Stress Tests Still Relevant After Seven Years?
The Federal Reserve has been disclosing results of “stress tests” each year since 2009 for the largest banks. Are they providing any new information? The New York Fed has the answer.
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