Feb 10, 2016 | Banking, Financial Stability, Statement
The Lender of Last Resort: An International Perspective Featuring keynote remarks by Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Stanley Fischer February 10, 2016, 9:00am-12:00pm The Committee on Capital Markets Regulation will host a conference on the role of the lender of last...
Feb 3, 2016 | Banking, Financial Stability, Letter
The Committee on Capital Markets Regulation submitted a comment letter on the Proposed Rule released by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the “Fed”) regarding total loss-absorbing capacity (“TLAC”) and related requirements for global systematically...
Jan 26, 2016 | Uncategorized
U.S. capital market competitiveness remained weak through the fourth quarter of 2015, as certain measures of aversion to U.S. public equity markets reached levels not seen since the 2007-08 financial crisis. “2015 was another disappointing year for the global...
Jan 26, 2016 | Uncategorized
The Committee on Capital Markets Regulation today released data on the total public financial penalties imposed on financial institutions in the United States for Q4 2015. Public financial penalties include public class action settlements that arise from class action...
Jan 21, 2016 | Capital Markets, Financial Stability, Op-Ed
By HAL S. SCOTT and JOHN GULLIVER Originally published by CNBC on January 21, 2016 A few clearinghouses in the United States and Europe now manage most of the risk of the $550 trillion global swaps market. However, European Union law is set to prohibit U.S....
