SIFIs

Lowering the bar on financial regulation is fraught with risk

06/27/19

A recent proposal by the Financial Stability Oversight Council to focus less on certain nonbank firms and more on risk activities would create unintended economic harm.

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Lawmakers spar over whether Fannie, Freddie are SIFIs

06/25/19

There is bipartisan agreement in the Senate that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are "too big to fail" but some lawmakers are skeptical that a SIFI designation is appropriate.

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Fed announces dates for release of 2019 stress test results

05/31/19

This is the first year that only the largest and most complex banks will be included after the Federal Reserve decided to let smaller firms wait until next year to resume testing.

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Don’t hand Fannie, Freddie over to the Fed

05/31/19

There's been chatter about whether the government-sponsored enterprises should be considered systemically important. But supporters must consider that such a designation would put the Fed in charge of their supervision, a step that would do more harm than good.

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Should Fannie, Freddie be labeled ‘systemically important’?

05/23/19

The FHFA director’s recent comments about whether the government-sponsored enterprises should be designated as SIFIs tees up a potentially significant element of the mortgage finance debate.

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Dimon, other CEOs would testify each year under Democratic bill

05/15/19

Draft legislation to make annual testimony mandatory for the chiefs of the largest banks was added to the agenda of a House Financial Services Committee hearing set for Thursday.

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House Dems: Fed should 'enact protections' instead of deregulating

05/15/19

Over a dozen progressive lawmakers urged the central bank to reverse its course and protect bank regulations enacted after the financial crisis.

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Is Dodd-Frank council evolving, or throwing in the towel?

05/09/19

The Financial Stability Oversight Council is shifting away from designating specific nonbanks and moving toward identifying activities that threaten the whole system. But some say that approach just weakens the council.

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Big-bank CEOs head to the lion's den

04/08/19

The congressional hearing will be ripe with opportunities for lawmakers to raise flags on issues of diversity, deregulation and social policy.

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Senate bill would add another step to FSOC designation process

03/14/19

A bipartisan group of senators is proposing legislation to require the Financial Stability Oversight Council to weigh alternatives before putting a large, complex nonbank under Federal Reserve supervision.

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