SIFIs

FSOC to consider whether Zions is still systemically important

04/05/18

The Financial Stability Oversight Council will hold an executive session next week to consider whether Zions Bancorp. should still be considered a systemically important financial institution.

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Will regionals boost dividend payouts if SIFI level is raised?

04/02/18

On quarterly earnings calls set to begin next week, investors will be listening closely to CEO comments for any hints of how banks might deploy excess capital if they are no longer deemed systemically important.

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Is Dodd-Frank’s <em>other</em> asset threshold destined for the scrap heap?

03/26/18

The biggest legacy of the current regulatory relief effort may be the increasing focus on whether organizing banks in supervisory buckets by asset size makes sense. Yet the bill deals with just one of the two big asset thresholds in the law.

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Regionals may lose ‘systemic’ label, but they’re not out of the woods

03/23/18

The regulatory relief bill frees some regional banks from the tough supervision reserved for larger companies, but regulators still can subject them to onerous requirements.

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Fed ‘fully prepared’ to regulate banks under $250B: Powell

03/21/18

While regulatory relief legislation would raise the asset threshold for “systemically important” banks, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said the central bank could still apply prudential scrutiny to banks below that new cutoff.

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Think reg relief was hard to pass in Senate? Wait for House

03/15/18

A day after the Senate passed regulatory relief, top House Republicans vowed to have a big say in the final version before the bill heads to the White House. That raised fresh questions about how quickly the Dodd-Frank reforms will become law.

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5 questions as reg relief moves closer to becoming law

03/14/18

With the Senate finishing its work on a regulatory relief package, a showdown in the House still looms while critics of Dodd-Frank weigh whether this is their last shot at unwinding it.

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9 controversial provisions in Dodd-Frank reform bill

03/14/18

Though the Senate regulatory relief bill falls well short of a far-reaching House bill, critics argue it could still increase the chance of another bank bailout by the government and weaken consumer protections. Here are the measures causing the most debate.

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FSOC will grant banks hearing process for shedding 'systemic' label

03/13/18

The interagency will establish a venue for bank holding companies that restructure to argue in favor of their being de-designated as "systemically important," similar to the process afforded for other firms.

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Don’t count Barney Frank among critics of reg relief bill

03/13/18

Former Rep. Barney Frank rejected concerns voiced by other Democrats that a Senate bill rolling back some provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act will fuel another financial crisis.

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