Federal appeals court rules CLOs exempt from risk retention

02/09/18

A three-judge panel for the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals has sided with the LSTA in its lawsuit seeking to reverse rules requiring CLO managers to hold "skin in the game" under Dodd-Frank.

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Fannie Mae testing mortgages refinanced using Airbnb income

02/09/18

Quicken Loans, Citizens Bank and Better Mortgage are refinancing loans using Airbnb income as part of a pilot project with Fannie Mae.

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B of A bumped Moynihan's pay 15% to $23M for last year

02/09/18

Bank of America boosted Chief Executive Officer Brian Moynihan's compensation to $23 million for 2017, a 15 percent increase from a year earlier.

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What’s SoftBank up to?; AIG’s bad earnings

02/09/18

Analysts are wondering what the big Japanese technology fund plans to do with its proposed stake in Swiss Re; the insurer takes a onetime $6.7 billion loss due to tax reform.

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'It's about time that there is sane leadership at the CFPB': Comments of the week

02/08/18

Readers react to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau pulling back from investigating the Equifax breach, opine on the Federal Reserve's tough enforcement against Wells Fargo, weigh in on gender pay issues and more.

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Walmart's quest to stabilize its workers' financial lives

02/08/18

It’s not just hourly workers who struggle to make ends meet — many managers also often find themselves short on cash each month. To help employees cope, the retail chain is using a tool developed by the fintech Even to give them access to their wages before the next pay period.

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Pink slips coming for big chunk of Dodd-Frank agency staff

02/08/18

More than one-third of the Office of Financial Research’s staff could soon be laid off, but the agency seems to lack the political clout needed to block the move.

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Senate panel approves Trump’s pick for FDIC chair, two other nominees

02/08/18

The full Senate will now consider the nomination of Jelena McWilliams to lead the FDIC, as well as nominees to sit on the Federal Reserve Board and the Financial Stability Oversight Council.

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Groans as Congress again uses Fed’s capital fund to plug holes

02/08/18

A provision in the Senate’s two-year budget deal would cut the Federal Reserve's operating surplus by $2.5 billion, the second time in recent years that Congress has diverted Fed funds.

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Mulvaney can’t just kill CFPB payday rule, but here’s what he can do

02/08/18

Delaying the rule's effective date or refocusing it on disclosure requirements are among the options for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's acting director to ease its impact on the industry.

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