Systemic Risk Council Letter on Regulatory Capital Rules
Systemic Risk Council October 4, 2012 Dear Chairman Bernanke, Comptroller Curry, and Acting Chairman Gruenberg: The Systemic Risk Council, an independent and non-partisan council formed by the CFA...
View ArticleUS regulators urged to outdo Basel III rules
Publication: Financial Times Author: Shahien Nasiripour and Tom Braithwaite 11/13/2012– A group of former senior US financial regulators has urged authorities to drastically cap big banks’ borrowings,...
View ArticleStatement by the Systemic Risk Council on Bank Capital Requirements
Contact: Jeremy Ratner, jratner@pewtrusts.org, (202)540-6507 Washington , D.C. – 12/07/2012 - Sheila Bair, former chair of the FDIC and current chair of the Systemic Risk Council (SRC) issued the...
View ArticleSystemic Risk Council Letter to Bank Regulators About Delayed and Weakened...
Systemic Risk Council January 23, 2013 Dear Chairman Bernanke, Chairman Gruenberg and Comptroller Curry: The Systemic Risk Council (SRC) is concerned by the recent decisions to weaken and delay global...
View ArticleSystemic Risk Council Letter to SEC About Internal Risk Models
Dear Commission: While we commend the Securities and Exchange Commission for raising the minimum capital required for the very largest broker-dealers that use the alternative net capital requirements,...
View ArticleRegulators Let Big Banks Look Safer Than They Are
Publication: Wall Street Journal Author: Sheila Bair 4/01/2013 —The recent Senate report on the J.P. Morgan Chase “London Whale” trading debacle revealed emails, telephone conversations and other...
View ArticleSystemic Risk Council Letter to Federal Reserve About Supervision of Foreign...
Systemic Risk Council April 5, 2013 Dear Chairman Bernanke: The Systemic Risk Council is writing in support of the Federal Reserve’s proposed rule regarding the supervision of foreign banking and...
View ArticleSenators call for higher bank capital in letter to regulators
Publication: Reuters Author: Emily Stephenson 4/09/2013 —A bipartisan group of senators on Tuesday urged bank regulators to finish new capital rules, forcing banks to meet higher capital ratios and...
View ArticleSystemic Risk Council Letter to Federal Reserve About Long-Term Debt
Systemic Risk Council June 7, 2013 Dear Chairman Bernanke: The Systemic Risk Council has consistently supported stronger and higher quality capital requirements for our largest banking organizations....
View ArticleSystemic Risk Council Comments to Discussion Paper Issued by Basel Committee...
On October 15, the Systemic Risk Council wrote to the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision to strongly support the Committee’s efforts to simplify the Basel capital standards. You can read the full...
View ArticleSystemic Risk Council Comment Letter to Bank Regulators on Proposed Enhanced...
On October 15, the Systemic Risk Council filed a comment letter to bank regulators on the proposed enhanced supplementary leverage ratio for large bank holding companies and their insured depository...
View ArticleA Safer Financial System is Now Within our Grasp
Publication: Financial Times Author: Paul Volcker and John Reed 12/11/2013 —Much has been written about the degree of progress in continuing financial reform. Too little credit, however, has been given...
View ArticleA Roadblock to Brawny Bank Reform
Publication: New York Times Author: Gretchen Morgenson 1/5/2014 - Regulators made some real progress last year attacking the risks of too-big-to-fail banks. The Volcker Rule and other Dodd-Frank...
View ArticleSystemic Risk Council Letter to GHOS Regarding International Leverage
On January 9, the Systemic Risk Council sent a letter to the Group of Governors and Heads of Supervision (GHOS) Chairman Mario Draghi encouraging global financial regulators to strengthen and implement...
View ArticleSystemic Risk Council Letter Calls On Banking Regulators To Simplify Too Big...
On February 18, the Systemic Risk Council (SRC) called on federal regulators to simplify complex financial institutions and mandate greater public disclosure of progress in reducing their systemic...
View ArticleStatement by Sheila Bair on Supplemental Leverage Ratio
Statement by Sheila C. Bair, Former Chair of the FDIC and Chair of the Systemic Risk Council “I applaud the federal banking agencies for finalizing a strong simple leverage ratio to work in tandem with...
View ArticleSystemic Risk Council Letter Supports Vitter Amendment to Increase Capital...
On May 20, the Systemic Risk Council sent a letter to Senator David Vitter (R-LA), offering strong support for his amendment to the “Financial Regulatory Improvement Act of 2015″, which would...
View ArticleSystemic Risk Council Letter to Federal Reserve About Long-Term Debt
Systemic Risk Council June 7, 2013 Dear Chairman Bernanke: The Systemic Risk Council has consistently supported stronger and higher quality capital requirements for our largest banking organizations....
View ArticleSystemic Risk Council Comments to Discussion Paper Issued by Basel Committee...
On October 15, the Systemic Risk Council wrote to the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision to strongly support the Committee’s efforts to simplify the Basel capital standards. You can read the full...
View ArticleSystemic Risk Council Comment Letter to Bank Regulators on Proposed Enhanced...
On October 15, the Systemic Risk Council filed a comment letter to bank regulators on the proposed enhanced supplementary leverage ratio for large bank holding companies and their insured depository...
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