Regulatory Roundup

June 2010

• Banking Agencies Propose Expansion Of CRA Coverage
• Grant Thornton Survey Says Capital Raises are Likely
• EU Leaders Agree to Publish Stress Test Results, Among Other Initiatives
• House-Senate Conference Committee Continues Negotiations on Financial Regulatory Reform Legislation
• FDIC Extends Transaction Account Guarantee (TAG) Program
• Business Executives and Academics Share Insights on Securities Lending and Short Selling
• OCC and OTS Issue Mortgage Metrics Report for First Quarter of 2010
• Banking Agencies Issue Final Guidance on Incentive Compensation

May 2010

• Senate Passes Financial Reform Bill
• U.K. Government Publishes Report Detailing New Policy Actions
• FDIC Issues Proposed Rule Requiring Resolution Plans
• EU Task Force Holds First Meeting On Joint Economic Goverance
• FDIC Advances Initiatives Regarding Bank "Funeral Plans" and Securitization Risk Retention
• Senator Dodd's Proposed Legislation Would Impact Private Fund Advisers
• Treasury Issues New FBAR Guidance
• European Commission Proposes Reinforcing European Union Economic Policy Coordination
• Dodd Bill Could Change RESPA
• RMA Regulatory Relations Forum: Agenda Announced
• Senate Finance Committee Holds Second Hearing on Proposed Financial Crisis Responsibility Fee
• Regulators Issue Correspondent Concentration Risk Guidance
• FED Chairman Bernanke Discusses Impact of SCAP Program One Year Later
• Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission Continues Hearings on Shadow Banking System

April 2010

• Number of Public Banking Institutions with a Chief Risk Officer Nearly Doubles
• Senate Agriculture Committee Unveils Bill to Regulate Derivatives Markets
• European Central Bank Publishes "Lessons Learned" Report
• Comptroller Dugan Discusses 2009 Stress Tests
• RMA Capital Working Group Says A Higher Leverage Ratio Will Increase Risk
• The FCPA and Why it Matters
• FDIC Extends Transaction Account Guarantee Program
• House Financial Services Committee Holds Hearing on Second Liens and Other Barriers to Principal Reduction as as Effective Foreclosure Mitigation Program
• Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations Launches Series of Hearings on Wall Street and the Financial Crisis
• Enforceability of Subordination Provisions in Synthetic CDOS - A Lehman Perspective
• Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission Continues Hearing on Subprime Lending and Securitization and Government-Sponsored Enterprises
• A Separate Regulator for Community Banks?
• EURO Area Members Commit Up to €30 Billion in Loans to Greece
• RMA Announces Regulatory Relations Forum
• Treasury Secretary Geithner Publishes Op-Ed in Support of Senate Bill

March 2010

• Dodd Financial Reform Proposal
• Agencies Issue Final Policy Statement on Funding and Liquidity Risk Management
• Special Master for TARP Executive Compensation Rules on 2010 Executive Compensation at Institutions Receiving TARP Exceptional Assisstance
• House Panel Hears Testimony on GSE Options
• CGFS Releases Report on the Impact of Margining Practice and Haircut-Setting on Procyclicality

February 2010

• Leadership and Learning are the Universal Standard for Risk Managers
• Survey Results on State of Enterprise Data to Support Credit Risk Management
• Agencies Issue Statement on Small Business Lending
• Senate Reaches Roadblock in Establishing Financial Regulatory Reform
• Don't Blame Risk Models For the Financial Crisis

January 2010

• Federal Housing Administration Commissioner David Stevens Announces Policy Changes to Strengthen Capital Reserves
• Basel Committee Issues New Proposals for Comment
• Heightened Concern over Interest Rate Risk
• FDIC Issues ANPR Regarding Compensation and the Risk Assessment System
• Congressional Oversight Panel Releases January Oversight Report
• FDIC Asset Sale Safe Harbor Proposal and Regulatory Capital Rule

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