Topic
Systemic Risk
220 published works
Banking, Finance and Securities
US and UK officials meet to discuss key components for the resolution of a global systemically important bank
The PRA has issued a press release stating that there has been a high level discussion between the heads of the Treasuries and leading financial regulatory bodies in the UK…
Corporate and Securities Law
Major Banks Agree to Temporarily Stay Swap Termination Under ISDA Protocol
Banking, Finance and Securities
Potential SIFI fights back
Metlife is contesting a preliminary designation as a nonbank financial company posing a risk to the financial stability of the United States. Such a designation would subject it to supervision…
Banking, Finance and Securities
IOSCO Securities Markets Risk Outlook 2014-2015
The International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) has published its Securities Market Risk Outlook 2014-15 (Risk Outlook). The Risk Outlook seeks to identify and assess potential systemic risks in or…
International Financial Law Prof Blog
Should Life Insurers Be Regulated “Systemically Important Financial Institutions”?
Designating life insurers as SIFIs creates uneven playing field (The Hill reporting) - ... Critically, Dodd-Frank gave FSOC another tool as well: the ability to regulate activities. Rather than single out…
Capital Thinking
House Focuses on Systemic Risk Designations; Regulators Move on Dodd-Frank Implementation
Legislative Activity House Financial Services Committee to Discuss Oversight of FSOC Following the Financial Stability Oversight Council’s (FSOC) unanimous decision on September 4 to preliminarily designate MetLife as a “systemically…
Banking, Finance and Securities
Federal Reserve Board issues new data tool to gauge systemic risk
On June 26, 2014, the Federal Reserve Board issued a press release announcing the public availability of the information contained in its Form FR Y-15, the Banking Organization Systemic Risk…
Banking, Finance and Securities
GAO study still finds some belief in “Too Big to Fail”
A major focus of the 2010 Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank) was to end the belief by the public that there were some banks considered “too…
Securities Law Prof Blog
Kaal on Private Funds and Dodd Frank
Wulf A. Kaal has posted The Systemic Risk of Private Funds after the Dodd-Frank Act on SSRN with the following abstract:The Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) was created under the Dodd-Frank…
The D&O Diary
Should Bank Directors’ Fiduciary Duties Be Expanded?
A recurring question is whether bank directors should be held to a more stringent fiduciary duty than are the directors of other kinds of companies. The question has been raised…