Government Regulation of Financial Institutions

August 2017

• Dodd-Frank Reform and Trump Deregulation:
  • [TOP TEN]“Yellen warns against erasing regulations made after financial crisis” (NYT, 8/25/17)
  • [TOP TEN]“With alumni in the White House, Goldman sees an opening” (FT, 8/22/17)
  • [TOP TEN]“Trump chips away at postcrisis Wall Street rules” (WSJ, 8/13/17)
  • “CFTC Chairman readies swaps rules revamp” (WSJ, 8/11/17)
  • “Labor Dept. seeks delay of consumer protection rule for financial advisers” (NYT, 8/9/17)
  • [TOP TEN]“Regulators’ penalties against wall street are down sharply in 2017” (WSJ, 8/6/17)
• Fiduciary Rule and Trump Deregulation: “Mr. Trump sides with Wall Street; you lose” (NYT, 8/23/17)
• New Federal Chairman (Cohn): “What would a Gary Cohn-led Federal Reserve look like?” (FT, 8/27/17)
• “Volcker Rule”:
  • [TOP TEN]“US regulator moves to loosen Volcker rule” (FT, 8/3/17)
  • “Banking regulator to take first step toward changing Volcker” (WSJ, 8/1/17)

July 2017

• Big Bank Stress Tests:
  • “Fed nominee backs bank call for changes to stress tests” (FT, 7/27/17)
• Dodd-Frank Reform and Trump Deregulation:
  • “Steven Mnuchin’s bank reforms carry a warning for Europe” (FT, 7/24/17)
  • [TOP TEN]“Regulators say they won’t enforce ‘Volcker Rule’ for foreign banks” (WSJ, 7/21/17)
  • [TOP TEN]“Regulators drop pursuit of banker, CEO pay restrictions” (WSJ, 7/20/17)
  • “Bank CEOs expect a pro-growth shift in regulation” (WSJ, 7/19/17)
  • “The deep industry ties of Trump’s deregulation teams” (NYT, 7/11/17)
  • [TOP TEN]“Neomi Rao, the scholar who will help lead Trump’s regulatory overhaul” (NYT, 7/9/17)
  • “The Trump era of light-touch regulation dawns” (FT, 7/2/17)
• Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac: “Freddie Mac follows Fannie Mae to rental market, with affordability as goal” (NYT, 7/19/17)

• New Federal Nominees: “Banking regulatory nominees back fewer financial restrictions” (NYT, 7/27/17)
• New Federal Reserve Chair: 
  • [TOP TEN] “Meet Randal Quarrels, Trump’s pick to shake up the Fed” (WSJ, 7/28/17)
• “Too Big to Fail” Banks:
  • “New bailouts prove ‘too big to fail’ is alive and well” (WSJ, 7/9/17)
• Trump New Fed Bank Regulator Appointment: “Trump to nominate Randal Quarles as fed bank regulator” (WSJ, 7/10/17)
• Whistleblowers:
  • [TOP TEN]“Will whistleblowers pay the price of Barclays case?” (FT, 7/27/17)

June 2017

• Big Bank Stress Tests:
  •  “Fed ‘stress tests’ clear all banks to issue payouts to shareholders” (WSJ, 6/28/17)
  • “Fed’s stress tests raise concern over financial safety standard” (FT, 6/25/17)
  • “Bankers have less to fear from ‘stress tests’” (WSJ, 6/25/17)
  • “Big banks clear first phase of federal reserve stress tests” (NYT, 6/22/17)
  • “Big banks poised to step up payouts to shareholders” (FT, 6/18/17)

• Deregulation Under Trump:
  • “Fiduciary rule is now (partially) in effect” (WSJ, 6/9/17)
• Dodd-Frank Reform and Trump Deregulation:
  • “Trump boasts about dumping many Obama-era regulations. Here’s a look at some” (LAT, 6/28/17)
  • “Regulators back Trump on looser financial rules” (FT, 6/22/17)
  • “President Trump and the unregulating of America” (LAT, 6/22/17)
  • [TOP TEN]“Trump nominates Dodd-Frank opponent to police Wall Street” (FT, 6/18/17)
  • “Small and midsized banks could get regulatory relief from Senate. Wall Street? Probably not” (LAT, 6/16/17)
  • “Four principles for replacing Dodd-Frank” (WSJ, 6/15/17)
  • [TOP TEN]“Trump Administration’s bank plan heralds end of crisis era” (WSJ, 6/13/17)
  • “Bank rules need a trim rather than a buzz cut” (FT, 6/13/17)
  • [TOP TEN]“US Treasury department seeks to revamp Obama-era regulations” (FT, 6/13/17)
  • “Mnuchin calls for major rollbacks of Dodd-Frank financial reforms” (LAT, 6/12/17)
  • [TOP TEN]“Trump Administration says financial watchdog agency should be defanged” (NYT, 6/12/17)
  • [TOP TEN]“He fought the bailouts in 2008. Jeb Hensarling’s next move: Take down Dodd-Frank” (LAT, 6/9/17)
  • [TOP TEN]“House passes bill rolling back Wall Street rules” (WSJ, 6/8/17)
  • [TOP TEN]“Bill to erase some Dodd-Frank banking rules passes in House” (NYT, 6/8/17)
  • [TOP TEN]“House votes along party lines to repeal key Dodd-Frank financial reforms” (LAT, 6/8/17)
  • “Taking a second look at the maker-taker model” (FT, 6/6/17)
  • “Trump said to pick nominees for 2 positions on Fed Board” (NYT, 6/2/17)
• New Comptroller of Currency:
  • “Trump picks former OneWest chief to oversee banks” (NYT, 6/6/17)
  • “Former CEO of OneWest Bank is Trump’s pick for key financial regulatory post” (LAT, 6/6/17)
• New Federal Reserve Chair: 
  •  “Wall Street veteran leads search for next Fed chief” (WSJ, 6/13/17)
• Revolving Door:
  • [TOP TEN]“Ex-Obama officials find there’s no place like their old law firms” (NYT, 6/1/17)
• “Too Big to Fail” Banks:
  •  “New era for financial regulation as top rulemakers step down” (FT, 6/27/17)
• UK Bank Capital: “Bank of England tells lenders to increase capital buffers by £11.4bn” (FT, 6/27/17)
• UK FCA Critique of $2 Trillion of Asset Management Industry: “Giant fund industry charges too much, British regulator says” (WSJ, 6/28/17)
• UK Financial Regulator:
  • “UK financial regulator puts asset management industry on notice” (FT, 6/28/17)
  • “UK regulator calls for radical shake-up of £7tn investment sector” (FT, 6/28/17)

May 2017

• Bank Regulation:
  • “The $50 billion question: what makes a bank big?” (WSJ, 5/30/17)
  • “From the London Whale to Wells Fargo, a bank regulator looks back” (NYT, 5/5/17)
  • “Banks want Mnuchin to intervene in fight over new loan rule” (WSJ, 5/8/17)
  • “Will Trump ‘do a big number’ on the big banks?” (NYT, 5/1/17)
  • “President Trump says he’s looking into breaking up Wall Street banks” (WSJ, 5/1/17)
• CFPB and Trump Deregulation:
  • “Consumer agency chief, his job on the line, takes Republican attacks in stride” (LAT, 5/12/17)
  • “More companies willing to take on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau” (WSJ, 5/5/17)
• Dodd-Frank Reform and Trump Deregulation:
  • “Godzilla (the fiduciary rule) ate the rule of law” (WSJ, 5/31/17)
  • “Retirement advisor rule will go into partial effect, but changes are still possible” (LAT, 5/23/17)
  • “Fiduciary rule survives critics for now” (WSJ, 5/23/17)
  • “Banks, making record piles of cash, plead for ‘much-needed regulatory relief’” (LAT, 5/16/17)
  • [TOP TEN]“Something Trump and Elizabeth Warren agree on: Bringing back Glass-Steagall to break up big banks” (LAT, 5/12/17)
  • [TOP TEN]“Wall Street’s hopes for deregulation switch from laws to watchdogs” (FT, 5/7/17)
  • [TOP TEN]“House panel approves plan to undo parts of Dodd-Frank financial law” (WSJ, 5/4/17)
  • [TOP TEN]“Trump’s expected OCC pick signals shift at regulator that could ripple through financial markets” (WSJ, 5/2/17)
• Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac: “Trump administration, senators put Fannie, Freddie overhaul back in play” (WSJ, 5/11/17)

• Goldman Sachs Role in Trump Administration: 
  • “Trump adviser Kushner’s undisclosed partners include Goldman and Soros” (WSJ, 5/3/17)
• New Comptroller of Currency:
  •  [TOP TEN]“Trump preparing to replace top banking regulator” (WSJ, 5/1/17)
• Regulation of Foreclosures: “Housing regulator is pushed to crack down on sales of foreclosed properties” (NYT, 5/11/17)

• Revolving Door:
  • “SEC turns to big deals lawyer to spur more public companies” (WSJ, 5/12/17)
• “Volcker Rule”:
  • “The Volcker rule: how Trump’s new regulator may unleash big banks” (WSJ, 5/11/17)
  • [TOP TEN]“Goldman Sachs wins largest concessions on Volcker rule” (FT, 5/7/17)

April 2017

• CFPB Lawsuit Against Mortgage Servicer (Ocwen):
  • [TOP TEN]“CFPB sues mortgage servicer Ocwen, alleging botched services” (WSJ, 4/20/17)
  • [TOP TEN]“Regulators accuse subprime mortgage servicer of years of abuses” (NYT, 4/20/17)
• China Financial Regulation: “China shakes up financial regulators in scramble for stability” (WSJ, 4/20/17)
• Defense of Dodd-Frank: [TOP TEN]“Bank reform architect puzzled by effort to undo it” (NYT, 4/5/17)
• Dodd-Frank and Global Financial Regulation: [TOP TEN]“Curtains for global financial regulation” (WSJ, 4/12/17)
• Dodd-Frank Reform and Trump Deregulation:
  • “Trump cuts through the thickets of Obama’s rules” (FT, 4/27/17)
  • “Distressed-debt players rule the roost in Trump’s White House” (FT, 4/27/17)
  • [TOP TEN]“Republican bill overhauls Obama financial regulations” (FT, 4/26/17)
  • “Trump highlights record on rolling back Obama regulations” (WSJ, 4/25/17)
  • [TOP TEN]“Where financial regulation goes in a Republican era” (WSJ, 4/24/17)
  • “A plan to give community banks relief from Dodd-Frank” (WSJ, 4/23/17)
  • [TOP TEN]“Shareholders’ dilemma over financial regulation” (FT, 4/16/17)
  • [TOP TEN]“Dodd-Frank overhaul vote unlikely before summer, lawmaker says” (WSJ, 4/3/17)
• Glass-Steagall and Big Banks:
  • [TOP TEN]“Big US banks defy calls that they should be broken up” (FT, 4/13/17)
  • [TOP TEN]“Yearning for Glass-Steagall spells need for new bank model” (FT, 4/12/17)
• Glass-Steagall and Trump Regulatory Reform:
  • [TOP TEN]“The tangled web of Gary Cohn, Goldman Sachs and Glass-Steagall” (FT, 4/10/17)
  • [TOP TEN]“Trump and Warren agree? Maybe, on plan to shrink big banks” (NYT, 4/6/17)
• Goldman Sachs Role in Trump Administration: 
  •  [TOP TEN]“Trump’s web of business ties” (NYT, 4/5/17)
• New Glass-Steagall?: “The shattered arguments for a new Glass-Steagall” (WSJ, 4/25/17)
• Revolving Door:
  •  [TOP TEN]“Where have the prosecutors gone? Try Debevoise & Plimpton” (NYT, 4/12/17)
• “Too Big to Fail” and Trump Deregulation:
  • [TOP TEN]“Trump orders review of ‘too big to fail’ regulations” (FT, 4/21/17)
  • [TOP TEN]“Too many questions on Too Big to Fail” (WSJ, 4/21/17)
  • [TOP TEN]“Trump targets Dodd-Frank rules designed to wall off risky banks” (LAT, 4/21/17)
• “Too Big to Fail” Banks:
  • “A better idea for bankrupt big banks” (WSJ, 4/24/17)
• Trump “Regulatory Czar”: [TOP TEN]“A Trump nomination shows he’s serious about deregulation” (WSJ, 4/9/17)
• “Volcker Rule”:
  •  [TOP TEN]“Paul Volcker stands tall against attacks from banking industry” (FT, 4/17/17)

March 2017

• Bank Capital Regulation: “More bank capital could kill the economy” (WSJ, 3/13/17)
• CFPB and Trump Deregulation:
  • [TOP TEN]“Justice Department fires salvo at consumer watchdog” (WSJ, 3/17/17)
  • [TOP TEN]“Justice Department tells court that Trump should be able to fire consumer watchdog” (LAT, 3/17/17)
• Dodd-Frank Reform and Trump Deregulation:
  • [TOP TEN]“Departing tough bank regulator is a pivotal moment for Wall Street” (FT, 3/31/17)
  • [TOP TEN]“Trump’s free hand on bank deregulation” (WSJ, 3/29/17)
  • [TOP TEN]“Why the debate over financial reform is bogus” (FT, 3/26/17)
  •  “Investment banks: America first” (FT, 3/21/17)
  • [TOP TEN]“Postmortem plans for banks under threat of extinction” (FT, 3/6/17)
  • [TOP TEN]“The forgotten investor” (WSJ, 3/2/17)
  •  “Donald Trump’s Labor Department proposes delaying ‘fiduciary’ rule” (WSJ, 3/1/17)
• DOJ Revolving Door: [TOP TEN]“Former deputy at the Justice Dept. joins Linklaters law firm” (NYT, 3/5/17)
• Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac Reforms: [TOP TEN]“Trump’s plan on Fannie and Freddie? Clues may emerge soon” (NYT, 3/10/17)
• FCA and JPMorgan “London Whale” Case: [TOP TEN]“UK financial watchdog wins London Whale identity case” (FT, 3/22/17)
• The Fed:
  • [TOP TEN]“Fed’s challenge, after raising rates, may be existential” (NYT, 3/14/17)
  • [TOP TEN]“Shocks, recession and 9/11: when the Fed intervenes” (NYT, 3/14/17)
• Goldman Sachs Role in the Trump Administration:
  • [TOP TEN]“Edge or liability? White House ties may cut two ways for Goldman” (NYT, 3/16/17)
  • [TOP TEN]“James Donovan is latest Goldman Sachs executive to join Trump administration” (NYT, 3/14/17)
  • [TOP TEN]“Trump to nominate Goldman banker to no. 2 post at Treasury” (WSJ, 3/14/17)
• “Living Wills” for banks: [TOP TEN]“Regulators give passing grade to ‘living wills’ for regional banks” (WSJ, 3/24/17)
• New CFTC Chairman:
  • [TOP TEN]“CFTC Chief taps New York prosecutor for top enforcement role” (WSJ, 3/30/17)
  • [TOP TEN]“Ovation for new CFTC chief reflects hopes, raises risks” (FT, 3/16/17)
  • [TOP TEN]“Trump picks a regulator who could help reshape Dodd-Frank Act” (NYT, 3/14/17)
• Regulation: “Regulatory easing will not kill off financial risk model makers” (FT, 3/12/17)
• “Too Big to Fail” Banks:
  •  [TOP TEN]“Does ‘too big to fail’ mean too big for the rule of law?” (WSJ, 3/29/17)

February 2017

• CFPB:
  • [TOP TEN]“Embattled CFPB gets a legal reprieve” (WSJ, 2/16/17)
  • “How we’ll stop a rogue federal agency” (WSJ, 2/8/17)
• Cohn and Goldman Conflicts: [TOP TEN]“Trump appointee Gary Cohn to stay clear of Goldman matters” (FT, 2/23/17)
• Derivatives and Swaps Regulation: “US delays derivatives rules to avoid market disruption” (FT, 2/14/17)
• Dodd-Frank Reform and Trump Deregulation:
  • [TOP TEN]“JPMorgan finance chief calls for easing of bank regulation” (FT, 2/28/17)
  • [TOP TEN]“Competing priorities bog down efforts to quickly roll back Dodd-Frank” (WSJ, 2/26/17)
  • [TOP TEN]“Republicans make killing consumer protections a top priority” (LAT, 2/21/17)
  • [TOP TEN]“The Obama ‘fiduciary rule’ is helping American savers” (WSJ, 2/20/17)
  • [TOP TEN]“Yes, Mr. President, banks are lending” (NYT, 2/18/17)
  • [TOP TEN]“Why Trump’s 2-for-1 rule on regulations is no quick fix” (NYT, 2/17/17)
  • [TOP TEN]“Gary Cohn is embarrassing Goldman Sachs” (FT, 2/15/17)
  • [TOP TEN]“Why stop at Dodd-Frank? Some want Trump regulatory overhaul to go further” (WSJ, 2/14/17)
  • [TOP TEN]“It’s boom time again for America’s largest banks” (WSJ, 2/14/17)
  • [TOP TEN]“Senate panel presses Yellen on financial regulation” (NYT, 2/14/17)
  • “The Dodd-Frank rule banks want to keep“
  • [TOP TEN]“Did Dodd-Frank really hurt the US economy?” (FT, 2/13/17)
  • [TOP TEN]“Steven Mnuchin is confirmed as Treasury secretary” (WSJ, 2/13/17)
  • [TOP TEN]“Tarullo says Trump’s Wall St principles ‘good starting point’” (FT, 2/12/17)
  • [TOP TEN]“Drop the Volcker rule and keep what works” (FT, 2/12/17)
  • [TOP TEN]“Gary Cohn has emerged as an economic-policy powerhouse in Trump administration” (WSJ, 2/11/17)
  • “Trump fixes flaw in post-crisis regulatory crackdown” (WSJ, 2/8/17)
  • [TOP TEN]“US derivatives industry anticipates modest Dodd-Frank changes” (FT, 2/7/17)
  • [TOP TEN]“Democrats dig in to fight Trump’s takedown of Dodd-Frank financial regulations” (LAT, 2/6/17)
  • [TOP TEN]“SEC faces obstacles to rolling back Dodd-Frank rules” (WSJ, 2/6/17)
  • [TOP TEN]“Bank push paves way for capital returns” (WSJ, 2/6/17)
  • [TOP TEN]“A Trump-Cohn financial rewrite” (WSJ, 2/6/17)
  • [TOP TEN]“Ex-Goldman attack dog Gary Cohn gets teeth into Wall St reform” (FT, 2/5/17)
  • [TOP TEN]“Republicans get ready to roll back Dodd-Frank law” (WSJ, 2/5/17)
  • [TOP TEN]“Trump prepares to take axe to Wall St regulation” (FT, 2/3/17)
  • [TOP TEN]“Wall Street welcomes Trump the deregulator” (FT, 2/3/17)
  • [TOP TEN]“President Trump’s actions signal end of financial regulation era” (WSJ, 2/3/17)
  • [TOP TEN]“Brokers spared from fiduciary rule” (WSJ, 2/3/17)
  • [TOP TEN]“Trump moves to roll back Obama-era financial regulations” (NYT, 2/3/17)
  • [TOP TEN]“How big banks want Donald Trump to change regulation” (WSJ, 2/3/17)
• Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac: [TOP TEN]“Decade after crisis, no resolution for Fannie and Freddie” (NYT, 2/7/17)
• FDIC: “You may be in a risky business if regulators find it distasteful” (WSJ, 2/9/17)
• New CFTC Chairman: [TOP TEN]“Trump preparing to nominate Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Giancarlo as chair” (WSJ, 2/8/17)
• USSC Decision on Whistleblowers: [TOP TEN]“Score one for the bank whistle-blowers” (NYT, 2/24/17)
• Worldwide Deregulation: [TOP TEN]“Populists push to roll back rules” (FT, 2/21/17)

January 2017

• Deregulation Under Trump:
  • TOP TEN]“Former officials deride Trump’s ‘mindless’ 2-for-1 deregulation plan” (LAT, 1/30/17)
  • [TOP TEN]“Trump vows regulatory rollback” (WSJ, 1/30/17)
  • “Wall Street’s animal spirits make a comeback” (FT, 1/18/17)
  • “How a financial council Republicans loathe could work in their favor” (WSJ, 1/17/17)
  • “Transparency lessons for Washington from Wall Street” (FT, 1/12/17)
  • “We raise hell when the Ethics office is gutted, but are apathetic about deregulating banks” (LAT, 1/10/17)
• Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac:
  • [TOP TEN]“Court orders Justice Dept. to release Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac documents” (NYT, 1/30/17)
  • “Blackstone wins Fannie’s backing for rental home debt” (WSJ, 1/24/17)
  • “Envisioning a Fannie and Freddie endgame” (WSJ, 1/4/17)
• Goldman Sachs Role in Trump Administration: [TOP TEN]“Goldman Sachs completes return from wilderness to the White House” (NYT, 1/12/17)
• Revolving Door:
  • “California vs. Trump” (WSJ, 1/10/17)
  • “Eric Holder could be California’s MVP, or he could be a bust” (LAT, 1/9/17)
  • “California hires Eric Holder as legal bulwark against Donald Trump” (NYT, 1/4/17)
• Wells Fargo “Phantom Account” Scandal:
  • “At Wells Fargo, bank branches were tipped off to inspections” (WSJ, 1/24/17)
  • “Wells Fargo struggling in aftermath of fraud scandal” (NYT, 1/13/17)
  • “Wells Fargo is the loser in the new era for banking” (WSJ, 1/13/17)
  • “You don’t want what Wells Fargo is selling. What should it do now?” (NYT, 1/13/17)
  • “Wells Fargo quarterly earnings fall in wake of bogus-accounts scandal” (LAT, 1/13/17)
  • [TOP TEN]“California man linked to Wells Fargo scandal sentenced to prison” (WSJ, 1/13/17)
  • “Leader of Wells Fargo criminal fraud ring sentenced to seven years in prison” (LAT, 1/12/17)
  • “Wells Fargo counts cost of sham accounts scandal” (FT, 1/9/17)
  • “Wells Fargo to roll out new compensation plan to replace sales goals” (WSJ, 1/6/17)
• Wells Fargo “Phantom Account” Scandal:
  • “At Wells Fargo, bank branches were tipped off to inspections” (WSJ, 1/24/17)
  • “Wells Fargo struggling in aftermath of fraud scandal” (NYT, 1/13/17)
  • “Wells Fargo is the loser in the new era for banking” (WSJ, 1/13/17)
  • “You don’t want what Wells Fargo is selling. What should it do now?” (NYT, 1/13/17)
  • “Wells Fargo quarterly earnings fall in wake of bogus-accounts scandal” (LAT, 1/13/17)
  • [TOP TEN]“California man linked to Wells Fargo scandal sentenced to prison” (WSJ, 1/13/17)
  • “Leader of Wells Fargo criminal fraud ring sentenced to seven years in prison” (LAT, 1/12/17)
  • “Wells Fargo counts cost of sham accounts scandal” (FT, 1/9/17)
  • “Wells Fargo to roll out new compensation plan to replace sales goals” (WSJ, 1/6/17)

December 2016

• Deregulation Under Trump:
  • “Obama’s regulations aren’t the only Trump target” (WSJ, 12/29/16)
  • “Trump’s financial deregulation might be bad news for banks after all” (WSJ, 12/26/16)
  • [TOP TEN]“Two Republicans look to write the next Dodd-Frank” (WSJ, 12/19/16)
  • “Top US bankers look to Trump administration to help big finance” (FT, 12/6/16)
• Dodd-Frank Reform and Trump Deregulation:
  • “Obama administration makes closing argument before Trump deregulatory tide” (WSJ, 12/28/16)
  • “A checklist for fixing Dodd-Frank” (WSJ, 12/19/16)
• Dodd-Frank Regulation Under Trump: “Guess who’s defending Dodd-Frank” (WSJ, 12/12/16)
• Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac:
  • “Don’t hold your breath on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac” (WSJ, 12/4/16)
  • “A Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac background check” (WSJ, 12/1/16)
• Goldman Sachs Role in Trump Administration: “Gary Cohn, a potential successor at Goldman, could end up with Trump” (NYT 12/1/16)
• Regulatory Monitoring: “Banks’ post-crisis consultancy spending soars to $200bn” (FT, 12/5/16)
• Volcker Rule: “How to fix the Volcker rule” (WSJ, 12/4/16)
• Wells Fargo “Phantom Account” Scandal:
  • “Wells Fargo is trying to fix its rogue account scandal, one grueling case at a time” (WSJ, 12/27/16)
  • “Senate Democrats press Wells Fargo board for answers on sales practices” (WSJ, 12/22/16)
  • “Wells Fargo scrambles to deal with new crisis” (WSJ, 12/20/16)
  • “Wells Fargo account openings fall for third month” (FT, 12/16/16)
  • [TOP TEN]“Wells Fargo’s ‘living will’ plan is rejected again by regulators” (NYT, 12/13/16)
  • “Wells Fargo sanctioned by U.S. regulators for ‘living will’ deficiencies” (WSJ, 12/13/16)
  • “Prudential Financial in spotlight over Wells Fargo relationship” (FT, 12/13/16)
  • “Prudential suspends sales of its life policies by Wells Fargo” (NYT, 12/12/16)
  • “California to investigate Prudential insurance policies sold through Wells Fargo” (LAT, 12/12/16)
  • “Prudential suspends insurance sales through Wells Fargo branches” (FT, 12/12/16)
  • [TOP TEN]“Accusations of fraud at Wells Fargo spread to sham insurance policies” (NYT, 12/9/16)
  • “Wells Fargo killing sham account suits by using arbitration” (NYT, 12/6/16)

November 2016

• Bank Risk and Basel Regulation: “Bank reform talks fail to agree loan risk measures” (FT, 11/30/16)
• CFPB:
  • “Consumer Financial Protection rewrite” (WSJ, 11/27/16)
  • “Watchdog agency appeals ruling that would allow Trump to fire director” (LAT, 11/18/16)
• CFPB Director: “Consumer Protection Bureau chief braces for a reckoning” (NYT, 11/24/16)
• Deregulation Under Trump:
  • “Reversing rule by regulation” (WSJ, 11/17/16)
  • “Wall Street looks like a winner under Donald Trump” (FT, 11/17/16)
  • “What dismantling Dodd-Frank can do” (WSJ, 11/16/16)
  • “Trump win raises question of Europe’s financial security” (FT, 11/14/16)
  • “Donald Trump victory casts clouds over fiduciary rule” (WSJ, 11/11/16)
• Dodd-Frank Reform and Trump Deregulation:
  • “Dodd-Frank rules on business: up for a rethink” (WSJ, 11/29/16)
  • “Wall Street plays villain in congressional campaign TV ads” (WSJ, 11/1/16)
• Dodd-Frank Reforms & “Too Big To Fail” Banks:
  • “Citigroup tops list of global banks posing systemic risk” (FT, 11/21/16)
  • “Neel Kashkari pulls no punches in plan to end ‘too big too fail’” (FT, 11/18/16)
  • “Minneapolis Fed chief proposes eliminating ‘too big to fail’ banks” (NYT, 11/16/16)
• Dodd-Frank Regulation Under Trump:
  • “Donald Trump’s transition team: we will ‘dismantle’ Dodd-Frank” (WSJ, 11/10/16)
  • “Trump expected to seek deep cuts in business regulations” (NYT, 11/9/16)
  • “Trump’s deregulatory stance expected to dilute financial reforms” (FT, 11/9/16)
• Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac:
  • “Fannie and Freddie: mortgaging the future” (FT, 11/15/16)
  • “Fannie, Freddie shares soar even as fate remains foggy” (WSJ, 11/13/16)
• Volcker Rule: “How to kill the Volcker rule? Don’t enforce it” (WSJ, 11/28/16)
• Wells Fargo “Phantom Account” Scandal:
  • “Wells Fargo asks court to force customers to arbitration in fake accounts cases” (NYT, 11/24/16)
  • “Banking regulator imposes new restrictions on Wells Fargo” (WSJ, 11/19/16)
  • “Senator pushes Finra to expedite reviews of Wells Fargo employee dismissals” (WSJ, 11/16/16)
  • “Wells Fargo found potential issues with its ethics line” (WSJ, 11/10/16)
  • “How Wells Fargo’s problems flourished in Arizona” (WSJ, 11/6/16)
  • “Wells Fargo’s firing reports should have exposed sham accounts years ago. Senators are questioning why they didn’t.” (LAT, 11/4/16)
  • “Wells Fargo’s new chief commits to ‘cross-selling’ strategy” (FT, 11/3/16)
  • “Wells Fargo faces scrutiny for black marks on ex-employee files” (NYT, 11/3/16)
  • “Wells Fargo will pay $50 million to settle allegations it overcharged homeowners for appraisals” (LAT, 11/2/16)
  • “Wells Fargo to pay $50 million to settle home appraisal overcharges” (NYT, 11/1/16)
• Whistleblowers: [TOP TEN]“South Korea’s whistle-blowers sound off at their own risk” (NYT, 11/7/16)

October 2016

• Dodd-Frank Reform and Trump Deregulation:
  • “The unconstitutional Mr. Cordray” (WSJ, 10/12/16)
  • “Federal agency that investigated Wells Fargo scandal dealt blow by court” (LAT, 10/11/16)
• Dodd-Frank Reforms & “Too Big To Fail” Banks:
  • “MetLife again faces off with regulators over its too-big-to-fail status” (NYT, 10/24/16)
  • “The new plan to bail out ‘too-big-to-fail’ banks” (WSJ, 10/12/16)
  • “Some banks are just too complicated to break up” (FT, 10/11/16)
• High Frequency Trading: “German Bundesbank: high-frequency trading can worsen ‘flash crashes’” (WSJ, 10/24/16)
• Volcker Rule: “Paul Volcker: Breaking up big banks wouldn’t help” (WSJ, 10/18/16)
• Wells Fargo “Phantom Account” Scandal:
  • [TOP TEN]“Senators want stronger ‘claw back’ rules after Wells Fargo scandal” (LAT, 10/26/16)
  • [TOP TEN]“Voices from Wells Fargo: ‘I thought I was having a heart attack’” (NYT, 10/20/16)
  • “What did Wells Fargo’s new CEO know about the scandal? Senators push for answers” (LAT, 10/20/16)
  • “Can this woman save Wells Fargo’s consumer banking business?” (WSJ, 10/19/16)
  • “California attorney general investigating Wells Fargo on allegations of criminal identity theft” (LAT, 10/19/16)
  • “Wells Fargo says customers shied away after scandal” (NYT, 10/14/16)
  • “Wells Fargo needs to make a clean break with the past” (NYT, 10/14/16)
  • “Wells Fargo needs to change more than just its CEO” (LAT, 10/14/16)
  • “As Wells Fargo’s earnings fall, new CEO wishes scandal was handled earlier” (LAT, 10/14/16)
  • “Elizabeth Warren claims a scalp” (WSJ, 10/14/16)
  • “Wells Fargo enters fog of uncertainty” (WSJ, 10/14/16)
  • “Wells Fargo must do more than fire its CEO to mend its image, critics say” (LAT, 10/13/16)
  • “Wells board changes fail to kill off bogus accounts scandal” (FT, 10/13/16)
  • “Wells Fargo’s new boss is same as the old boss to Congress” (NYT, 10/13/16)
  • [TOP TEN]“Wells Fargo’s textbook case of botched crisis management” (WSJ, 10/13/16)
  • “What’s next for Wells Fargo?” (WSJ, 10/13/16)
  • “How to get Wells Fargo back on the wagon” (WSJ, 10/13/16)
  • “Tim Sloan: The CEO replacing Wells Fargo’s John Stumpf” (WSJ, 10/13/16)
  • “Wells Fargo: off the bandwagon” (FT, 10/12/16)
  • [TOP TEN]“Wells Fargo chief abruptly steps down” (NYT, 10/12/16)
  • [TOP TEN]“Wells Fargo CEO retires amid accounts scandal and is replaced by a longtime company insider” (LAT, 10/12/16)
  • [TOP TEN]“Wells Fargo CEO John Stumpf steps down” (WSJ, 10/12/16)
  • “Wells Fargo still needs to admit its fundamental error” (WSJ, 10/12/16)
  • “Wells Fargo’s political sacrifice” (WSJ, 10/12/16)
  • “California lawmakers denounce Wells Fargo at hearing, call for statewide banking reform” (LAT, 10/11/16)
  • [TOP TEN]“Wells Fargo lays out strategy to move past scandal” (WSJ, 10/11/16)
  • [TOP TEN]“At Wells Fargo, complaints about fraudulent accounts since 2005” (NYT, 10/11/16)
  • “Wells Fargo reshuffles top ranks, rallying around its no. 2” (NYT, 10/10/16)
  • “Wells Fargo shuffles some top banking executives” (WSJ, 10/10/16)
  • “Wells Fargo managers pushed overdraft services” (WSJ, 10/10/16)
  • “After Wells Fargo’s beating on Capitol Hill, it could face local sanctions over accounts scandal” (LAT, 10/7/16)
  • “Wells Fargo sham-accounts scandal lifts lid on ‘ridiculous’ cross-selling” (FT, 10/4/16)
  • “Senator to push bill to let Wells Fargo customers sue over unauthorized accounts” (LAT, 10/3/16)

September 2016

• Bank Regulation:
  • “Fed proposes ban on merchant banking, a practice with little risk” (NYT, 9/13/16)
  • “Regulators seek tighter curbs on investments by big banks” (NYT, 9/8/16)
  • “Regulators make new push, and Goldman could take the brunt” (WSJ, 9/8/16)
• CFPB $185M Fine of Wells Fargo:
  • “Wells Fargo offers regrets, but doesn’t admit misconduct” (NYT, 9/9/16)
  • “Wells Fargo fined for sales scam” (WSJ, 9/9/16)
  • “Fake accounts cast cloud over Wells Fargo culture” (FT, 9/9/16)
  • “Next test for Wells Fargo: its reputation” (WSJ, 9/9/16)
  • “Wells Fargo’s questionable cross-selling strategy” (WSJ, 9/9/16)
  • “Wells Fargo hit with record fine over secret accounts” (FT, 9/8/16)
• CFPB Payday Loans New Rules: “Subprime lender, busy at state level, avoids federal scrutiny” (NYT, 9/6/16)
• Dodd-Frank Reform and Trump Deregulation: [TOP TEN]“Private equity tries to chip away at Dodd-Frank with House bill” (NYT, 9/8/16)
• European Bank Capital Requirements: “Brussels ready to push back on bank capital rules” (FT, 9/29/16)
• Regulation of E.U. Banks: “Why global rule makers see risks in European banks” (WSJ, 9/19/16)
• Swaps Regulation: “Banks face costly, complex technology upgrades” (WSJ, 9/25/16)
• “Too-Big-To-Fail” Bank Regulators: [TOP TEN]“Banks: too dull to fail?” (FT, 9/6/16)
• Wells Fargo “Phantom Account” Scandal:
  • “Wells CEO is placed on hot seat again” (WSJ, 9/30/16)
  • [TOP TEN]“Wells Fargo’s reaction to scandal fails to satisfy angry lawmakers” (NYT, 9/29/16)
  • “Wells Fargo illustrates case for splitting board from management” (WSJ, 9/29/16)
  • “Why Wells Fargo is a watershed moment for clawbacks” (FT, 9/29/16)
  • [TOP TEN]“Lawmakers spew vitriol at Wells Fargo CEO and ramp up demands for wider probe of banking industry” (LAT, 9/29/16)
  • [TOP TEN]“California treasurer sanctions Wells Fargo over fake-accounts scandal” (LAT, 9/28/16)
  • “Republicans say there’s another villain in the Wells Fargo scandal” (LAT, 9/28/16)
  • [TOP TEN]“Why L.A. City Attorney Mike Feuer knew the Wells Fargo scandal was going to blow up” (LAT, 9/28/16)
  • “Did Wells Fargo target seniors with its bogus-account scheme?” (LAT, 9/27/16)
  • [TOP TEN]“Wells Fargo claws back millions from CEO after scandal” (WSJ, 9/27/16)
  • “Wells Fargo: Chain over-reaction” (FT, 9/27/16)
  • “Wells Fargo hit with multiple lawsuits over bogus accounts, aggressive sales quotas” (LAT, 9/26/16)
  • “Wells Fargo workers claim retaliation for playing by the rules” (NYT, 9/26/16)
  • “How Wells Fargo exploited a binding arbitration clause to deflect customers’ fraud allegations” (LAT, 9/26/16)
  • [TOP TEN]“Wells Fargo could take back more than $50 million from embattled CEO” (LAT, 9/24/16)
  • “Wells Fargo taps law firm amid calls for pay clawbacks” (WSJ, 9/23/16)
  • “The Wells Fargo standard” (WSJ, 9/23/16)
  • “Wells Fargo’s collateral damage: customers’ credit scores” (LAT, 9/23/16)
  • “Pressures mount on Wells Fargo following fake-accounts scandal” (LAT, 9/23/16)
  • “No bank will escape fallout from Wells Fargo scandal” (FT, 9/23/16)
  • “The Wells Fargo spillover effect” (NYT, 9/22/16)
  • [TOP TEN]“Wells Fargo tests Justice Department’s get-tough approach” (NYT, 9/22/16)
  • “Pressure mounts on Wells Fargo CEO John Stumpf” (WSJ, 9/22/16)
  • “‘You should resign’” (LAT, 9/21/16)
  • “Wells’ poor excuse for a CEO” (LAT, 9/21/16)
  • “Wells Fargo reaches the end of its journey” (FT, 9/21/16)
  • [TOP TEN]“In Wells Fargo’s bogus accounts, echoes of foreclosure abuses” (NYT, 9/21/16)
  • “Wells Fargo’s board: ‘not acting fast enough’” (WSJ, 9/20/16)
  • “Wells Fargo’s incentives go awry” (WSJ, 9/20/16)
  • “Whipping Wells Fargo” (WSJ, 9/20/16)
  • [TOP TEN]“Elizabeth Warren accuses Wells Fargo chief of ‘gutless leadership’” (NYT, 9/20/16)
  • [TOP TEN]“Wells Fargo chief faces lawmakers’ fury over scandal” (FT, 9/20/16)
  • [TOP TEN]“Wells Fargo CEO testifies before Senate Banking Committee” (WSJ, 9/20/16)
  • [TOP TEN]“Carrie Tolstedt: In the eye of the Wells Fargo storm” (WSJ, 9/19/16)
  • [TOP TEN]“Wells Fargo’s John Stumpf has his Wall St. comeuppance” (NYT, 9/19/16)
  • “Crimes, misdemeanours and cross-selling” (FT, 9/19/16)
  • “Wells Fargo scandal turns focus on bank pay” (FT, 9/18/16)
  • “Wells Fargo’s wagonload of insincere regrets” (FT, 9/18/16)
  • “Wells Fargo is getting heat” (WSJ, 9/17/16)
  • “Lawmakers intensify pressure on Wells Fargo” (WSJ, 9/16/16)
  • “House committee launches investigation into Wells Fargo sales tactics” (LAT, 9/16/16)
  • “Thanks, Wells Fargo, for being such a bunch of weasels” (LAT, 9/15/16)
  • “In Wells Fargo scandal, the buck stopped well short” (NYT, 9/15/16)
  • “Activist pushes for shake-up at Wells Fargo” (FT, 9/14/16)
  • “Wells Fargo boss says staff at fault for scams” (WSJ, 9/14/16)
  • “The high cost of Wells Fargo’s sales practices” (FT, 9/13/16)
  • “Wells Fargo loses status as world’s most valuable bank” (FT, 9/13/16)
  • “Wells Fargo hasn’t escaped cross-selling tangle” (WSJ, 9/13/16)
  • “Pervasive sham deals at Wells Fargo, and no one noticed?” (NYT, 9/12/16)
  • “Wells Fargo curbs product cross-selling” (WSJ, 9/12/16)
  • “Wells Fargo fined $185 million for fraudulently opening accounts” (NYT, 9/8/16)

August 2016

• Bank Settlement Funds: “Look who’s getting that bank settlement cash” (WSJ, 8/28/16)
• CFPB:
  • [TOP TEN]“‘Mystery shoppers’ for home loans: CFPB uses undercover techniques on bank” (WSJ, 8/17/16)
  • “Richard Cordray, the quiz show star policing US banks” (FT, 8/14/16)
• E.U. Bank ‘Stress Tests’: “Worst banks in EU stress tests have paid €20bn in dividends since 2011” (FT, 8/7/16)
• Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac: “Appeals court rules in GSE case—but not that GSE case” (WSJ, 8/18/16)
• Federal Reserve: “Years of Fed missteps fueled disillusion with the economy and Washington” (WSJ, 8/25/16)
• Too-Big-To-Fail Banks: “Bring back Glass-Steagall? No thanks” (WSJ, 8/8/16)
• Volcker Rule: “Congresswoman presses regulators on Volcker Rule data” (NYT, 8/29/16)

July 2016

• Big Bank “Stress Tests”: “Stress test clouds future for bank stocks” (FT, 7/8/16)
• CFPB:
  • “Debt collectors’ abuses prompt consumer agency to propose new rules” (NYT, 7/28/16)
  • “CFPB unveils overhaul of debt collection” (WSJ, 7/28/16)
• CFTC: “Consumers with complaints flock to CFPB” (WSJ, 7/25/16)
• Dodd-Frank Reform and Trump Deregulation: “Fixing American finance” (WSJ, 7/10/16)
• E.U. Bank ‘Stress Tests’:
  • “Familiar faces in the line of fire over EU stress tests” (FT, 7/31/16)
  • “Stress tests find some big European banks wanting” (NYT, 7/29/16)
  • “Stress tests add pressure on European banks” (FT, 7/25/16)
  • “Portuguese banks may be brewing a perfect storm” (WSJ, 7/28/16)
• Market Regulation: “Markets run into skepticism—and regulators” (WSJ, 7/18/16)
• TARP: “The big fish seen escaping an agency pursuing bank fraud” (NYT, 7/27/16)
• Too-Big-To-Fail Banks:
  • “Glass-Steagall-Trump-Clinton act” (WSJ, 7/28/16)
  • “One thing both parties want: to break up the banks again” (NYT, 7/25/16)
  • [TOP TEN]“G.O.P. joins democrats urging Glass-Steagall’s revival. (Don’t hold your breath.)” (NYT, 7/19/16)
  • [TOP TEN]“GOP platform calls for revival of Glass-Steagall” (WSJ, 7/19/16)
  • “Wall Street on edge as Republicans warm to Glass-Steagall” (FT, 7/18/16)
  • “Bankruptcy legislation for big banks gains steam” (WSJ, 7/7/16)

June 2016

• Big Bank “Stress Tests”:
  • “Bank of America, Citi trade stress for higher payouts” (WSJ, 6/30/16)
  • “US banks to dish out $96bn after stress tests” (FT, 6/30/16)
  • “Bank capital: stress less” (FT, 6/29/16)
  • “Patience finally pays off for bank investors” (WSJ, 6/29/16)
  • “Fed dings 3 banks but says 30 others can boost dividends and buy back shares” (LAT, 6/29/16)
  • “Fed stress tests clear 31 of 33 big U.S. banks to boost returns to investors” (WSJ, 6/29/16)
  • “US banks face higher stress test hurdle” (FT, 6/24/16)
  • “More stress coming for banks” (WSJ, 6/23/16)
  • “Fed stress tests: all big banks clear bar for capital requirements” (WSJ, 6/23/16)
  • “Bank of America, Citigroup—and shareholders—brace for stress-test results” (WSJ, 6/20/16)
  • “Fed governors signal bigger bank capital requirements looming” (WSJ, 6/2/16)
• Dodd-Frank Reform and Trump Deregulation:
  • “Jen Hensarling plan rekindles debate as Republicans aim to dismantle Dodd-Frank” (NYT, 6/7/16)
  • “House Republican unveils plan to overhaul Dodd-Frank financial reform law” (LAT, 6/7/16)
  • “Why Trump, the ‘King of Debt,’ hates Dodd-Frank” (WSJ, 6/6/16)
  • “GOP’s Jeb Hensarling takes aim at Dodd-Frank, Volcker rule” (WSJ, 6/5/16)
• Dodd-Frank Reforms & “Too Big To Fail” Banks:
  • “After MetLife ruling, regulators push back on ‘Too Big to Fail’ label” (NYT, 6/16/16)
  • “Dodd-Frank hasn’t eliminated TBTF banks” (WSJ, 6/14/16)
• Dodd-Frank Reforms & “Too Big To Fail” Nonbank “SiFis”:
  • “GE Capital sheds ‘systemically important’ label” (WSJ, 6/29/16)
  • “GE Capital sheds ‘too big to fail’ status” (FT, 6/29/16)
  • “GE is free” (WSJ, 6/29/16)
  • “US government puts itself on the line in MetLife challenge” (FT, 6/20/16)
• E.U. Bank ‘Stress Tests’: “Allianz criticizes EU’s insurance stress tests” (FT, 6/12/16)
• High Frequency Trading: “A former flash boy – Ari Rubenstein, CEO, Global Trading Systems” (FT, 6/12/16)
• New Bank Risk Rules (Basel): “Regulators to banks: we’ll size up your risks” (WSJ, 6/12/16)
• Non-bank “Stress Tests”: “FSB proposes stress testing for asset managers” (FT, 6/22/16)
• Regulation of Payday Lenders:
  • “Payday loans are often a last resort for the poor. That doesn’t mean they should be exploitative” (LAT, 6/3/16)
  • “A political assault on paydays” (WSJ, 6/2/16)
  • “U.S. to curb payday lenders” (WSJ, 6/2/16)
• “Systemically Important” Non-banks: “Fed outlines new requirements for insurance firms” (WSJ, 6/3/16)
• “Too-Big-To-Fail” Banks and “Living Wills”: “Publish the secret rules for banks’ living wills” (WSJ, 6/10/16)
• U.S. Capital and Liquidity Rules for Overseas Banks: “European banks, battered by Brexit, face new US challenge” (FT, 6/29/16)
• Wall Street “Revolving Door”: [TOP TEN]“Longtime U.S. prosecutor to join Covington & Burling” (NYT, 6/7/16)

May 2016

• Bailout of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in 2008: [TOP TEN]“Fannie, Freddie and the secrets of a bailout with no exit” (NYT, 5/20/16)
• CFPB and Arbitration Clauses:
  • “Rule on arbitration would restore right to sue banks” (NYT, 5/5/16)
  • “Banks skewer proposal limiting arbitration” (WSJ, 5/5/16)
  • “You should be able to file class-action suits against banks, watchdog group says” (LAT, 5/4/16)
• Derivatives and Swaps Regulation: “New Fed bailout-prevention rule to reach beyond banks” (WSJ, 5/3/16)
• Dodd-Frank Reforms & “Too Big To Fail” Nonbank “SiFis”: “MetLife suit raises questions of extent of corporate liability” (NYT, 5/30/16)

April 2016

• Bank Capital Ratios: “European banks face US capital hit unless rules converge” (FT, 4/4/16)
• Bank Regulation: “The art and science of bank regulation” (WSJ, 4/13/16)
• Big Bank “Stress Tests”: “Big banks on edge as US stress-test deadline looms” (FT, 4/3/16)
• Dodd-Frank Reform and Trump Deregulation: “Dodd-Frank in retreat” (WSJ, 4/13/16)
• Dodd-Frank Reforms & “Too Big To Fail” Banks:
  • “Too big to fail? So what, say bank depositors” (WSJ, 4/24/16)
  • “US banks spell out toll of low oil prices” (FT, 4/14/16)
  • “A Dodd-Frank watchdog still growls, on a slightly tighter leash” (NYT, 4/1/16)
• Dodd-Frank Reforms & “Too Big To Fail” Nonbanks (BlackRock): [TOP TEN]“One firm getting what it wants in Washington: BlackRock” (WSJ, 4/20/16)
• Dodd-Frank Reforms & “Too Big To Fail” Nonbank “SiFis”:
  • “Why the MetLife case bears watching well beyond Wall Street” (WSJ, 4/13/16)
  • “For a generalist, ‘too big to fail’ may be too tricky to judge” (NYT, 4/11/16)
  • “Snoopy the destroyer” (NYT, 4/11/16)
  • “Jack Lew’s MetLife tantrum” (WSJ, 4/8/16)
  • “Judge rips ‘unreasonable’ decision on MetLife in order” (WSJ, 4/8/16)
  • “US government to challenge MetLife ‘too big to fail’ decision” (FT, 4/7/16)
  • “MetLife ruling a spur to give Financial Stability Board teeth” (FT, 4/4/16)
  • “MetLife and the threat to Dodd-Frank” (NYT, 4/4/16)
  • “Dangers would lurk within an appeal against MetLife ruling” (FT, 4/1/16)
• Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac: “Documents undercut U.S. case for taking mortgage giant Fannie Mae’s profits” (NYT, 4/12/16)
• “Too-Big-To-Fail” Banks and “Living Wills”:
  • “Why megabanks do not want to think about death” (FT, 4/17/16)
  • “How regulators mess with bankers’ minds, and why that’s good” (NYT, 4/14/16)
  • “A tough year for banking takes shape” (NYT, 4/14/16)
  • “Banks still too big to regulate” (NYT, 4/14/16)
  • “Regulators warn 5 top banks they are still too big to fail” (NYT, 4/13/16)
  • “Bank living wills: Citigroup leads the pack” (FT, 4/13/16)
  • “Citigroup, Wells Fargo swap bad-boy role” (WSJ, 4/13/16)
  • “Regulators reject ‘living wills’ of five big U.S. banks” (WSJ, 4/13/16)
  • “US rejects ‘living wills’ of five banks” (FT, 4/13/16)

March 2016

• Big Bank Fines of $43 Billion: [TOP TEN]“Customer reporting failures top big bank fines” (FT, 3/27/16)
• CFTC and SEC: “CFTC, SEC inch closer to full strength with nominations moves” (WSJ, 3/3/16)
• “Clawback” Rules: “Rules to recoup US bank bonuses need tightening” (FT, 3/28/16)
• Dodd-Frank Reform and Trump Deregulation:
  • “A new tool for avoiding big-bank failures: ‘Chapter 14’” (WSJ, 3/10/16)
  • “Policy makers defend postcrisis financial regulation” (WSJ, 3/7/16)
  • [TOP TEN]“New doubts about ‘too big to fail’ banks rattle foundation of regulations” (NYT, 3/2/16)
• Dodd-Frank Reforms & “Too Big To Fail” Banks: “Focusing on bank size, missing the real problem” (WSJ, 3/31/16)
• Dodd-Frank Reforms & “Too Big To Fail” Nonbank “SiFis”:
  • “G.E. asks for removal of ‘too big to fail’ label from GE Capital” (NYT, 3/31/16)
  • “MetLife: the earnestness of being unimportant” (FT, 3/31/16)
  • [TOP TEN]“GE Capital looks to shed ‘too big to fail’ status” (FT, 3/31/16)
  • “MetLife ruling vindicates lonely decision to fight” (FT, 3/31/16)
  • “Fed pulls overseers from MetLife in wake of ruling” (WSJ, 3/31/16)
  • [TOP TEN]“MetLife wins battle to remove ‘too big to fail’ label” (NYT, 3/30/16)
  • [TOP TEN]“MetLife wins ‘too big to fail’ court battle” (FT, 3/30/16)
  • [TOP TEN]“MetLife wins bid to shed ‘systemically important’ label” (WSJ, 3/30/16)
  • “MetLife’s big win for taxpayers” (WSJ, 3/30/16)
  • “MetLife and the Dodd-Frank backlash” (WSJ, 3/30/16)
  • “MetLife: time to rethink that breakup” (WSJ, 3/30/16)
• High Frequency Trading: “Kent villagers oppose plans for communications mast” (FT, 3/27/16)
• “High Frequency Trading” Regulation: “Algo rules could catch commodities trades” (FT, 3/21/16)
• Libor Manipulation Investigation: “ICE shakes up scandal-hit Libor” (FT, 3/17/16)
• Wall Street “Revolving Door”:
  • “Prosecutor in Bear Stearns case to leave U.S. Attorney’s office” (NYT, 3/29/16)
  • [TOP TEN]“Former Chicago Fed analyst pleads guilty to stealing Fed secrets” (WSJ, 3/17/16)

February 2016

• Big Bank “Stress Tests”: “Fed to raise the bar in bank stress tests” (FT, 2/21/16)
• CFPB and Arbitration Clauses: “Government may soon begin putting an end to forced arbitration clauses” (LAT, 2/26/16)
• CFTC Whistleblowers: “CFTC can’t give whistleblower money away” (WSJ, 2/8/16)
• Dark Pool Investigations: ““Dark pool’ accords expose dilemma” (WSJ, 2/2/16)
• Derivatives and Swaps Regulation:
  • “EU, U.S. reach agreement on derivatives oversight” (WSJ, 2/10/16)
  • “U.S. and Europe reach agreement on derivatives regulation” (NYT, 2/10/16)
  • “EU and US strike derivatives regulation deal” (FT, 2/10/16)
  • “Risky derivatives trades face higher costs” (FT, 2/5/16)
• Dodd-Frank Reform and Trump Deregulation:
  • “The next Dodd-Frank headache for banks: living wills” (WSJ, 2/29/16)
  • “Neel Kashkari oversaw the bailout of the big banks. Now he wants to break them up.” (Washington Post, 2/17/16)
• European Bank Capital Requirements: “Europe’s biggest banks ordered to boost capital” (WSJ, 2/19/16)
• Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac:
  • “Fannie and Freddie: recap and release is still just a dream” (WSJ, 2/25/16)
  • “Fannie Mae at risk of needing a bailout” (FT, 2/19/16)
  • “Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac: foreclosing on investors’ hopes” (WSJ, 2/19/16)
• Regulation of Big Banks: “Wall Street is the wicked witch of the fintech revolution” (FT, 2/26/16)
• Too-Big-To-Fail Banks:
  • “Is the era of bank bailouts over? Nobody knows” (FT, 2/23/16)
  • “Break up the big banks? Do this first” (WSJ, 2/18/16)
  • “Fed’s Kashkari: 25% capital requirement may be right for banks” (WSJ, 2/17/16)
  • “A new worry for bank investors: bail-in risk” (WSJ, 2/17/16)
  • [TOP TEN]“Fed’s Neel Kashkari says banks are ‘still too big to fail’” (NYT, 2/16/16)
  • “MetLife makes its case against ‘too big to fail’ label” (NYT, 2/10/16)
• Wall Street “Revolving Door”: [TOP TEN]“Roadblocks on the route from Wall Street to Washington” (NYT, 2/8/16)

January 2016

• Derivatives and Swaps Regulation: “Global businesses urge Brussels to rewrite rules governing derivatives” (FT, 1/28/16)
• Federal Reserve: “Fed eyes old rule to bolster oversight” (WSJ, 1/11/16)
• Regulation of Big Banks: “Proposed legislation would add scrutiny of Wall Street regulators” (NYT, 1/20/16)
• Too-Big-To-Fail Banks: “Bank rescues: putting bondholders on the hook” (FT, 1/6/16)

December 2015

• Dodd-Frank:
  • “A big political battle over Dodd-Frank financial reforms is coming in 2016” (LAT, 12/27/15)
  • [TOP TEN]“He was a JPMorgan Chase whistle-blower. Then came the blowback” (NYT, 12/11/15)
• Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac:
  • “Fannie and Freddie forever” (WSJ, 12/31/15)
  • “Fannie and Freddie’s propaganda war” (WSJ, 12/12/15)
  • [TOP TEN]“A revolving door helps big banks’ quiet campaign to muscle out Fannie and Freddie” (NYT, 12/7/15)
• Federal Reserve:
  • “Fed approves a rule curbing its emergency lending power” (NYT, 12/1/15)
  • “Federal Reserve caps emergency lending powers” (FT, 12/1/15)
• Regulation of Big Banks:“The US financial industry should listen to leftwing reformers” (FT, 12/7/15)
• Regulation of High Fraud Trading Algoriths: “CFTC access to algorithms call spreads unease” (FT, 12/2/15)
• U.K. Banks “Stress Tests”:
  • “BOE diagnosis: Banks are healthy” (WSJ, 12/2/15)
  • “UK bank stocks lead the way after stress tests” (FT, 12/2/15)

November 2015

• Bank Capital Ratios:
  • “Banks await capital punishment” (WSJ, 11/25/15)
  • “Bank trading reform would lift capital needs by up to ninefold” (FT, 11/19/15)
• Derivatives and Swaps Regulation:“Brussels hit as markets legislation held up” (FT, 11/11/15)
• Dodd-Frank:
  • “Lee vows to resist congressional maneuvers to weaken Dodd-Frank” (NYT, 11/25/15)
  • “Warren attacks Dodd-Frank rollback” (FT, 11/11/15)
• High-Frequency Trading:
  • “Exchange that would counter high-speed trade stirs debate” (NYT, 11/17/15)
  • “Regulators seek ways to stem fragility caused by hyper-fast trading” (FT, 11/7/15)
• Regulation of Automated Trading:“Traders’ algorithms face more scrutiny” (FT, 11/25/15)
• Regulation of Big Banks:
  • “Big banks’ new burden: what lurks in debt rules?” (WSJ, 11/23/15)
  • “Another bank battle on capitol hill” (WSJ, 11/16/15)
  • “Banks: pick your poison in election” (WSJ, 11/12/15)
  • “Democratic contenders aim at Wall Street” (WSJ, 11/12/15)
• Regulation of “Spoofing”: “Regulators: stop spoofer” (WSJ, 11/11/15)
• Too-Big-To-Fail?:
  • “Small price for banks to combat ‘too-big-to-fail’” (WSJ, 11/10/15)
  • “Global regulators seek to prevent ‘too big to fail’” (WSJ, 11/9/15)

October 2015

• Bank Capital Ratios:“UK regulator holds firm on bank segregation plan” (WSJ, 10/16/15)
• Derivatives and Swaps Regulation:
  • “Derivatives trade rule change hits US banks” (10/29/15)
  • “Regulator sets rule on swaps” (WSJ, 10/23/15)
  • “FDIC sets new swaps rules in bid to prevent AIG-type meltdown” (WSJ, 10/23/15)
  • “Policymakers left with problem in the wake of London whale” (FT, 10/13/15)
• Dodd-Frank:“Dodd-Frank’s effect on small banks is muted” (WSJ, 10/5/15)
• European Regulation of Securitisation:“EU securitisation push sparks new complexities” (FT, 10/28/15)
• Federal Reserve: [TOP TEN]“Action unlikely this week, but early and gradual rate rise is still Fed’s goal” (NYT, 10/28/15)
• High-Frequency Trading:
  • “US regulator signals first moves to rein in risks of high-speed trading” (FT, 10/22/15)
  • “Are high-frequency traders really such villains?” (NYT, 10/14/15)
• Too-Big-To-Fail?:“Fed’s new rule would ease strain from dying banks” (NYT, 10/31/15)

September 2015

• Dodd-Frank:“Market bets abound, but where are the banks” (WSJ, 9/3/15)
• Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac:“Fannie, Freddie and smaller banks” (WSJ, 9/4/15)
• Federal Reserve:
  • “Raising rates too soon: the mistake central banks keep making” (NYT, 9/16/15)
  • “How the Fed leaves margin for error around rate increase” (WSJ, 9/10/15)
  • “Fed wavers on September rate rise” (WSJ, 9/10/15)
  • “Poor Fed monetary policy led to disappointing results” (WSJ, 9/4/15)
• Systemically Important Financial Institutions (SIFIs): “Bow down before your regulator” (WSJ, 9/4/15)

August 2015

• Bank Capital Ratios:
  • “Greenspan’s capital idea for cutting back on banking angst” (FT, 8/24/15)
  • “The hot thinkg for Wall Street banks: capital-relief trades” (WSJ, 8/18/15)
• Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac:
  • “Put Fannie and Freddie out of taxpayers’ misery” (WSJ, 8/21/15)
  • “Don’t bank on Freddie’s guarantee” (WSJ, 8/5/15)
• Federal Reserve:
  • “China aftershocks could stay Fed’s hand” (WSJ, 8/25/15)
  • “The Fed has a theory. Trouble is, proof is patchy” (WSJ, 8/24/15)
  • “The Fed flirts with the right move at the wrong time” (WSJ, 8/24/15)
  • “US Lacks ammo for next economic crisis” (WSJ, 8/18/15)
• Responsible Banking Act: “New York City’s Responsible Banking Act is unconstitutional, a judge rules” (NYT, 8/12/15)
• Revolving Door:“JP Morgan names former army chief of staff Raymond Odierno as adviser” (WSJ, 8/21/15)

July 2015

• Banks’ Living Wills:
  • “Big banks refile living wills” (WSJ, 7/7/15)
  • “Bank living wills reveal Wall Street victims” (FT, 7/7/15)
• Bank Lobbying and Regulation:“Deregulator of banks set to testify before House” (NYT, 7/27/15)
• Bank Stress Tests:“Stress is rising at big banks” (WSJ, 7/21/15)
• Derrivatives and Swaps Regulation:“Banks pitch swaps as alternative to buying stock” (WSJ, 7/30/15)
• Dodd-Frank:
  • “Beware of a titanic response to Dodd-Frank” (FT, 7/31/15)
  • “Dodd-Frank’s unhappy birthday” (WSJ, 7/29/15)
  • “Dodd-Frank’s nasty double-whammy” (WSJ, 7/24/15)
  • “Architect of banking reform says walls will not make the system safer” (FT, 7/20/15)
  • “Five years later, Dodd-Frank creators say the American banking system is better off” (WSJ, 7/20/15)
  • “After five years, Dodd-Frank is a failure” (WSJ, 7/20/15)
• Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac:
  • “Lawmakers move to halt Fannie, Freddie pay raises” (WSJ, 7/30/15)
  • “Fannie and Freddie are back, bigger and badder than ever” (NYT, 7/20/15)
• Federal Reserve:
  • “September is looking likelier for Fed rate increase” (NYT, 7/30/15)
  • “Fed preps careful path for rate hike” (WSJ, 7/30/15)
  • “Stock, bond investors cheer Fed’s statement” (WSJ, 7/30/15)
  • “Weak inflation not the conundrum many believe” (WSJ, 7/22/15)
  • “Federal Reserve approves capital restraints for big banks” (NYT, 7/21/15)
  • “Fed lifts capital requirements for banks” (WSJ, 7/21/15)
  • “Janet Yellen warns Congress about adding to Fed’s oversight” (NYT, 7/16/15)
  • “Fed’s Yellen aims to move up rates soon, but on a slow path” (WSJ, 7/16/15)
  • “Treasury markets ‘complacent’ over Fed rate strategy” (FT, 7/9/15)
  • “Global tumult gives Fed some pause on rates” (WSJ, 7/9/15)
  • “Fed still looking at raising rates this year, minutes show” (NYT, 7/9/15)
• Financial Conduct Authority: “FCA: on the wrong side of the argument” (FT, 7/3/15)
• Insurer Stress Tests: “Insurers imagine the worst for stress test” (FT, 7/9/15)
• Mortgage Rules: “Rare-coalition urges limits on mortgage-related bank lawsuits” (WSJ, 7/16/15)
• Regulation of Asset Managers: “Asset managers are still in need of some tough reforms” (FT, 7/21/15)
• Regulation of High Frequency Trading: “US report into October  bond meltdown calls for review of automated trading” (FT, 7/14/15)
• Regulation of Leveraged Loans: “Regulators face obstacles in reducing leveraged loans” (NYT, 7/8/15)
• Revolving Door:“Eric Holder returns to Covington and Burling” (NYT, 7/7/15)
• Systemically Important Financial Institutions (SIFIs): “MetLife calls the regulators’ bluff” (WSJ, 7/8/15)
• Volcker Rule: “Volcker bank-risk rule set to start with little fanfare” (WSJ, 7/22/15)

June 2015

• Bank Lobbying and Regulation:
  • “FCA warns against systemic risk label for funds” (FT, 6/3/15)
  • “US fund managers fight back against claims by regulators that they pose a systemic risk” (FT, 6/1/15)
• Bank Stress Tests:“Fed seeks feedback on tests” (WSJ, 6/17/15)
• Derrivatives and Swaps Regulation:
  • “CFTC act to derail swaps tactic” (WSJ, 6/30/15)
  • “Citadel makes inroads into swaps arena” (WSJ, 6/23/15)
• Revolving Door:“Deputy and chief aide to Bharara will depart” (NYT, 6/19/15)
• Too Big To Fail Nonbanks (SIFIs):“Prudential ties escape from risk tag to MetLife“ (WSJ, 6/4/15)

May 2015

• Bank Lobbying and Regulation:
  • “Cost of taming the watchdogs mounts for banks” (FT, 5/29/15)
  • “Draghi warns central banks against ‘blind’ risk-taking” (FT, 5/15/15)
  • “Partisan rancor hits US bank bill” (FT, 5/13/15)
  • “Financial sector in advanced economies is too big, says IMF” (FT, 5/13/15)
  • “Loophole enables big banks to avoid ban” (WSJ, 5/1/15)
• Bank Stress Tests:“Stress tests reiterate lack of capital for Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac” (WSJ, 5/1/15)
• Dodd-Frank Act:
  • “Panel moves to weaken Dodd-Frank” (LAT, 5/22/15)
  • [TOP TEN]“Many on Wall Street say it remains untamed” (NYT, 5/19/15)
  • “Cost analysis missing in bank rule debate” (WSJ, 5/14/15)
• Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac:
  • “Singling out Fannie and Freddie” (WSJ, 5/19/15)
  • “Fannie Mae gives investors dose of reality” (WSJ, 5/8/15)
• Federal Reserve:
  • “Fed eyes controls before beginning its descent” (FT, 5/27/15)
  • “$25,887,000,000,000” (WSJ, 5/26/15)
• “Red Flags” and Stockbrokers: “Many years of overlooked red glags catch up to a broker” (NYT, 5/19/15)
• Revolving Door:
  • “Sheriff of Wall Street taking off his badge” (NYT, 5/21/15)
  • “Bank cop Lawsky turns in his badge” (WSJ, 5/21/15)
  • “SEC chief of staff plans a June exit” (WSJ, 5/20/15)
  • “The business of Bernanke” (WSJ, 5/8/15)
  • “Ex-Fed chairman looks to steer Pimco through policy maze” (FT, 5/2/15)
• Too Big To Fail Nonbanks (SIFIs):
  • “Bringing big banks to heel” (WSJ, 5/13/15)
  • “Senate committee chair plans to wind back bank rules” (FT, 5/13/15)
  • “Shelby bank bill draws skepticism” (WSJ, 5/13/15)

April 2015

• Bank Lobbying and Regulation:
  • “Goldman forced to reveal 14-fold rise in spending on EU lobbying as rules bite” (FT, 4/29/15)
  • “Eurozone banks: deferring the inevitable” (FT, 4/8/15)
  • “Wall Street seeks to stall push for Fed audit” (FT, 4/8/15)
  • “Bubble might soon burst on the boom in bank compliance units” (FT, 4/7/15)

March 2015

• Bank Stress Tests:
  • “Zions, regulators mountains apart” (WSJ, 3/23/15)
  • “Santander and Deutsche fall foul of the Fed” (FT, 3/13/15)
  • “Revised bank plans succeed” (WSJ, 3/13/15)
  • “Fed tests still pose puzzle to banks” (WSJ, 3/13/15)
  • “Divided light is green in the Citi” (WSJ, 3/13/15)
  • “US banks pass exam, some with an asterisk” (NYT, 3/12/15)
  • “Big banks struggle to clear Fed tests” (WSJ, 3/12/15)
  • “Don’t stress over bank test gap” (WSJ, 3/11/15)
  • “Tougher US stress test challenge looms for lenders in round two” (FT, 3/9/15)
  • “Don’t place too much stress on the Fed’s first bank test” (WSJ, 3/9/15)
  • “Goldman faces a threat to a crucial profit source” (NYT, 3/9/15)
  • “Largest US banks all pass latest round of Fed stress test” (LAT, 3/6/15)
  • “Big banks pass muster in latest stress tests” (NYT, 3/6/15)
  • “Fed stress tests find banks adequately capitalized” (WSJ, 3/6/15)
  • “Banks bend, don’t break, under stress” (WSJ, 3/6/15)
  • “Foreign banks mobilize for Fed tests” (WSJ, 3/3/15)
• Community Banks: “Regulator vs your local banker” (WSJ, 3/11/15)
• Derivatives Regulation:“Regulators at odds on  derivatives rules‘ (WSJ, 3/27/15)
• Dodd-Frank Reform Act:
  • “The little bank that could” (WSJ, 3/31/15)
  • “Fed official backs looser standard to classify banks” (WSJ, 3/20/15)
  • [TOP TEN]“Dodd-Frank reforms face fresh assault” (FT, 3/17/15)
  • [TOP TEN]”Despite changes, an overhaul of Wall Street falls short” (NYT, 3/5/15)
• Federal Reserve and QE:“The bet on a stronger dollar is all encompassing” (FT, 3/18/15)
• Fed Scrutiny of Banks: “Fed steps up bank security ” (WSJ, 3/31/15)
• Regulation of Big Banks:“The US, lenders are seen far apart” (WSJ, 3/19/15)
• Revolving Door:
  • “Former Fed governor to advise hedge fund” (WSJ, 3/25/15)
  • “Wall Street prosecutor will join WilmerHale” (NYT, 3/17/15)
• Shadow Banking: “Shadow financing is ‘threat to bank profits’” (FT, 3/5/15)
• Swaps Regulation:
  • “US swaps market resists futures model” (FT, 3/17/15)
  • “Derivatives contribute to FTSE’s end of day fall” (FT, 3/13/15)
• UK Bank “Stress Test:
  • “U.K.’s central bank widens scope of its ‘stress test’” (WSJ, 3/31/15)
    
  • “Bank of England outlines new stress test” (WSJ, 3/31/15)

February 2015

• Bank Capital Ratios:
  • “Swiss to impose tougher capital rules” (FT, 2/19/15)
  • “Soaring dollar squeezes US banks” (WSJ, 2/9/15)
• Bank Stress Tests: “European banks set to fail Fed’s test” (WSJ, 2/21/15)
• Canada Investigates CEBC: “Regulator targets Canada’s CIBC” (WSJ, 2/25/15)
• CFPB and Payday Lenders Regulation: “Consumer protection agency seeks limits on payday lenders” (NYT, 2/9/15)
• CFTC Regulation: “CFTC to propose swaps anonymity” (WSJ, 2/17/15)
• Dodd-Frank Reform Act:
  • “Regulations hit smallest US banks hardest” (FT, 2/9/15)
  • “Small banks seek a break on rules” (WSJ, 2/3/15)
• Dodd-Frank Rules and Risk-taking: “On Wall St. rules on capital humble banks and shrink pay” (NYT, 2/20/15)
  
• Dodd-Frank Swaps Regulators: “Regulator warns swaps rules could contradict” (WSJ, 2/13/15)
• European Anvious of Fed Capital Rules: “EU regulators will press U.S. on Fed’s capital rules” (WSJ, 2/25/15)
• EU Large Bank Capital Rules: “Europe’s biggest banks face renewed capital clampdown, warns watchdog” (FT, 2/15/15)
• Goldman and Regulation: “Regulation is good for Goldman” (WSJ, 2/14/15)
• Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac:
  • “Fannie, Freddie may need more funds” (WSJ, 2/21/15)
  • “The real state of Fannie Mae’s potential” (WSJ, 2/21/15)
• Federal Reserve and QE:
  • “Did the Fed’s QE actually do anything for the real economy?” (FT, 2/6/15)
  • “Fed’s rate dilemma: job gains vs. low inflation” (WSJ, 2/6/15)
• Swaps Regulation:“CFTC gives ground over swaps rules” (FT, 2/27/15)
• “Too Big To Fail” Banks:“Bank rules haunt big insurance” (WSJ, 2/25/15)

January 2015

• Big Bank Regulation: “Withering regulations will make for shrivelled banks” (FT, 1/14/15)
• CFPB New Regulatory Chief: “Ex-prosecutor becomes the CFPB’s enforcement chair” (WSJ, 1/7/15)
• Dodd-Frank Reform Act:
  • [TOP TEN]“Kicking Dodd-Frank in the teeth” (NYT, 1/18/15)
  • [TOP TEN]“A strategy in the fight over Dodd-Frank: go big” (NYT, 1/15/15)
  • “House passes legislation to ease some Dodd-Frank financial rules” (NYT, 1/15/15)
  • “GOP renews bid to weaken Dodd-Frank” (LAT, 1/14/15)
  • “Congress clashes over financial regulation” (WSJ, 1/13/15)
  • “House Republican push to roll back Wall Street regulations fails” (WSJ, 1/8/15)
• Finra New Bank Regulations (Cards”): “In push for change, Finra is opposed by the firms it regulates” (NYT, 1/27/15)
• Future Financial Crisis and the Fed: “Beware of woolly-minded attacks on the fed” (WSJ, 1/28/15)
• IG Investigation of Fed Regulation of Wall Street: “IG to play starring role in review of Fed” (WSJ, 1/6/15)
• Non-Bank Labeled “Systematically Important” (MetLife):
  • [TOP TEN] “MetLife files legal challenge to Sifi status” (FT, 1/14/15)
  • “MetLife sues over being named too big to fail” (NYT, 1/14/15)
  • “MetLife: fight the system” (FT, 1/14/15)
• Revolving Door:
  • “Senator Warren misfires in the war on Wall Street” (FT, 1/14/15)
  • “Study confirms regulatory revolving door” (FT, 1/14/15)
• “Too Big To Fail” Banks:
  • “‘Too big to fail’ on the agenda again” (NYT, 1/22/15)
  • “Regulators test the universal banking model” (FT, 1/16/15)
• Volcker Rule:“Goldman investments are testing Volcker Rule” ( NYT, 1/22/15)

December 2014

• Bank Capital Ratios:
  • “New rules on risk hit JP Morgan hardest” (WSJ, 12/10/14)
  • “Federal Reserve won’t let large US banks drink to excess” (WSJ, 12/10/14)
  • “With rule, Fed nudges big banks to shrink” (NYT, 12/10/14)
  • “Big banks may need more in the tank” (WSJ, 12/08/14)
• Broker Regulation:
  • “Regulators to address broker loophole” (WSJ, 12/29/14)
  • “Wall Street’s watchdog doesn’t disclose all regulatory red flags” (WSJ, 12/28/14)
• Dodd-Frank Reform Act:
  • “Wall Street wins a round in a Dodd-Frank fight” (NYT, 12/13/14)
  • “Playing the Dodd-Frank shaming game” (WSJ, 12/3/14)
• Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac:
  • “Life without Fannie and Freddie” (WSJ, 12/28/14)
  • “Low down payments revisited” (NYT, 12/13/14)
  • “Obama’s Fannie Mae payday” (WSJ, 12/12/14)
  • “Fannie, Freddie to feed housing fund” (WSJ, 12/12/14)
• Non-Bank Labeled “Systematically Important” (MetLife):
  • “MetLife could still be appealing” (WSJ, 12/20/14)
  • “MetLife may sue over designation” (WSJ, 12/19/14)
  • “Regulators deem MetLife a ‘too big to fail’ institution” (NYT, 12/19/14)
• Proposed Rules for “Bankers Behaving Badly”: “Good medicine for bad bankers” (WSJ, 12/24/14)
• Revolving Door:
  • “The week that shook the Fed” (NYT, 12/7/14)
  • “Financial firefighters” (FT, 12/5/14)
  • “Encouraging public service, through the ‘revolving door‘” (NYT, 12/2/14)
• “Too Big To Fail” Banks:“The financial instability business” (WSJ, 12/21/14)
• Volcker Rule:“Volcker rule provision extended” (LAT, 12/20/14)
• Yellen and the Fed: “Yellen’s first year: a steady course” (NYT, 12/23/14)

November 2014

• Bank “Stress Tests”:
  • “An imperfect plan for fixing the next crisis” (FT, 11/13/14)
  • “Some cracks in Europe’s stress test” (NYT, 11/03/14)
• CFTC and Swaps Market Regulation: “CFTC official: rules divides swaps market” (WSJ, 11/12/14)
• CLOs: “Rules governing collateralized loan obligations challenged” (WSJ, 11/25/14)
• Dodd-Frank Reform Act:“The way is clear fro the three easy Dodd-Frank fixes” (WSJ, 11/6/14)
• Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac:“Playing hot potato with Fannie Mae” (WSJ, 11/20/14)
• The Fed: “The Fed eeeds more than an audit” (WSJ, 11/28/14)
• Fed and Wall Street: “The Fed needs governors who aren’t Wall Street insiders” (WSJ, 11/18/14)
• Futures Trading and Volatility: “Bond swings draw scrutiny” (WSJ, 11/10/14)
• New York Fed and Bank Regulation: “New York Fed is criticized on oversight” (NYT, 11/22/14)
  
• Non-Bank Labeled “Systematically Important” (MetLife):“MetLife loads up to fight risk tag” (WSJ, 11/10/14)
• Revolving Door:
  • “Liberal treasury nominee’s Wall St. prowess may be a vulnerability” (NTY, 11/28/14)
  • “A senator’s misplaced ire at a nominee” (NYT, 11/25/14)
  • “Goldman fires staff for alleged NY Fed breach” (FT, 11/20/14)

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