Financial Regulatory Forum

By Karey Wutkowski
WASHINGTON, Nov 3 (Reuters) – U.S. banks are lauding regulators for avoiding another emergency fee to replenish the deposit insurance fund, but are suggesting tweaks to a plan for them to prepay three years of regular assessments.

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   By Karey Wutkowski
WASHINGTON, Nov 2 (Reuters) – The U.S. pay czar said on Monday that he will determine “in the near future” how he will use his power to claw back pay at companies that have taken bailout money but is not currently in negotiations to do so.

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   WASHINGTON, Oct 30 (Reuters) – U.S. Representative Barney Frank has changed his position and supports requiring large financial firms to make payments into a fund for unwinding troubled competitors before the money is needed, an aide said on Friday.

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   By Karey Wutkowski
WASHINGTON, Oct 30 (Reuters) – U.S regulators on Friday encouraged banks to modify troubled commercial real estate loans, which are seen as a looming danger spot for the banking industry.

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By Kevin Drawbaugh
WASHINGTON, Oct 29 (Reuters) – The Obama administration’s new proposal for tackling financial risk in the U.S. economy, unveiled just two days ago, came under attack on Thursday from all sides, with critics targeting its funding and scope.

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   By Kevin Drawbaugh
WASHINGTON, Oct 27 (Reuters) – The Obama administration made gains on Tuesday in its push for U.S. financial reform, unveiling a landmark bill to tackle systemic risk in the economy and winning congressional committee approval for a measure to expose hedge funds to more government scrutiny.The systemic risk bill would grant vast powers to a new systemic risk regulatory council, the Federal Reserve and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp to monitor and address risks to economic stability posed by shaky financial holding companies.

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By Kevin Drawbaugh and Rachelle Younglai
WASHINGTON, Oct 27 (Reuters) – The U.S. government would gain far-reaching new powers to regulate, and even shut down, large financial firms that threaten economic stability under a draft bill released in Congress on Tuesday.

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By Karey Wutkowski
WASHINGTON, Oct 21 (Reuters) – Congress should eliminate any possibility of temporary bailouts in draft legislation that would give the government power to break up troubled, systemic financial firms, a top U.S. bank regulator said on Wednesday.

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By Karey Wutkowski
WASHINGTON, Oct 20 (Reuters) – The Obama administration is planning to send lawmakers a fresh, tougher proposal that would give the government more tools to wind down troubled financial firms and reduce the idea of “too big to fail,” U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said on Tuesday.

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WASHINGTON, Oct 20 (Reuters) – U.S. regulators voted on Tuesday to end a government program that guarantees some debt issued by banks, but also to set up a 6-month safety net facility.

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