The Volcker rule is named after the 12th Chair of the Federal Reserve, Paul Volcker, here pictured with former Fed Chairs Alan Greenspan and Ben Bernanke. The Volcker rule is named after the 12th ...
The Volcker Rule was established following the Great Recession of the late 2000s and early 2010s. Essentially, the law stops depository banks from making risky and speculative investments with ...
Bonnie J. Roe of Cohen & Gresser writes: In general, the Volcker Rule takes a principles-based approach in identifying prohibited activities. While this approach may provide needed flexibility to ...
Earlier this month on CBS’s "60 Minutes," Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell sat down for an interview with longtime correspondent Scott Pelley. While the interview was light on actionable ...
You’ve probably heard the term “Volcker Rule” thrown around a lot, especially as five separate financial regulators vote on whether to approve the final rule Tuesday. Here’s everything you need to ...
Federal regulators on Tuesday unveil and vote on a final version of the so-called Volcker Rule. It's part of the Dodd-Frank regulatory overhaul and prohibits banks from trading stocks, bonds and ...
Government officials on Friday approved a 30-day extension of the public comment period for a proposal to implement regulation known as the Volcker Rule. In addition, the SEC issued the same extension ...
The example of foreign exchange dealers at banks in the City of London allegedly using knowledge of client flows to make illicit trades via their personal accounts might offer a solution to some of ...
Federal regulators moved Tuesday morning to approve a final draft of a long-awaited provision of the Dodd-Frank financial reform law that would limit banks from making speculative bets for their own ...
(Updates with Stanley comment in 11th paragraph and Lamson comment in 18th paragraph.) Oct. 28 (Bloomberg) -- The Dodd-Frank Act's ban on proprietary trading and limits on hedge-fund investments will ...
FDIC vice chairman Tom Hoenig, perhaps the smartest banking reformer around, gave an important speech in Europe this week. His talk, entitled “Global Banking: A Failure of Structural Integrity,” gets ...
The Trump administration’s revision of the Volcker Rule, a centerpiece of the new post-crisis banking rules, is underway and will pick up Friday, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Thursday. The ...