ABA: FASB’s Hedging Decisions Likely to Benefit Banks of All Sizes
The Financial Accounting Standards Board yesterday signaled that it would continue clearing the way for banks to hedge their interest ...
Tag: Derivatives
Fed, OCC Issue Transition Period Guidance on Variation Margin
As the ABA Securities Association and other trade groups have urged, the Federal Reserve and the OCC today issued guidance ...
ABA, Groups Seek Forbearance on Variation Margin Rule
With a March 1 compliance deadline looming for when swap dealers and major swap participants must exchange variation margin for ...
House Commodities Bill Includes ABA-Backed Provisions
The House yesterday voted 239-182 to pass the Commodity End-User Relief Act that would reauthorize the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
Fed to Evaluate Large Bank ‘Living Wills,’ Fintech in 2017
Speaking at a legal event in Washington, D.C., today, Federal Reserve General Counsel Scott Alvarez outlined several issues the agency ...
OCC: Bank Trading Revenues Fell in Q3
Commercial banks reported total trading revenue of $6.4 billion in the third quarter of 2016, down from $7 billion in ...
OCC: Bank Trading Revenues Increased in Q2
Commercial banks reported total trading revenue of $6.9 billion in the second quarter of 2016, up from $5.8 billion in ...
OCC Proposes Limits on Qualified Financial Contracts
The OCC today proposed a rule that would establish restrictions on qualified financial contracts -- such as derivative transactions, repurchase ...
Uncleared Swap Margin Exemptions Finalized for Small Banks and End Users
The federal banking agencies are issuing a final rule affirming that swaps and security-based swaps that are not cleared through ...
ABA: Margin Rules Implementation Must Align with EU Timeline
ABA and the ABA Securities Association today wrote to U.S. regulators urging them to re-align their timeline for implementing the ...
