Gregg Gelzinis

Randal Quarles, the Federal Reserve's vice chair for supervision, says the central bank was wise not to require banks to build capital cushions in the lead-up to the pandemic. But that decision rested on a misleading a narrative and could wind up threatening the economic recovery.

The banking agencies would benefit from running simulations designed to ensure they’re ready to handle the next crisis.

The banking agencies have proposed weakening several liquidity, capital and stress test requirements without considering the cumulative effect of the many changes being undertaken.

As a House staffer, Dino Falaschetti tried to repeal Treasury’s Office of Financial Research. He should not be put in charge of it.

A proposal to revise parts of the Dodd-Frank Act ban on proprietary trading would make it easier for banks to conduct risky trades.

The Treasury secretary has suggested raising an asset cutoff used by the Financial Stability Oversight Council to assess systemically significant nonbanks, removing some hedge funds and other risky firms from the council's purview.

The Financial Stability Oversight Council should ignore two recent Treasury Department recommendations regarding the labeling of systemically risky nonbanks.

A House bill would deregulate both domestic and foreign banks that control trillions of dollars of combined assets, reducing financial stability and tying the hands of regulators to reapply heightened standards in the future.

The lack of progress by the Trump administration with an examination of hedge fund risks is particularly troubling in light of key Trump backers’ ties to the hedge fund industry.

The administration’s regulatory blueprint would undermine the calculation of the so-called leverage ratio, a key ingredient in determining large banks’ capital strength.