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An international regulatory body outlined a series of recommendations for reducing risks posed by the asset management industry, particularly increasing liquidity and reducing leverage posed by derivatives positions.

The dominance of the sector by the Big Four accounting firms poses its own systemic-risk concerns and prompts questions about how other mega-companies are audited.

2016 was very good to these financial services executives, who succeeded where others failed, sold their businesses for large sums, felt the love of regulators or could finally breathe a sigh of relief.

Any method for unwinding too-big-to-fail institutions that tries to avoid bailouts is a fool's errand. A more effective path may be reducing the size of TBTF banks or regulating them as utilities.

A group of central bankers has postponed its planned meeting to review the details of the final capital and governance standards outlined in the Basel III accords, offering little explanation except that "more time is needed" to complete the rules.

Banks' ethical and regulatory missteps have been a source of consternation for regulators and the general public since the 2008 financial crisis. So how can the Trump administration balance accountability with its promises of low regulation and high growth?

The banking system ultimately needs a balanced approach to capital, which allows banks to efficiently function while also maintaining financial stability.

Republicans say they will roll back regulators' ability to oversee nonbanks once they take full control of the government in January. But what does that mean for agencies' oversight into the eight financial market utilities that operate a key part of the financial system?

With the completion of the final total loss absorbing capacity and bank regulators' decision this week to approve the living wills of all but one of the large banks, industry representatives are claiming victory in the battle to prevent future government bailouts. But some critics aren't so certain.

The question of how and why Wells Fargo failed its living will test is an issue the bank needs to address soon as it faces another deadline to fix problems identified by regulators.