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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.

The Federal Reserve released the final version of its total loss absorbing capacity rule – one of the final elements of the post-crisis regulatory framework meant to provide a means of recapitalizing a failed megabank.

Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen said she is advising the incoming Trump administration not to roll back the improvements in bank safety and soundness enshrined in Dodd-Frank, but acknowledged that recent scandals “certainly suggest there is room for improvement” when it comes to bank culture.

After Wells Fargo became the first U.S. bank ever sanctioned over its resolution plan, observers are wondering what it means for the future of the institution and the living will process.

Of the five banks that failed their living will tests earlier this year and were forced to resubmit plans, only Wells Fargo failed again, resulting in immediate regulatory action that will restrict its growth, including its ability to expand internationally and buy nonbank subsidiaries.

Industry observers worry that the Dodd-Frank Act's Title II — which gives the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. authority to oversee the resolution of a complex financial institution — could be the first thing under fire when the Trump administration undertakes financial reform.

WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve Board is slated to vote next week on a final rule meant to help regulators recapitalize a major U.S. bank if it should run aground, one of the last significant capital regulations that the agencies have yet to complete.

The bank must make fundamental changes to avoid becoming the ultimate scapegoat for grievances about Wall Street's biggest banks.

And that was only the beginning. Bank CEOs speaking in New York provided a long list of financial reforms that they would like to see under the incoming Trump administration.

Rather than address systemic risk with impractical capital requirements, regulators can make a few subtle changes that will force the shrinkage of the largest banks gradually over time.

In a wide-ranging interview with American Banker, Cleveland Fed President Loretta Mester talks about what should be kept in the push to deregulate banking regulation, as well as her view on reforming the Fed, ending "too big to fail," the future of Basel and the effect of a Trump administration on financial services.