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Better coordination and information sharing needs to be fostered between financial regulators worldwide in order to reduce risks posed by so-called shadow banking sector, a group of international supervisors said Wednesday.

In guidance on banks' resolution plans, regulators effectively have made important policy decisions about liquidity transformation that were not subject to notice and comment.

Joseph Fellerman, a former special adviser at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., was one of the first people at the agency to research systemic resolution. Now, the agency is better prepared to handle the next big crash, he told the American Banker in a sit-down interview.

I bear no hard feelings for the JPMorgan Chase CEO, but our disagreement underscores a rift between how Wall Street firms and community banks view the post-crisis landscape.

Goldman Sachs Group’s compensation plan, including a provision making Lloyd Blankfein the highest-paid chief executive officer of a Wall Street bank for his work last year, drew the most opposition since shareholders began voting on the matter in 2009.

The heads of megabanks get paid a lot. Some investors want them to streamline their companies for greater returns. But it's arguable whether those CEOs would want to do so if their counterparts at smaller, better-performing banks get paid less.

In his first public remarks this year, Federal Reserve Gov. Daniel Tarullo offered a preview of the enhanced capital and liquidity requirements that certain insurers will soon face.

Regulators have abused their role of implementing law to actually make financial policy, usurping the role of Congress in a tripartite system.

Minneapolis Fed President Neel Kashkari made waves when he said drastic measures — including potentially breaking up the megabanks — are needed to end "too big to fail." In an expansive interview, Kashkari talked about his political future, the culture at the Fed and the challenge of legislating change.

JPMorgan attracted stronger support for its annual say-on-pay vote after dozens of conversations with major shareholders prompted it to make a series of changes to executive compensation.