Bloomberg Law
March 15, 2018, 8:51 PM UTC

Banks Seeking to Shed Systemic-Risk Tag Will Get Hearings

Bloomberg Law - Staff Reports

By Evan Weinberger

A panel of U.S. financial regulators said March 13 that it would grant hearings to bank holding companies seeking to escape their designation as systemically important, and the enhanced regulatory supervision that comes with it.

The Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) said in a draft Federal Register notice that it would grant hearings to bank holding companies that want to show significant changes to their corporate structure and balance sheets that could allow the firms to get out of extra capital and other standards.

The changes took effect immediately, but the FSOC, which is currently chaired by ...

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