Directors retaining seats without backing from majority of shareholders prompts concern
Regulator softens complex initial proposal after industry pushback
An important task for regulators is to understand how different forms of financial intermediation fit together to benefit customers
Banks have played silly endgames on capital. They win silly prizes as a result
This week’s Big Question asks readers: what level of capital requirements should be mandatory for the largest banks?
Research tracking mobile data shows how some corporate insiders avoided losses by selling around the time regulatory staff visited
Fed vice-chair says he learnt ‘lesson of humility’ when he had to revise capital requirements plan
Central bank bows to pressure from Wall Street and Congress
Larger firms will have to set up an oversight board with at least one independent outsider
Market maker attacks ‘brazen’ efforts by exchanges to recoup costs of ‘Consolidated Audit Trail’ that tracks securities trading
Plus, Berkshire Hathaway joins the $1tn club and 7-Eleven’s owner tries to protect itself from a foreign bidder
Capital requirements cut after first successful appeal by a US lender against central bank’s annual assessment
Big firms are battling against proposed rules on external oversight
Gibson Dunn partner Eugene Scalia has become the go-to lawyer for businesses seeking to check regulators’ authority
US justice department’s antitrust lawsuit alleges real estate software company enabled landlords to collude
Conservative justices have curbed regulators’ ability to impose new rules
The lender is now on the defensive after its sloppiness has caught up with it
SEC is investigating co-chief investment officer of firm’s Western Asset unit
Activist and his company will pay $2mn to resolve probe launched after Hindenburg Research report
Academic says she was forced to delay publication of paper highlighting pressure on smaller audit firms
Regulator’s sprawling probe has already raked in more than $2bn in penalties
Decision is a setback to service aimed at cord-cutters that had been expected to launch this year
Washington group hires executive who departed now defunct Swiss bank in wake of Greensill and Archegos crises
Companies that self-reported violations are facing smaller fines than those that did not disclose the conduct
Funds have taken aim at US regulator’s authority in challenge to rule that would have forced greater transparency
