Financial services report, Spring 2013 *

USA - March 12 2013
Despite numerous predictions of quick and easy passage, Congress finally passed and President Obama signed into law an amendment to the Federal…

Co-authors: Leonard Chanin, Andrew M. Smith, Obrea Poindexter, Richard Fischer, Charles M. Horn.

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Financial market utilities: Federal Reserve proposes rule on accounts at reserve banks *

USA - March 5 2013
Yesterday, March 4, 2013, the Federal Reserve Board (the "Board") published a proposed rule on the standards governing the establishment of accounts…

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Favorable treatment of mortgage loans under Dodd-Frank: a comparison *

USA - February 19 2013
In the wake of the financial crisis, mortgage-related reforms enacted as part of the Dodd-Frank Act or established under the Basel capital process…

Co-authors: Leonard Chanin, Anna T. Pinedo, Thomas J. Noto.

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Avoiding armageddon: resolution regimes for central clearing counterparties *

Global - February 5 2013
The September 2009 resolutions of the G20 nations at their Pittsburgh summit, as to the compulsory centralised clearing of standardised…

Co-authors: Peter Green, Jeremy Jennings-Mares.

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Liquidity coverage ratio: new Basel measurement published *

Global, USA - January 10 2013
On January 6, 2013, the Group of Governors and Heads of Supervision ("GHOS"), which oversees the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision ("BCBS")…

Co-authors: Jeremy Jennings-Mares.

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