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PH FedACTion: Financial Regulatory Updates

Daily Financial Regulation Update -- Friday July 12, 2024

July 12, 2024

By Paul Hastings Professional

PH FedACTion: Financial Regulatory Updates

Friday, July 12, 2024

 

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Congress

U.S. Senate

Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs

Nomination Hearing

July 11, 2024

The U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs held a nomination hearing on the following nominations: The Honorable Christy Goldsmith Romero, of Virginia, to be Chairperson and Member of the Board of Directors of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; The Honorable Caroline A. Crenshaw, of the District of Columbia, to be a Member of the Securities and Exchange Commission; The Honorable Kristin N. Johnson, of Georgia, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury; and Mr. Gordon I. Ito, of Hawaii, to be a Member of the Financial Stability Oversight Council.

 

Federal Agencies

U.S. Department of the Treasury

Office of Financial Research Brief: Bank Health and Future Commercial Real Estate Losses

July 11, 2024

The Office of Financial Research published a brief entitled, “Bank Health and Future Commercial Real Estate Loss.”

 

Federal Reserve Board

Working Paper: Optimal Design of Contingent Capital

July 11, 2024

The Federal Reserve Board published a working paper entitled, “Optimal Design of Contingent Capital.”

 

Working Paper: (Re-)Connecting Inflation and the Labor Market: A Tale of Two Curves

July 11, 2024

The Federal Reserve Board published a working paper entitled, “(Re-)Connecting Inflation and the Labor Market: A Tale of Two Curves.”

 

Working Paper: Predicting Analysts’ S&P 500 Earnings Forecast Errors and Stock Market Returns using Macroeconomic Data and Nowcasts

July 11, 2024

The Federal Reserve Board published a working paper entitled, “Predicting Analysts’ S&P 500 Earnings Forecast Errors and Stock Market Returns using Macroeconomic Data and Nowcasts.”

 

Speech: Common Inflation and Monetary Policy Challenges across Countries

July 10, 2024

Federal Reserve Board Governor Lisa D. Cook gave a speech entitled, “Common Inflation and Monetary Policy Challenges across Countries,” at the Australian Conference of Economists 2024.

 

Federal Reserve Bank of New York

Statement on IOSCO Compliance for Federal Reserve Bank of New York Administered Reference Rates

July 11, 2024

The Federal Reserve Bank of New York today updated its Statement of Compliance with the IOSCO Principles for Financial Benchmarks.

 

Blog: The Mysterious Slowdown in U.S. Manufacturing Productivity 

July 11, 2024

The Federal Reserve Bank of New York published a Liberty Street Economics blog post entitled, “The Mysterious Slowdown in U.S. Manufacturing Productivity.”

 

Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

Working Paper: Scenario-based Quantile Connectedness of the U.S. Interbank Liquidity Risk Network

July 11, 2024

The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston published a working paper entitled, “Scenario-based Quantile Connectedness of the U.S. Interbank Liquidity Risk Network.”

 

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Consolidated Reports of Condition and Income for Second Quarter 2024

July 11, 2024

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation released the Consolidated Reports of Condition and Income for the second quarter 2024.

 

Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council

FFIEC Publishes 2023 Data on Mortgage Lending  

July 11, 2024

The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council published data on 2023 mortgage lending transactions reported under the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act by 5,113 U.S. financial institutions, including banks, savings associations, credit unions, and mortgage companies.

 

International

European Banking Authority

ESAs report on the use of behavioral insights in supervisory and policy work

July 11, 2024

The three European Supervisory Authorities (EBA, EIOPA and ESMA - ESAs) published a joint report following their workshop on the use of behavioral insights by supervisory authorities in their day-to-day oversight and policy work.

 

EBA updates list of other systemically important institutions

July 11, 2024

The European Banking Authority updated the list of other systemically important institutions (O-SIIs) in the EU, which, together with global systemically important institutions (G-SIIs), are identified as systemically important by the relevant authorities according to harmonized criteria laid down in the EBA Guidelines.

 

Bank of England

Credit Conditions Survey - 2024 Q2

July 11, 2024

The Bank of England released the results of the Credit Conditions Survey for Q2 2024.

 

Bank Liabilities Survey - 2024 Q2

July 11, 2024

The Bank of England released the results of the Bank Liabilities Survey for Q2 2024.

 

Financial Conduct Authority

FCA overhauls listing rules to boost growth and innovation on UK stock markets

July 11, 2024

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has set out a simplified listings regime with a single category and streamlined eligibility for those companies seeking to list their shares in the UK. 

 

Primary Market Bulletin 50

July 11, 2024

The Financial Conduct Authority published volume 50 of the Primary Market Bulletin.

 

Administration Changes

Vacancies

Office of the Comptroller of the Currency

  • Comptroller – Vacant (Michael Hsu serves as Acting Comptroller)

 

Appointments/Confirmation Hearings

U.S. Department of the Treasury – Janet Yellen (effective January 26, 2021)

Federal Reserve Board – Jerome H. Powell (effective May 23, 2022)

  • Vice Chair Phillip N Jefferson (sworn in September 13, 2023)
  • Vice Chair for Supervision Michael Barr (sworn in July 19, 2022)
  • Governor Michelle W. Bowman (sworn in November 26, 2018)
  • Governor Christopher J. Waller (sworn in December 18, 2020)
  • Governor Lisa D. Cook (sworn in September 13, 2022)
  • Governor Adriana D. Kugler (sworn in September 13, 2023)

Federal Reserve Bank of New York – John C. Williams (effective June 18, 2018)

Federal Reserve Bank of Boston – Susan M. Collins (effective July 1, 2022)

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation – Martin Gruenberg (effective January 5, 2023)

  • Vice Chairman Travis Hill (sworn in January 5, 2023)
  • Director Jonathan McKernan (sworn in January 5, 2023)
  • Director Michael Hsu (Acting Comptroller of the Currency)
  • Director Rohit Chopra (Director of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau)

Office of the Comptroller of the Currency – Michael Hsu (acting Comptroller, effective May 10, 2021)

Securities and Exchange Commission – Gary Gensler (effective April 17, 2021)

Commodity Futures Trading Commission – Rostin Behnam (effective December 17, 2021)

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau – Rohit Chopra (effective October 12, 2021)

National Credit Union Administration – Todd M. Harper (effective January 20, 2021)

Small Business Administration – Isabella Casillas Guzman (effective March 16, 2021)

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development – Marcia Fudge (effective March 10, 2021) (resigned March 11, 2024, effective March 22, 2024)

Federal Housing Finance Agency – Sandra L. Thompson (effective June 22, 2022)

U.S. Department of Education – Dr. Miguel Cardona (effective March 2, 2021)

Financial Crimes Enforcement Network – Andrea Gacki (effective July 13, 2023)

 

PH Client Alerts

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Legislation/Legislative Updates

Click here to view the full text of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (the “CARES Act”), Enacted March 27, 2020.

Click here to view the full text of the Paycheck Protection Program Increase Act of 2020, Enacted April 24, 2020.

Click here to view the full text of the Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act of 2020, Enacted June 5, 2020.

Click here to view the full text of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, Enacted December 27, 2020.

Click here to view the full text of the American Rescue Plan of 2021, Enacted March 11, 2021.

Click here to view the full text of the PPP Extension Act of 2021, Enacted March 30, 2021.

Click here to view a running list of proposed legislation from the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, House Committee on Financial Services, and House Committee on Small Business.