Bank & Thrift Regulatory Update
- Janet Yellen Succeeds Ben Bernanke as Chair of the Federal Reserve Board
- OCC Survey Shows Banks’ Underwriting Standards Continuing to Ease
- OCC and Boston University to Host Symposium Commemorating 150 Years of National Banking
- FDIC Issues Guidance on Registration of Municipal Advisors
Enterprise & Consumer Compliance
- CFPB Issues Consumer Advisory on Industry’s Data Breach
- CFPB 2013 Supervision Report Highlights Mortgage Servicing Issues
Capital Markets & Investment Management
- SEC Issues Risk Alert on Investment Advisers’ Due Diligence Processes for Selecting Alternative Investments
- CFTC Announces Trade Execution Mandate for Certain IRS and CDS Contracts
- SEC Approves Merger of BATS Global Markets and Direct Edge
- Enforcement Actions
Financial Services Legislation
- Senate Passes Bill to Delay Certain Flood Insurance Premium Increases
- Senate Banking Subcommittee Hears Testimony on “Monitoring Systemic Risk: The Annual Report and Oversight of the Office of Financial Research,” including the Status of Data Collection and Analysis by the Office of Financial Research
Recent Supervisory Actions