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AFR in the News: Getting Specific on Capital Requirements
May 6, 2013 – 3:25 pm

The Dodd-Frank Act, Mike Konczal points out on washingtonpost.com (5/6/13), left it to regulators to decide how much capital banks must set aside. And U.S. regulators have ceded much of the task to the international …

AFR in the News: Regulators Closer to Supervising Nonbank Financial Companies
April 9, 2013 – 11:51 am

“[I]t has taken federal regulators nearly three years since the passage of Dodd-Frank… to define which nonbank companies, if they were to fail, could threaten the integrity of the country’s financial system.”

“London Whale” Report Underscores Need for Derivatives Reform and a Strong Volcker Rule
March 15, 2013 – 2:13 pm
“London Whale” Report Underscores Need for Derivatives Reform and a Strong Volcker Rule

With too many in Washington once again echoing the “What’s good for us is good for America” mantra of Wall Street, the Senate’s new findings should shred any argument for retreat from key reforms.

AFR in the News: Does More Need to be Done About ‘Too Big To Fail?’
March 13, 2013 – 10:01 pm

AFR’s Marcus Stanley was interviewed by Peter Barnes of Fox Business News on March 11.

AFR in the News: Don’t Call Us Systemically Important, Says MetLife
March 8, 2013 – 12:39 pm

MetLife CEO Steve Kandarian warns of dire consequences if large insurance companies are designated systemically important and deserving of special oversight. Such a move, he said, “could disrupt an entire industry just as the economy is regaining its footing.”