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US House passes Volcker Rule changes, puts Fed in charge

April 16, 2018Anna Reitman

The US House of Representatives passed the Volcker Rule Regulatory Harmonization Act. The Volcker Rule prohibits banking agencies from engaging in proprietary trading or entering into certain relationships with hedge funds and private-equity funds. The bill amends the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 to exempt from the Volcker Rule banks with total assets: (1) of $10 billion or less, and (2) comprised of 5% or less of trading assets and liabilities.

The bill also grants exclusive rulemaking authority under the Volcker Rule to the Federal Reserve Board. Currently, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Securities and Exchange Commission, and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission also have regulatory authority under the Volcker Rule. The bill will now go the Senate.

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