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Paul Volcker, the former Federal Reserve chairman who broke the back of U.S. inflation in the 1980s and three decades later led President Barack Obama’s bid to rein in the investment risk-taking of commercial banks, has died.
December 9 -
Regulators already have a template around which to build an exemption from Volcker for tender option bonds, wrote SIFMA's Michael Decker.
October 18 -
A proposal by bank and securities regulators to roll back some provisions of the Volcker Rule indicates they may be considering rethinking their previous stance on tender option bonds.
June 6 -
The past 10 years have seen major changes to the market, but analysts aren't sure they've been effective in preparing it for the next test.
May 31 -
The muni market officially got much of what it has spent years fighting for on Thursday, when President Trump signed the banking bill that makes tradable, investment grade municipal securities high-quality liquid assets under federal banking rules.
May 24 -
Muni market groups got a long-awaited win when the House passed banking legislation classifying certain munis as high-quality liquid assets, even if it wasn't as big a win as hoped.
May 23 -
The House has approved similar municipal securities and Puerto Rico provisions, but has wanted more sweeping bank deregulation legislation than the Senate.
March 15 -
General John F. Kelly’s arrival as the Chief of Staff at the White House is hopefully a harbinger of more positive action.
August 2John Hallacy Consulting LLC