Participants in the EU-U.S. Joint Financial Regulatory Forum highlighted cross-border interagency coordination on (i) financial stability, (ii) climate-related financial risks, (iii) banking and insurance regulation and supervision, (iv) capital markets, (v) operational resilience, (vi) digital finance and (vii) AML/CFT compliance.
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Senior officials from the Bank of England, the FDIC, the CFTC, the SEC and the Federal Reserve Board reviewed joint progress on central counterparty resolution issues and on the development of detailed operational planning to support prototype resolution strategies for UK and U.S. CCPs.
The SEC, the Federal Reserve Board, the OCC, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the FDIC and the Federal Housing Finance Agency reassessed several provisions of the Credit Risk Retention Regulation and decided not to propose any changes at this time.
At a Financial Stability Oversight Council meeting on June 11, 2021, Federal Reserve Board Vice Chair for Supervision Randal K. Quarles encouraged the move toward the Secured Overnight Financing Rate and warned banks that the use of USD LIBOR quotes available after December 2021 for new products would create safety-and-soundness risks.
A Federal Reserve Board, OCC and FDIC joint final rule that will limit the interconnectedness of large banks and reduce systemic risk was published in the Federal Register.