The OCC, the Federal Reserve Board and the FDIC proposed long-term debt requirements for large banking entities, holding companies, foreign banking organizations and large insured depository institutions to facilitate resolvability in the event of failure and to reduce the risk of contagion within the financial system.
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Senate Banking Committee Republicans expressed concern as to the rising influence of the "Big Three" asset managers - BlackRock, State Street and Vanguard - on corporate America through the voting power resulting from their ownership of index funds.
The Federal Reserve Board revised the interest rate paid on balances held by Federal Reserve Banks or eligible institutions.
The Federal Reserve Board adopted amendments to the reserve requirements for depository institutions to (i) create a new single "interest on reserve balances" rate and (ii) simplify the formula for payment of interest on balances.
A Federal Reserve Board final rule to "lower reserve requirement ratios on transaction accounts maintained at depository institutions to zero percent" was published in the Federal Register.