House Financial Services Committee Chair Patrick McHenry (R-NC) and a bipartisan group of legislators asked banking regulators to clarify "through guidance and other actions" that an SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin, which describes how a custodian must account for digital assets, is not enforceable.
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In a 2022-2026 Strategic Plan, CFTC Chair Rostin Behnam highlighted "emerging trends transforming global derivatives markets" including "digital asset commodities, decentralized finance, and Environmental, Social, and Governance Investing."
Treasury announced that, after the necessary consultation with the FDIC and the SEC, it is providing a retail broker-dealer with a conditional exemption from certain Dodd-Frank recordkeeping requirements for certain of its qualified financial contracts.
In a supervision and regulation letter to institutions that have large derivatives portfolios and relationships with investment funds, the Federal Reserve Board reiterated previously issued expectations as to large banks' counterparty credit risk management and margin practices.
In testimony before the U.S. Senate Banking Committee, SEC Chair Gary Gensler weighed in on market structure, predictive data analytics, issuers and issuer disclosure, and funds and investment management.