House Financial Services Committee Hearing: "Examining the Dangers of the FSOC's Designation Process and Its Impact on the U.S. Financial System" (with Delta Strategy Group Summary)
The House Financial Services Committee held a hearing examining the process by which the Financial Stability Oversight Council ("FSOC") designates nonbank financial institutions as systemically important financial institutions ("SIFIs"). Specifically, the hearing focused on the voting structure of FSOC and the criteria it uses to make certain designations, as well as the future implications of subjecting bank holding companies with assets of $50 billion or more to stringent standards.
The hearing also discussed the FSOC Transparency and Accountability Act (H.R. 4387), which would amend, among other things, Dodd-Frank Section 111 ("Financial Stability Oversight Council Established") to make FSOC subject to the Sunshine Act and the Federal Advisory Committee Act and allow all members and boards represented on FSOC to attend and participate in FSOC meetings.
The following witnesses testified at the hearing:
- Paul S. Atkins, Chief Executive Officer, Patomak Global Partners (written testimony)
- F. William McNabb, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Vanguard, on behalf of the Investment Company Institute (written testimony)
- Eugene Scalia, Partner, Gibson, Dunn Crutcher (written testimony)
- Michael S. Barr, Professor of Law, University of Michigan Law School (written testimony)
- Deron Smithy, Treasurer, Regions Bank, on behalf of the Regional Bank Coalition (written testimony)
- Peter J. Wallison, Arthur F. Burns Fellow in Financial Policy Studies, American Enterprise Institute (written testimony)
Click here to view a summary of the hearing prepared by Delta Strategy Group.
See: Committee Memorandum; Archived Webcast of Hearing.
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