***CAF Note:The Volcker Rule has been approved. Here is the press release, draft regulation and fact sheet***
By Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
Five federal agencies on Tuesday issued final rules developed jointly to implement section 619 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the “Volcker Rule”).
The final rules prohibit insured depository institutions and companies affiliated with insured depository institutions (“banking entities”) from engaging in short-term proprietary trading of certain securities, derivatives, commodity futures and options on these instruments, for their own account. The final rules also impose limits on banking entities’ investments in, and other relationships with, hedge funds or private equity funds.
Related Reading:
READ: The Volcker Rule Draft Regulations and Fact Sheet
Regulators Adopt Volcker Rule; Big Banks Can’t Make Risky Bets With Their Own Money
FDIC Votes to Adopt Volcker Rule; Will Aim to Stem ‘Risky’ Trading at Banks (C) (JPM) (BAC)
