Financial Stability Oversight Council News
Senate Bill Gives Federal Reserve Leeway on Systemically Important Insurers
A bipartisan group of U.S. senators is introducing legislation that would give the Federal Reserve more flexibility in regulating systemically important insurance companies such as American ...
MetLife Nears Systemic Financial Institution Risk Tag
MetLife Inc., the largest U.S. life insurer, was moved to the last stage of a regulatory review that may impose extra Federal Reserve oversight. The Financial Stability Oversight Council, a group of ...
FSB, FSOC Systemic Insurer Lists Need Alignment, Say U.S. Regulators
Insurers should not be forced to hold extra capital just because of their size, because the extra cost would simply be passed on to consumers, U.S. regulators said on Tuesday. G20 world leaders have ...
FDIC to Define Non-Bank Financial Firms Under Resolution Powers
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. board will vote on rules defining whether a non-bank company is engaged in financial activity to an extent that would subject it to the agency's liquidation in the ...
AIG, Prudential Named ‘Systemically Important’ by Financial Stability Council
American International Group Inc., Prudential Financial Inc. and a unit of General Electric Co. were identified by U.S. regulators as potential risks to the financial system in a step toward putting ...
Vote on Systemically Risky U.S. Non-Banks Expected
U.S. regulators plan to vote next week on whether to label some non-bank companies a potential risk to the financial system, a move that would put them under heightened Federal Reserve supervision, ...