Financial Stability Regulators Discuss Debt Limit, Government Shutdown October 10, 2013 By Emily Stephenson U.S. financial regulators discussed the federal debt ceiling and the effect of the government shutdown on market monitoring during a...
Prudential Designated Systemically Risky, Subject to Federal Reserve Oversight September 20, 2013 By Emily Stephenson Insurer Prudential Financial Inc. said on Thursday that U.S. regulators had voted to designate the company as systemically risky, bringing...
Council Proposes AIG, Prudential, GE Capital as Systemically Important, Due Extra Scrutiny June 4, 2013 By Emily Stephenson U.S. regulators on Monday proposed designating American International Group Inc., Prudential Financial Inc. and GE Capital for heightened regulatory oversight,...
Senate to Hold Vote on Consumer Agency Director Next Week May 16, 2013 By Emily Stephenson U.S. Senate Democratic leaders plan to hold a vote next week on President Barack Obama’s choice to lead the Consumer...
Report: U.S. Making Progress Against ‘Too-Big-to-Fail’ Bailouts April 15, 2013 By David Henry and Emily Stephenson For the past year, a special team of U.S. bank regulators has been on a quiet mission to end the...
Mortgage Insurers Settle for $15 MIllion Over Alleged Kickbacks to Lenders April 5, 2013 By Emily Stephenson Four mortgage insurers agreed to pay about $15 million to settle claims that they paid kickbacks to mortgage lenders in...
Fed Approves Process for Designating Nonbanks for Stricter Oversight April 3, 2013 By Emily Stephenson The U.S. Federal Reserve said on Wednesday that it had approved a final rule to clarify the process the new...
Senate Committee Approves SEC, Consumer Financial Bureau Chiefs March 19, 2013 By Emily Stephenson and Sarah N. Lynch A U.S. Senate panel voted to move forward two of President Barack Obama’s choices to lead financial regulatory agencies, but...
Republicans to Block Obama Consumer Financial Bureau Chief February 4, 2013 By Emily Stephenson U.S. Senate Republicans on Friday pledged to block President Barack Obama’s choice to lead the consumer finance watchdog until Democrats...
AIG Says It Has Obligation to Consider Bailout Lawsuit; Critics Pounce January 9, 2013 By Ben Berkowitz, Emily Stephenson and Karen Freifeld American International Group Inc., the insurer rescued by the U.S. government in 2008, said on Tuesday it is considering joining...