GRC Report Staff

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell emphasized the necessity of seeking additional feedback on the controversial Basel III Endgame proposal during a Senate Banking Committee hearing on Tuesday, according to a recent Reuters report. Powell stated that it is the "strongly held" view of the Fed board that further input is needed before finalizing the plan, which aims to overhaul how large banks assess risk and determine capital requirements.

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) recently unveiled its Spring 2024 regulatory agenda, part of the government-wide Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions. This agenda outlines the CFTC’s anticipated rulemakings for the upcoming year. While the agenda includes several noteworthy rulemaking matters, the exclusion of a key proposed rulemaking regarding the CFTC’s uncleared swap margin rules has sparked significant debate within the Commission.

On January 7, 2021, Boeing entered into a deferred prosecution agreement (DPA) with the Department of Justice (DOJ) to resolve a criminal charge related to a conspiracy to defraud the Federal Aviation Administration’s Aircraft Evaluation Group (FAA AEG). This resolution stems from Boeing’s fraudulent conduct in the evaluation of its 737 MAX airplane.

In what Danish prosecutors are calling the largest money-laundering case in the country's history, Nordea Bank has been charged by Denmark's National Special Crime Unit (NSK) with significant anti-money laundering (AML) failings. The charges, announced on July 8, 2024, relate to approximately €3.5 billion in transactions from Russian clients between 2012 and 2015.

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has taken steps to enhance and standardize sustainability reporting across the European Union. On July 5, 2024, ESMA released two key documents aimed at supporting the consistent application and supervision of sustainability reporting requirements.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) released its spring 2024 risk assessment report on July 2, highlighting elevated geopolitical risks and economic uncertainties facing EU/EEA banks. The comprehensive report, which for the first time combines the EBA's common risk assessment with analysis of banks' asset encumbrance and funding plans, paints a complex picture of the current banking landscape. This edition marks the resumption of the semi-annual publication of the Risk Assessment Report (RAR), following its common structure but also including the analysis of asset encumbrance and funding plan data, previously published in two separate reports.

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) has reached a settlement with Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated over supervisory failures that resulted in customers paying nearly $1.5 million in avoidable fees. The firm has agreed to pay full restitution to affected customers and accept a censure.