Updates

Fed Says Stress Test Shows Large Banks Positioned to Weather Severe Recession

The results of the Federal Reserve Board’s annual bank stress test showed that large banks are well positioned to weather a severe recession, while staying above minimum capital requirements and continuing to lend to households and businesses. Under this year’s hypothetical recession, the aggregate decline in the common equity tier […]

SEC Extends Compliance Date to Help Broker-Dealers Fully Test and Implement Daily Reserve Computation Requirement

June 25, 2025/US SEC The Securities and Exchange Commission today voted to extend the compliance date to June 30, 2026, for the amendments to Rule 15c3-3 (the broker-dealer customer protection rule) that the Commission adopted on Dec. 20, 2024. The amendments require certain broker-dealers to increase the frequency of required […]

SEC Publishes Data on Broker-Dealers, Mergers & Acquisitions, and Business Development Companies

June 26, 2025/US SEC The Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of Economic and Risk Analysis (DERA) has published new reports and data on broker-dealers, mergers and acquisitions (M&A), and business development companies (BDCs). Today’s reports provide the public with information about the changes in broker-dealer and M&A activity over time. […]