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The US and Swiss decisions raise international considerations for investor protection, regulatory power in bank rescues, cross-border jurisdiction, and the hierarchy of claims in bank resolution cases.
Banking lobby groups in the US and the UK have been calling for relaxation of rules around bank leverage. But the UK's top banking regulator says current circumstances are too volatile for any risky change.
Watchdog did not have proper basis for decision to write down SFr16.5bn of AT1 debt as part of rescue deal, judges find.
Our in-brief summation of notable stories from last week.
Other news includes the CFPB moving to scrap Biden-era medical debt credit reporting exemption, the EU reciprocally seizing billions of Russian funds, and the DOJ accusing CVS, Humana, Elevance of paying kickbacks.
Other news includes an EU fine against Meta and Google, massive ESG investment outflows, and the OCC and FDIC signaling crypto regulation overhauls.