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Wednesday, December 11, 2013

Details of Volcker rule set to be unveiled.

A panoply of regulators are today due to disclose the details of the Volcker rule, which will ban banks from proprietary trading. Banks fear that the measures could cost them billions of dollars by making it more difficult to engage in activities that are permitted under the regulation, such as market-making, underwriting and hedging against risks. Expect the lawyers to go through the proposals to see what could be struck down in court.

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