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Statement by the Systemic Risk Council on Bank Capital Requirements

Contact: Jeremy Ratner, jratner@pewtrusts.org, (202)540-6507 Washington , D.C. – 12/07/2012 – Sheila Bair, former chair of the FDIC and current chair of the Systemic Risk Council (SRC) issued the following statement on the Council’s behalf in advance of today’s Senate Banking Committee Hearing “Oversight of Basel III”: “While we commend the financial agencies for seeking public comment […]

Systemic Risk Council Letter on Regulatory Capital Rules

Systemic Risk Council October 4, 2012 Dear Chairman Bernanke, Comptroller Curry, and Acting Chairman Gruenberg: The Systemic Risk Council, an independent and non-partisan council formed by the CFA Institute and The Pew Charitable Trusts, appreciates the opportunity to comment on the three notices of proposed rulemaking cited above. We have been concerned about the slow […]

Statement by the Systemic Risk Council (SRC) on Money Market Fund Reform

Contact: Jeremy Ratner, jratner@pewtrusts.org, (202)540-6507 Washington , D.C. – 09/13/2012 – Sheila Bair, former chair of the FDIC and current chair of the Systemic Risk Council (SRC) issued the following statement on the Council’s behalf: “We were deeply disappointed to learn that three SEC Commissioners have refused to publish for public comment a proposed rule to reduce […]

Statement by the Systemic Risk Council on Money Market Fund Reform

Contact: Jeremy Ratner, jratner@pewtrusts.org, (202)540-6507 Washington , D.C. – 07/19/2012 – Sheila Bair, former chair of the FDIC and current chair of the Systemic Risk Council (SRC) issued the following statement on the Council’s behalf: “The Systemic Risk Council today calls for prompt and decisive action to curb systemic risks posed by money market mutual funds. When […]

Systemic Risk Council: A Call To Action

The Systemic Risk Council (SRC or Council) is a private sector, non-partisan body of former government officials and financial and legal experts committed to addressing regulatory and structural issues relating to systemic risk in the United States. It has been formed to provide a strong, independent voice for reforms that are necessary to protect the […]

Former FDIC Chair to Lead Systemic Risk Council, Monitor Financial Regulation

Contact: Jeremy Ratner, jratner@pewtrusts.org, (202)540-6507; J.D. McCartney, jd.mccartney@cfainstitute.org, (212)418-6889  Washington , D.C. – 06/06/2012 – The Systemic Risk Council, a private sector, volunteer group led by former Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. chair Sheila Bair, will convene this month to monitor and encourage regulatory reform of U.S. capital markets focused on systemic risk. The independent, non-partisan council was […]