Trump Is Bad (Or Good) News For Bank Regulation: Fannie Freddie; Basel IV; China; EM And More

Rupert Hargreaves

Published onDecember 1, 2016

Updated on May 14, 2021

Trump Is Bad (Or Good) News For Bank Regulation

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Guest post from Jonathan Rochford, CFA Portfolio Manager of Narrow Road Capital.

Bank regulation on the back foot?

The outcome of the US presidential election is a potential spanner in the works for the Basel IV negotiations. The old position had the Swiss already implementing much higher capital levels, the US pushing for higher capital levels and the Europeans resisting these efforts. Morgan Stanley has banks in Europe and Australia needing a lot more capital when the likely changes are implemented.

Bank Regulation Trump Tower — Trump Tower by Robanov83 on 2014-06-20 15:33:41

Trump’s election could bring two main changes for US banks. Firstly,...

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Rupert Hargreaves

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Trump Is Bad (Or Good) News For Bank Regulation: Fannie Freddie; Basel IV; China; EM And More

Bank regulation on the back foot?

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