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Heat Turned Up Over US Living Wills

In a sign that the political tide may be turning, the FT is reporting that the Federal Reserve and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation have raised the prospect of taking severe action against banks that submit deficient living wills, including increased capital requirements or even forced break-ups.

Whereas previously, it was accepted that RRP was an iterative process that may take a number of years to get fully up to speed, it seems that truly credible plans will now be required when the next round of RRP are submitted in July 2013.  This is due, at least in part, to the regulators’ disappointment at the lack of detail and clear proposals for resolution in the 2012 submissions.

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