The banking agencies, SEC, and CFTC have finalized a long-awaited, complex, and comprehensive proposal rolling back many of the restrictions on covered funds imposed in the 2013 rules implementing the Volcker Rule provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act. Strongly opposed by those who fear greater integration of banking and “speculative” finance or commerce, the rule liberalizes the “Super 23A” inter-affiliate transaction restrictions on excluded covered funds that limited their ability to benefit from funding and operational capacity within affiliated insured depositories.
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