On May 22, 2018, the U.S. House of Representatives passed S. 2155, titled The Economic Growth Regulatory Relief and Consumer Protection Act ("Act"). This was the penultimate legislative hurdle for the Act, which now only requires the President's signature to become law. The President is expected to sign the Act into law in the very near future.
The Act has a number of important regulatory relief provisions governing the lending and banking industry including:
- Reduces the level of regulatory oversight by the Financial Stability Oversight Counsel (FSOC) for banks with between ...
Congress voted this week to de-rail the Department of Labor's sweeping fiduciary-duty suite of rule-making, but doesn't have the votes to override the President's threatened veto.
The Rule (over a 1,000 pages in all) imposes a sweeping definition of who owes fiduciary duties to retirement investors in retail IRA, HSA, Roth, Coverdell and other "qualified money" situations and prohibits conflicted transactions (including differential compensation), unless they comply with a series of exceptions, carve-outs and exemptions. Industry groups say the compliance and paperwork ...