- The proposed rule would make it more difficult for banks to be involved with physical commodities by raising capital requirements. Further, banks would be prohibited from activities involving power plants, and owning or storing copper.
- The Fed today begins a 90-day period of accepting public comment.
- Banks like Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) and Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) have relied on grandfather clauses to engage in physical commodity businesses not allowed for other lenders, while Bank of America (NYSE:BAC), Citigroup (NYSE:C), and JPMorgan (NYSE:JPM) remain somewhat involved in commodity trading and energy tolling activities.
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Fed moves forward with bank commodity restrictions
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