Agencies Extend Comment Period for Proposed Rule Simplifying and Tailoring the “Volcker Rule”

Joint Release

September 4, 2018

Press Release


Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
Securities and Exchange Commission


Agencies Extend Comment Period for Proposed Rule Simplifying and Tailoring the "Volcker Rule"


Five federal financial regulatory agencies on Tuesday extended until October 17, 2018, the comment period for a proposed rule to simplify and tailor compliance requirements for the “Volcker rule.”  The Volcker rule generally restricts banking entities from engaging in proprietary trading and from owning or controlling hedge funds or private equity funds.

With the extension, the Federal Reserve Board, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, and the Securities and Exchange Commission will have provided interested parties with approximately four and a half months from the date the proposal was released to the public to submit comments. 

The proposal was released by the agencies in early June with a 60-day comment period that began after publication in the Federal Register on July 17. 

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Media Contacts:
Federal Reserve Board          Eric Kollig                   202-452-2955
CFTC                                      Erica Richardson       202-418-8090
FDIC                                       David Barr                  202-898-6992
OCC                                       Joe Adamoli                202-649-6870
SEC                                       Chris Carofine             202-551-4120

FDIC:  PR-55-2018