• “The real-world impact of Dodd-Frank, stress tests and other regs” [M&T Bank slideshow, American Banker] “Six feet of new mortgage regulations help explain slower housing market” [Ira Stoll]
• Will Trump administration allow banking for cannabis-related businesses? [Kevin Funnell]
• “‘Sustainability Standards’ Open A Pandora’s Box Of Politically Correct Accounting” [Howard Husock and Jim Copland]
• An assumption of complete transparency would take away “the reason for financial intermediation in the first place” [Arnold Kling]
• Statutes of repose in securities actions are important in protecting interests on both sides [WLF on CalPERS v. ANZ Securities, Inc.]
• Encrypted messaging services allow Wall Streeters to bypass all sorts of regulatory scrutiny and speak freely, can’t have that [Bloomberg]

Filed under: accounting, Dodd-Frank, mortgages, securities litigation, Wall Street