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Volcker rule, banks’ proprietary trading under review

Volcker rule, banks’ proprietary trading under review

by Ben Kamisar | Jan 18, 2012 | Business

WASHINGTON— Republicans and Democrats on the House Financial Services Committee sparred Wednesday over the effects of a key component of the Wall Street reform act that sets strict limits on commercial banks’ proprietary trading. The so-called Volcker Rule, which many...

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