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'Here We Go Again.' FSOC Designations Battle Rekindled for Fourth Time

Also, SEC rescinds gag rule; new director of market participants division at CFTC

May 18, 2026
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The Financial Stability Oversight Council surprised no one earlier this year when it proposed new guidance for labeling companies systemically important. But that doesn’t mean interest in the plan – which some are calling FSOC Designation, Take Four – has waned.

In fact, the latest batch of comment letters that landed at the Treasury Department over the …

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