Governance/Regulation & Compliance

Spending bill includes repeal of Dodd-Frank ban on swaps trading in bank units with federal backstops.

Measure would finance most of U.S. government through September 2015.

Fed proposes methods to calculate surcharges for eight big U.S. banks, above Basel III requirements.

Recent comments indicate the agency no longer plans to move to requiring U.S. companies to comply with IFRS.

Congress nearing deal on a six-year extension of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act, sources say.

State officials determined they have authority under current law to regulate virtual currencies; now they're considering whether and how to do so.