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News in Systemic Risk: Tuesday, January 31, 2017 (10 a.m. ET)

Fed Stress Testing Rules

Fed:  Fed finalizes stress testing rules, removing noncomplex firms from qualitative aspect of CCAR, effective for 2017

Fed: Banks Under $250 Billion Threshold Get Break on Stress Tests - Banks with $50 billion to $250 billion in assets to be exempt from qualitative assessment but will still have to meet capital requirements (WSJ)

ICE CEO Says Trump to Bring ‘Fundamental Change’ to Regulation - Jeff Sprecher says Trump’s appointees to lead agencies that oversee Wall Street have broad latitude to loosen rules (WSJ)

Trump Vows to Dismantle Dodd-Frank ‘Disaster’ (New York Times)

Republicans’ Paths to Unraveling the Dodd-Frank Act (New York Times)

Watchdog urges creation of EU toxic loans bank - European Banking Authority chief calls on Brussels to form fund to buy bad loans (Financial Times)

ECB:  Supervisory Banking Statistics Third quarter 2016

The invisible service: The economics, regulation, and systemic risk of insurance markets (VOX)

NBER Working Paper:  Gross Capital Inflows to Banks, Corporates and Sovereigns