Neil Roland

Senior Correspondent

Neil has covered U.S. financial regulation for nearly two decades, mostly for Bloomberg and Crain Communications. He received a Loeb award for coverage of regulators' response to the collapse of Enron. He also garnered a SABEW award and some Jesse H. Neal awards for stories on the Federal Reserve's response to the 2008 financial crisis. Roland has appeared as a commentator on Fox TV, NPR, C-Span and Bloomberg TV. He received a Master's degree in public policy from Harvard and a Bachelors degree in economics from Cornell.

Selected insights by Neil

CFTC's clearinghouse stress tests reportedly beset by persistent troubles

10 June 2019

US Libor panel to decide on seeking legislative relief from certain contracts

6 June 2019

Basel III may fuel US banks’ lending decline in Third World, central bankers say

29 April 2019

​Green financial system cooperation urged by European, French central bankers

30 April 2019

JPMorgan Chase's Dimon lists global systemic importance approach as his top regulatory concern

8 April 2019

US-based clearinghouses face regulatory overlap in crisis under new EU law, ICE executive says

25 March 2019

CFTC should try to change SEF regime by 2020 presidential election, Quintenz says

18 March 2019

Banks face encroachment by tech giants that could widen cyber exposure, French authority says

1 February 2019

Fed working at cross purposes on stress-test development

9 January 2019

Banks' stress-test capital has spurred lending, Fed economists' study says

31 December 2018

​US, EU clearinghouse stress tests in `infancy,’ need broadening, Fed working paper says

13 December 2018

Central banks exploring blockchain use to counter cyberattacks, payment inefficiency, BIS chief says

2 November 2018

Libor unlikely to survive until 2025 due to thin market, Fed’s Bowman says

19 October 2018

FDIC soft-pedaled data breaches to Congress, watchdog reports

4 May 2017

Downplaying Trump retrenchment, global regulator voices confidence in new Basel pact

12 April 2017

Big Four auditors’ affiliates drawing more scrutiny than ever before overseas

28 February 2017

Blockchain oversight may require more tech surveillance, experts, Iosco says

14 February 2017

Industry meets with SEC on ‘T+2’ plan after pushing for March adoption

17 February 2017

CFPB's financial records-sharing plan faces uncertain prospects, experts say

8 February 2017

Volcker Rule sapped bond liquidity during market stress, Fed paper says

5 January 2017

Trump to hammer nail in coffin of Basel capital standards, economist says

11 November 2016

Basel interest-rate plan assailed by US regulators, OCC chief says

22 October 2015

Clearinghouse stress-test standards on horizon, officials say

10 June 2015

Clearinghouses quizzed on stress tests as authorities mull guidance

29 May 2015

Iosco chief blasts staff report for exaggerating US securitization risk

6 October 2014

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