The latest Volcker 2.0 rewrite is said to lower the burden on banks for trades that are used as a hedge or to mitigate rules, putting the onerous to prove otherwise on the regulator.
Since then financial executives have argued the documentation and compliance requirements are too onerous. A sign that Wall Street was making headway came in June 2017, when Trump’s Treasury Department issued a report that said some of the demands were "unnecessarily burdensome.” The unveiling of the regulators’ plan will be the first step in a lengthy process that will include votes at the agencies on whether to seek public comment on the proposal followed by what could be months of rewriting before a final round of votes on making the changes official.