Definition of
Volcker rule
US restriction on banks' investment activities in the United States, a federal government proposal, in response to the global banking crisis of 2007–08, that no bank or financial institution that contains a bank can own, invest in, or sponsor, for its own profit, hedge funds, private equity funds, or proprietary trading operations that are unrelated to serving customers. The effect of this is to separate banking operations from trading activities.
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