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BusinessWeek November 24, 2010 Schmidt & Brush |
Will Currency Derivatives Get a Pass on Oversight? Banks want them exempted. Geithner is caught between bankers and regulators on how much oversight to give currency derivatives. |
The Motley Fool June 22, 2010 Ilan Moscovitz |
Should the Government Stop Subsidizing Derivatives Trading? What do you think? A key part of the Senate financial reform bill known as section 716 would stop banks from using FDIC-insured deposits to run their swaps trading desks. |
The Motley Fool June 15, 2010 Ilan Moscovitz |
The Coming Financial Meltdown With 43 Congressional members hammering out a final version of the financial-reform bill, one of the biggest contentions remains what to do about the mind-boggling, vast, and opaque derivatives market owned by the nation's too-big-to-fail megabanks. |
BusinessWeek April 22, 2010 Phil Mattingly |
Are Wall Street Lobbyists Losing Clout in D.C.? A GOP senator's support for a tough derivatives bill suggests President Obama may have momentum for broader regulation overhaul. |
The Motley Fool June 8, 2010 Ilan Moscovitz |
The End Game for Wall Street Finally, an end to government support for the risky derivatives called swaps. |
The Motley Fool June 15, 2010 Alex Dumortier |
Banks: Wave These Profits Goodbye Senate Agriculture Chairman Blanche Lincoln's plan to force banks that receive government support to spin out their profitable swaps trading desks is now likely to pass. |
The Motley Fool May 24, 2010 Moscovitz & Koppenheffer |
Wall Street Reform: The Good, the Meh, and the Ugly A Foolish take on what's in the Senate bill. |
Salon.com February 5, 2002 Damien Cave |
Risky business How did Enron break into the elite Wall Street world of credit derivatives? |
BusinessWeek July 1, 2010 Harper & Keoun |
The Financial Reform Law: A 'Fig Leaf' It won't prevent bad bets by banks, and hence won't prevent the next financial crisis, say the experts. |
CFO October 1, 2009 Randy Myers |
Boxed In The government's push to standardize over-the-counter derivatives could severely disrupt corporate hedging programs. |
Bank Director 2nd Quarter 2009 Jack Milligan |
Scrambling for Solutions Get ready for the mother of all lobbying battles in Washington later this year when the Obama administration starts pushing its reform agenda for financial regulation in the U.S. Congress. |
The Motley Fool July 16, 2010 Ilan Moscovitz |
Will This Stop the Next Financial Armageddon? What key measures in the 2,322-page financial reform bill actually matter, and will they stop the next financial Armageddon? |
BusinessWeek April 15, 2010 Alison Fitzgerald |
Let's Have a Beer and Talk Derivatives In the fiery debate over financial reform, MillerCoors and Anheuser-Busch are surprisingly powerful players. Why their clout could matter. |
Wall Street & Technology November 23, 2009 Ivy Schmerken |
Derivatives Clearing Gives Congress Fits Congress is working on legislation for OTC derivatives reform, but there is still no agreement on mandatory clearing of standardized instruments or on how exotic instruments will be handled. |
The Motley Fool June 28, 2010 Matt Koppenheffer |
Our Government Failed Us The final touches have been put on the financial reform bill and it's just as bad as ever. |
The Motley Fool April 27, 2010 Morgan Housel |
Warren Buffett Is Wrong on This One All derivatives should be regulated -- even Buffett's. |
AFP eWire July 3, 2006 |
Charitable Reforms Tacked on to Telephone Excise Tax Repeal Act The Senate Finance Committee has added numerous charitable reform provisions, including new disclosure requirements to S. 1321. |
Wall Street & Technology March 19, 2007 |
Finding Liquidity in Derivatives Instruments Is Traders' Biggest Challenge Despite substantial growth in derivatives trading in recent years, much of equity derivatives volume is concentrated in the most-liquid contracts. |
Salon.com June 26, 2002 Damien Cave |
Foxes guarding the chicken coop President Bush's nominees to the agency that should have regulated Enron's derivatives trading instead helped write the rules that let the company do whatever it wanted in the first place. |
The Motley Fool July 26, 2010 Matt Koppenheffer |
Will Financial Reform Slam the Derivatives Market? Will the freshly signed financial reform bill wreak havoc on the derivatives market? |
Finance & Development June 2009 Randall Dodd |
Playing with Fire Firms across the spectrum of emerging markets entered into exotic derivative contracts that caused massive losses |
The Motley Fool October 27, 2009 |
The Treasury Answers Fools' Questions Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Neal Wolin answers Motley Fool readers' questions regarding regulatory reform. |
BusinessWeek August 26, 2010 James Sterngold |
Let a Thousand Regulators Bloom As agencies begin rewiring Wall Street, job openings abound. |
BusinessWeek May 27, 2010 Matthew Leising |
How Wall Street Gamed Derivatives Reform New legislation likely won't have a major effect on banks that own stakes in trading and clearing firms. |
Investment Advisor July 2009 Melanie Waddell |
Danger & Opportunity: Bracing for Change It looks to be all but inevitable that the rules for broker/dealers and investment advisors will be harmonized, and that broker/dealers offering investment advice will have to adhere to a fiduciary standard of care. |
The Motley Fool November 14, 2011 Travis Hoium |
Behind the Scenes of the Market: Derivatives and Risk How risk is calculated and the way derivatives are really traded. |
FDIC FYI March 26, 2003 |
Derivatives Risk in Commercial Banking Derivatives serve an essential role in the U.S. and world economies but also present certain risks to the deposit insurance funds. This article explains what these risks are and describes how they are managed within commercial banking. |
U.S. Banker August 2001 John Hackett |
Credit Derivatives Hit a Snag After years of booming growth, the market in these hedging tools dropped in the first quarter, but the consensus is that they're too good to keep down. Includes statistics on the biggest bank participants. |
The Motley Fool August 21, 2010 Ilan Moscovitz |
Treasury: Volcker Rule "a Top Priority" The Treasury Department answers our questions about financial reform and more. |
BusinessWeek February 11, 2010 Katz & Schmidt |
A Goldman Guy Turns on the Street CFTC chief Gary Gensler's fight for tough rules on derivatives is making him exceedingly unloved. |
The Motley Fool July 25, 2007 S.J. Caplan |
Profit From Credit Default Swaps Credit default swaps are privately negotiated contracts between institutional investors which are based on corporate bonds. How can you profit from them? |
Knowledge@Wharton February 12, 2003 |
The Changing Use of Derivatives: More Hedging, Less Speculation High-risk gambles like those that torpedoed Orange County, Gibson and P&G are far less likely than conservative plays meant to hedge against loss in underlying markets such as energy, commodities or currencies. |
OCC Bulletin November 15, 1999 |
Risk-Based Capital Interpretations Credit Derivatives A new issuance addresses the risk-based capital treatment of certain synthetic securitization transactions involving credit derivatives. The objective of these capital interpretations is to recognize the effective transference of the economic risk of loss in these transactions... |
On Wall Street January 1, 2009 Gwen Moran |
Do Derivatives Need More Oversight? These securities have gotten a bad rap but new legislation may do more harm than good. |
Finance & Development September 2009 Randall Dodd |
Overhauling the System The United States is proposing the most radical reform of financial regulation since the New Deal. |
BusinessWeek February 19, 2007 Joseph Weber |
The Triumph Of 'Pork-Belly Crapshooters' Chicago has emerged as a financial hub in its own right - with plenty of other cities coming on strong. |
Bank Director 1st Quarter 2010 Jack Milligan |
A Look at the Hill and Beyond Steve Bartlett, head of a financial services lobbying group, talks about political gyrations in Congress and the concerns all banks ought to be having about the impact of banking reform on the U.S. economy. |
The Motley Fool April 8, 2009 Morgan Housel |
They're All Too Big to Fail Plenty of Wall Street banks -- all of them "too big to fail" -- are still ticking time bombs when it comes to bloated derivative books. |
AFP eWire April 23, 2014 |
IRA Rollover Provision Included in Senate's EXPIRE Act The IRA Charitable Rollover has worked very successfully over the last few years, but it would be far more effective if it were made permanent. |
U.S. Banker March 2002 Man Yin Li |
Transfer That Risk! With more and more bankruptcies and defaults, many banks can protect themselves with credit derivatives. There are dangers in using them, but if used intelligently, they can be a boon to many banks... |
BusinessWeek April 22, 2010 Shields & White |
CFTC Green-Lights a Film Derivatives Market Hollywood insiders and some senators worry that movie derivatives could influence which films bomb at the box office. |
The Motley Fool May 6, 2010 April Taylor |
Fraud Charges Aren't Goldman's Only Worry Will the company need another transformation? |
U.S. Banker March 2010 Alan Kline |
Dysfunction in D.C. The sight of Democrats cheering and Republicans sitting on their hands when the president plugged financial reform was disheartening to anyone who believes the system needs fixing. |
Wall Street & Technology January 24, 2006 |
Get Yer Red-Hot Derivatives Here! The derivatives market is heating up, and IT spending on derivatives management will experience a steady increase over the next four years, according to a new study. |
Investment Advisor January 2010 Melanie Waddell |
Congress Reaches Year-End Goal A House-passed bill nixes FINRA's oversight of RIAs and a comprehensive financial services reform bill likely by the end of first quarter. |
Wall Street & Technology June 18, 2007 Penny Crosman |
Technology Upgrades Improve Derivatives Processing The DTCC, SwapsWire, major broker-dealers and custodians, such as State Street, all are upgrading their technology to bring derivatives processes into the 21st century. |
The Motley Fool April 14, 2010 Matt Koppenheffer |
Geithner Just Doesn't Get It Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner weighs in on the financial reform package. |
BusinessWeek December 17, 2009 Paul Barrett |
A Crisis Is a Terrible Thing to Waste This should have been the year of radical financial reform. |
BusinessWeek December 30, 2009 Vekshin & Kopecki |
Not So Radical Reform How New Democrats and Wall Street are watering down financial regulation in Congress. |
Reason February 2004 Callahan & Kaza |
In Defense of Derivatives Between Enron, WorldCom, and Global Crossing, the controversial financial instruments have gotten a bad rap. Here's the truth. |