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The Motley Fool
June 3, 2010
Adrian Rush |
Greek Tragedy in the U.S.? Fortune reports that Detroit; Harrisburg, Penn.; and Jefferson County, Ala., are the most likely American municipalities to leave already burdened taxpayers reeling from a growing inability to repay debts, and there could be more to come.   |
Finance & Development
June 2010
Randall Dodd |
Municipal Bombs Local governments on both sides of the Atlantic found themselves in a financial mess after engaging in derivatives transactions. |
BusinessWeek
November 11, 2010
Michael McDonald |
A Wall Street Gimmick That Soaks Taxpayers Sold as a way for governments and nonprofits to lower costs on bonds, swaps contracts ended up hiking costs when interest rates plunged. |
BusinessWeek
June 3, 2010
Christine Harper |
Wall Street Rethinks the Hard Sell for Exotic Financial Products There's a new recognition that not all big investors are savvy enough to play the swaps game. |
BusinessWeek
April 1, 2010
Martin Z. Braun |
Can the SEC Get Its Street Cred Back? Elaine Greenberg is investigating abuses in the muni bond market, as the commission tries to rebuild trust. |
BusinessWeek
February 10, 2011
Robert Schmidt |
Starving the Regulators The SEC and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission are in a severe budget squeeze, and layoffs may be the only answer |
Investment Advisor
March 1, 2011
Melanie Waddell |
House, Senate Hearings Next on Fiduciary Industry groups lobby for user fees to fund advisor exams in lieu of an SRO. |
Investment Advisor
March 1, 2011
Melanie Waddell |
SEC Fiduciary Rule May Hit by Summer Despite the advisory industry's hopes that the Securities and Exchange Commission would get a quick start on writing a rule to put brokers under the same fiduciary standard as advisors, it looks as though a rulemaking could come by summer. |
Investment Advisor
November 19, 2010
Melanie Waddell |
GOP House Will Attempt to Rein in Health Care, Dodd-Frank Republicans will urge SEC, other regulators, to 'go easy' in interpreting Dodd-Frank |
BusinessWeek
June 12, 2006
Eamon Javers |
When Pork-Barrel Pols Aren't Enough Now lobbyists are helping states and counties bring home more of the bacon. |
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. |
InternetNews
September 12, 2006
Roy Mark |
Broadband Exec Sentenced For Bribing Lawmaker Vernon Jackson, the chairman of the Louisville-based technology company iGate, was sentenced Friday to an 87-month prison term Friday for paying $400,000 in bribes to U.S. Rep. William Jefferson. |
Salon.com
February 5, 2002
Damien Cave |
Risky business How did Enron break into the elite Wall Street world of credit derivatives? |
CFO
October 1, 2009
Randy Myers |
Boxed In The government's push to standardize over-the-counter derivatives could severely disrupt corporate hedging programs. |
Registered Rep.
December 11, 2009
Kristen French |
House Passes Regulatory Reform, SRO Up In The Air The Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2009 passed by a narrow margin. But it will still be a long time before the regulatory future for broker/dealers and investment advisers is clear. |
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. |
BusinessWeek
December 17, 2009 |
Financial Fixes As the SEC ramps up enforcement, policymakers want to make it harder for con artists to pass off fraudulent documents... U.S. lawmakers in both the House and Senate are pushing for improved disclosure... etc. |
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. |
U.S. Banker
December 2010
Cheyenne Hopkins |
Republican House To Shape Reform Though House Republicans are almost certain to be frustrated in trying to repeal provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act, they are likely to have some success in using oversight powers to influence how the law is implemented. |
CFO
August 1, 2012
Randy Myers |
Unfinished Business Two years after the passage of the Dodd-Frank Act, the law's implementation is far behind schedule, and its success is still in doubt. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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? |
Salon.com
November 13, 2000
Eric Boehlert |
The disappearing ballots of Duval County More than 22,000 were tossed out in this Republican stronghold, but most of them were cast in minority, Democratic neighborhoods, and the Gore camp is crying foul... |
National Real Estate Investor
November 1, 2005
Walter Woods |
Guarding Against Blight Suburbs with large development growth have been coping with the blight caused by miles of empty shopping strips. The issue of how communities around the country cope with maturing retail sites is not going away. Is a demolition bond the answer? |
InternetNews
July 7, 2006
Roy Mark |
Verizon Sues Over IPTV Telecom giant sues county before it actually applies for a TV franchise; Google caught selling ads to online porno sites; Comcast changes customer data retention standards. |
Bank Systems & Technology
May 20, 2008
Maria Bruno-Britz |
Nacha News: JPMorgan Chase Announces First Customer for Image Cash Letter Product The product was successfully piloted by the Tax Assessor of Tarrant County in Texas and is now live. |
The Motley Fool
December 9, 2011
Rich Smith |
Ambush on Capitol Hill! The STOCK Act is in danger. |
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. |
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. |
Financial Planning
October 1, 2008
Jack Herman |
Insurance Woes Problems for the financial guaranty industry. |
PHONE+
May 13, 2009 |
Case Study: Jefferson County Taps NHR for Pre-Owned Gear NHR's NetSure hardware maintenance program provides extra protection for previous-generation and end-of-life Cisco equipment. |
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... |
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
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? |
Registered Rep.
November 4, 2009
Bill Singer |
Rep. Bachus Slips One In (Not Everyone Is Cheering) Has Capitol Hill taken its legislative legerdemain to new depths? |
U.S. Banker
June 2011 |
Back Porch Select quotes from the world of financial services by: Robert Wilmers... Nick Holland... Richard Davis... Harry Rady... Len Blum... Steven Malphrus... Rep. Spencer Bachus... |
U.S. Banker
February 2011 |
Back Porch Select quotes from the world of financial services from: Patrick Sullivan, President and CEO of Legacy Banks... Arkadi Kuhlman, CEO of ING Direct... Rep. Spencer Bachus, Alabama Republican and new chairman of the House Financial Services Committee... more... |
Salon.com
November 25, 2000
David Talbot |
Where are the Democratic fire-breathers? Gore's party has been no match for the victory-or-death Republicans... |
Reason
April 2003
Jesse Walker |
Total Deregulation Who says deregulation is dead? In December, Habersham County, Georgia, abolished all its land use regulations, fired all its building inspectors, and eliminated its planning commission. It's unclear, though, whether the experiment will last. |
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. |
Salon.com
November 9, 2000
John Lantigua |
Go figure How did a liberal, Jewish district end up casting a disproportionate share of votes for ultraconservative Pat Buchanan? |
Salon.com
August 27, 2001
King Kaufman |
The last integrationist? A Memphis attorney is using a 1963 desegregation lawsuit to block expansion of suburban schools and get a better deal for inner-city black students... |
T.H.E. Journal
July 2004
Nancy Napolillo |
Leadership & Advocacy: Technology Leadership at the District Level: A Look at the Monongalia County School District Monongalia County School District emerges as a leader in technology implementation. |
Salon.com
November 11, 2000
John Lantigua |
Palm Beach: Ground zero Much like Florida's vote tally on Tuesday, this county has seen its own flip in recent decades -- from a GOP fortress to a liberal Jewish and black stronghold... |
BusinessWeek
April 14, 2011
Susan Berfield |
The Real Deficits of Nassau County The Long Island county is wealthy, heavily taxed, and financially unhinged all at once. How one of the richest communities in the U.S. went broke |
