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Bank Systems & Technology
May 28, 2009
Maria Bruno-Britz |
U.S. Banking Sector One Step Closer to Super Regulator Reports indicate that plans may be in the works to consolidate the current array of financial services regulatory agencies into one body.   |
BusinessWeek
May 20, 2010
Schmidt & Mattingly |
A Wall Street Sheriff with Fewer Bullets The FDIC's Bair is losing out to the Fed in the regulatory overhaul |
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
September 21, 2009
Morgan Housel |
How Bad Are These Bank Failures? Let's take a look at the coming wave of bank failures compared to other banking meltdowns. |
The Motley Fool
June 18, 2010
Matt Koppenheffer |
Financial Reform Is a Joke Congress has completely missed its opportunity to make the financial system safer. |
The Motley Fool
April 1, 2010
Brian Richards |
April 1 and the Absurdity of the Financial System Happy April Fool's Day! |
The Motley Fool
October 26, 2009 |
Ask the U.S. Treasury: A Call for Fools' Questions Financial reform remains center-stage. |
Bank Director
1st Quarter 2010
Kenneth A. Guenther |
Solving Too Big to Fail Will Require Legislation The time is at hand to lobby Congress to pass legislation to solve this problem. No legislation is an unacceptable alternative. |
Registered Rep.
March 2, 2010
Kristen French |
Senate Nears Deal, Consumer Protection At The Fed Circulated Monday by Chris Dodd, Senate banking committee chairman, the latest proposal would house a semi-autonomous consumer protection agency inside of the Federal Reserve, according a story in the Financial Times. |
Bank Systems & Technology
June 10, 2009
Maria Bruno-Britz |
Bonuses Still Point of Contention for Obama The President continues to push for restrictions on bonus compensation for financial executives. |
The Motley Fool
July 6, 2010
Jennifer Schonberger |
Expert Roundtable: Will the Financial Reform Bill Prevent Future Crises? The House passed a bill to reform the financial services industry, leaving the Senate to vote on it after the July 4 recess. Experts consider the implications. |
U.S. Banker
September 2009
Glen Fest |
Systemic Options: Too Big to Bail? A systemic risk regulator faces a dilemma on unwinding a fallen giant: is bankruptcy or receivership better? |
Insurance & Technology
February 4, 2010 |
AIG Says Pay Issue Is 'Largely' Solved U.S. insurance giant American International Group Inc. said it would reduce bonus payments by $20 million to recoup part of a pledge it failed to keep. |
On Wall Street
March 1, 2010 |
Five Questions with Timothy Ryan Jr. Ryan held senior positions in the industry, from the vice chairman level at JPMorgan to Director of the Office of Thrift Supervision, where he helped in the S&L cleanup. He talks about today's regulatory needs. |
U.S. Banker
April 2009
John Engen |
The Experiment For Sheila Bair, who had taken the helm of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. two years earlier, the IndyMac failure was a defining moment. |
BusinessWeek
June 25, 2009
Michael Mandel |
Financial Rules: Why a Global Fix Is So Far Off The financial crisis just hasn't been bad enough for G-20 leaders to cede power to international regulators. |
The Motley Fool
January 22, 2010
Jennifer Schonberger |
A Key Congressman Weighs In on Obama's Bank Proposals Rep. Paul Kanjorski gives his thoughts on President Obama's proposed limits on banks. |
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. |
BusinessWeek
January 21, 2010
Alison Fitzgerald |
Dancing Across the Aisle The Senate odd couple who just might pull off a bipartisan deal on financial regulation |
Bank Director
4th Quarter 2009
Bert Ely |
The Outlook for the FDIC's Deposit Insurance Fund An outline of what bank directors need to know about the FDIC insurance fund reform. |
Bank Director
2nd Quarter 2010
Jack Milligan |
A Shot in the Arm The financial services industry needs a prescription for the mess that's been created because this is an industry that can't afford another crisis. |
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
November 25, 2009
Morgan Housel |
Tough Times at the FDIC Show me the money. Things are looking bleak for deposit insurance fund levels. |
The Motley Fool
March 18, 2009
Matt Koppenheffer |
AIG Bonus Outrage Is Bogus Don't buy the government's surprised anger at the AIG exec bonuses. |
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. |
Bank Systems & Technology
March 26, 2009
Orla O'Sullivan |
Geithner Calls for "New Rules" with Insurers, Hedge Funds to be Regulated Critics question government's 'power grab,' as Treasury Secretary says far more regulation needed. |
U.S. Banker
August 2009 |
Back Porch Several recent quotes from people within the banking industry. |
The Motley Fool
March 19, 2010
Morgan Housel |
Flipping the Bird at Too Big to Fail These people just don't get it. Is it too much to ask the biggest too-big-to-fail banks to refrain from getting bigger than they already are? |
The Motley Fool
January 15, 2010
Dan Caplinger |
The Smart Move That's Long Overdue It's about time banks stopped bilking the FDIC. |
The Motley Fool
March 16, 2010
Jennifer Schonberger |
One Economist's Solution for Financial Reform Economist John Taylor calls for more transparency and consistency. Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) finally presented the Senate's proposal on Monday, following a long slugfest of negotiations with his Republican counterparts. |
The Motley Fool
November 10, 2008
Alex Dumortier |
AIG's Bailout -- Take Two AIG's original $85 billion rescue package has been scrapped as the giant insurer's condition continues to deteriorate. The new package is worth almost twice that amount. |
U.S. Banker
August 2009
Joseph Rosta |
Piling Up on the Fed Republicans and Democrats in Congress agree that the Federal Reserve Board isn't doing much right. |
The Motley Fool
May 24, 2011
Alex Dumortier |
AIG Share Sale: Who Gains? Uncle Sam is selling 300 million shares of insurer AIG today, part of the 92% stake it inherited as a part of its $182 billion bailout, and the company is taking this opportunity to issue 100 million new shares. |
The Motley Fool
March 16, 2009
Alyce Lomax |
More Mind-Numbing Stupidity The FDIC didn't collect premiums from many banks for 10 years. Say what? |
The Motley Fool
September 29, 2008
Morgan Housel |
Now It's Wachovia's Turn Citigroup makes a deal to take over Wachovia's banking operations. |
The Motley Fool
August 28, 2009
Morgan Housel |
Banks' Next Roadblock: The FDIC The FDIC is running out of cash. Here's what that means for you and your bank. |
The Motley Fool
January 13, 2010
Matt Koppenheffer |
A Fee on Big Banks? Ain't Gonna Happen This laughable move would end up hurting investors and customers. |
The Motley Fool
April 28, 2010
Housel & Moscovitz |
Now's Your Chance to End Too Big to Fail The best way we can make a difference is for all of us to contact our senators now, and tell them that we need them to support the SAFE Banking Act to put hard caps on bank size and end the need for taxpayer bailouts. |
The Motley Fool
March 24, 2009 |
Geithner and Bernanke Call for More Power Should the government have more control over financial institutions? Fools chime in with their thoughts. |
Insurance & Technology
March 22, 2010
Anthony O'Donnell |
Insurance Industry: Healthcare Reform Fails to Address Costs Health insurance carriers praise coverage, lament cost. Distributor association expresses disappointment on cost to small businesses and procedural liberties taken by Congress to pass the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. |
Registered Rep.
February 24, 2009
Halah Touryalai |
News Roundup: Obama Spends to Save, Bernanke States the Obvious and AIG says, "Help," Again. Someone should let the stock market in on the secret to economic recovery; investors clearly haven't been too psyched about Treasury's plan. |
On Wall Street
August 1, 2010
Sen. Tim Johnson |
Coordinating Global Regulation Senator who helped hammer out the reform bill says this is just the beginning. |
The Motley Fool
April 19, 2011
Alex Dumortier |
Here's How Lehman Should Have Gone Down In a paper released yesterday, the FDIC prepared a case study in which regulators manage Lehman's failure with the tools and mandate they have under the Dodd-Frank Act on financial reform. Here's how things might have gone. |
The Motley Fool
September 16, 2008
Morgan Housel |
Financial Meltdown: Day 2 Investors' worst fears came true, as insurance giant AIG had its debt downgraded, sending it frighteningly closer to the brink of bankruptcy. |
The Motley Fool
June 17, 2009
Matt Koppenheffer |
Will Obama's Plan Lead to Financial Failure? Only time will tell if Obama's plan will lead to a better system or just a bureaucratic mess. |
BusinessWeek
June 3, 2010
Sterngold & Son |
AIG's Declaration of Independence The botched Prudential deal may not be another blow to the crippled, government-supported insurance giant as much as a sign of a tenacious new board motivated to save the company. So sit tight, taxpayers, getting your money back could take a while |
BusinessWeek
August 26, 2010
James Sterngold |
Let a Thousand Regulators Bloom As agencies begin rewiring Wall Street, job openings abound. |
Bank Director
1st Quarter 2009
L. William Seidman |
It Will Get Better--But Not Soon The good news is that oil is under $50 a barrel. The bad news is the recession is going to get worse before it gets better. |
HBS Working Knowledge
June 22, 2009
Roger Thompson |
"Too Big To Fail": Reining In Large Financial Firms The federal government should slap tough new regulations on all firms that pose "systemic risk" - the risk that a failure of one institution could wreak havoc across the entire financial system. |
BusinessWeek
April 29, 2010
Keehner & Mattingly |
Taxpayers May Get a Piece of the FDIC Action If bad loans rebound, Sheila Bair's FDIC gets a portion of the profits |
