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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?   |
The Motley Fool
March 16, 2010
Matt Koppenheffer |
How to Fail at Financial Reform Real financial reform still seems to be something of a pipe dream. What we got from Sen. Chris Dodd, chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, fell far short. |
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 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. |
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. |
The Motley Fool
July 2, 2010
Jennifer Schonberger |
The Man Behind Congress' Too Big to Fail Remedy Weighs In on Reform Paul Kanjorski says regulators would have more power with the new legislation. |
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 10, 2010
Matt Koppenheffer |
Thanks for Making Things Worse, Congress! Legislators continue to set the bar lower for financial reform. |
The Motley Fool
June 22, 2010
Ilan Moscovitz |
How to Avoid the Next Lehman Brothers Don't go crazy with leverage. Two provisions in the financial-reform bill are critical to avoiding the next Lehman Brothers. |
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. |
The Motley Fool
May 18, 2010
Jennifer Schonberger |
The Man Behind the SAFE Banking Act on Fixing Wall Street Senator Ted Kaufman discusses why, despite the defeat of his SAFE banking amendment, there is still hope for real reform. |
The Motley Fool
May 20, 2010
Jennifer Schonberger |
The Man Behind the SAFE Banking Act on Fixing Wall Street In a 61-to-33 vote, the Senate voted down an amendment that would have capped the size and leverage of banks in this country. That amendment, dubbed the SAFE Banking Act, was proposed by Sen. Ted Kaufman, D-Del. |
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
June 30, 2010
Matt Koppenheffer |
More Proof That Wall Street Is Winning The financial reform bill that a congressional committee put the finishing touches on last week was proof enough that Wall Street, not Washington, has the upper hand in this postmeltdown world. |
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. |
BusinessWeek
December 30, 2009
Vekshin & Kopecki |
Not So Radical Reform How New Democrats and Wall Street are watering down financial regulation in Congress. |
The Motley Fool
March 24, 2010
Matt Koppenheffer |
Why the Fed Will Fail Financial reform may give the Fed new powers, but will it help? |
The Motley Fool
August 31, 2010
Jennifer Schonberger |
Ron Paul: Financial Reform Solved Nothing Rep. Ron Paul discusses reforming Fannie & Freddie and financial reform. |
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. |
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. |
The Motley Fool
February 16, 2010
Jennifer Schonberger |
Could This Bill Kick Growth Into Gear? Sen. Bob Corker on financial regulatory reform. |
Investment Advisor
June 2010
Melanie Waddell |
Next Steps for Congressional Action Reconciliation of reform bills looms. Will Schapiro get fiduciary authority she wants? |
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. |
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. |
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. |
BusinessWeek
December 17, 2009
Paul Barrett |
A Crisis Is a Terrible Thing to Waste This should have been the year of radical financial reform. |
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. |
The Motley Fool
April 7, 2010
William D. Cohan |
The End of Wall Street? The sad truth is that Wall Street is much the same as it was before; it's Main Street that may never be the same again. |
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. |
The Motley Fool
July 22, 2010
Ilan Moscovitz |
Quit Whining, Ratings Agencies! Fast-forward to the day financial reform is signed into law. Moody's, Fitch, and Standard & Poor's (a division of McGraw Hill), the big three debt ratings agencies, are refusing to rate debt. |
The Motley Fool
June 22, 2010
Ilan Moscovitz |
Volcker Strikes Back Volcker with a vengeance. One of the keen insights of the Great Depression was that you shouldn't combine safe, boring, deposit-banking with risky, testosterone-fueled proprietary trading. |
BusinessWeek
May 6, 2010
Dawn Kopecki |
Why Wall Street Fears Derivatives Regulation A provision in the finance reform bill could force banks to exit a highly profitable business. |
The Motley Fool
January 11, 2010
Jennifer Schonberger |
A Rough New Year for Congress Let's preview the political implications for financial regulatory reform and the market. |
The Motley Fool
May 6, 2010
April Taylor |
Fraud Charges Aren't Goldman's Only Worry Will the company need another transformation? |
Bank Systems & Technology
February 8, 2010
Penny Crosman |
How the Volcker Rule Would Affect Banks Former Federal Reserve chair Paul Volcker himself says only the four or five largest U.S. banks are too large and would need to adjust to his proposed rules prohibiting proprietary trading. |
The Motley Fool
August 19, 2010
Mac Greer |
Banks 1, Regulators 0 Income Investor advisor James Early looks at reform from banks' point of view. |
The Motley Fool
November 5, 2010
Moscovitz & Housel |
Your Chance to Fix Wall Street The following is our response to the Financial Stability Oversight Council's request for public comments on implementation of the Volcker rule. |
The Motley Fool
July 22, 2010
Matt Koppenheffer |
The Government Superheroes Preventing the Next Crash Can the Financial Stability Oversight Council save our financial system from evildoers? |
The Motley Fool
June 23, 2010
Ilan Moscovitz |
The Weekly Walk of Shame: Wall Street Lobbyists and Your Money Wall Street has been spending an estimated $1.4 million per day lobbying to weaken rules that would limit the ability to imperil the economy, according to Elizabeth Warren, the Harvard professor charged with oversight of the TARP.program. |
HBS Working Knowledge
July 21, 2010 |
HBS Faculty Debate Financial Reform Legislation What do Harvard Business School faculty experts who conduct research on financial markets and regulation and who, in many cases, have held leadership positions in the financial sector, think about the bill and its intended (and unintended) consequences? |
The Motley Fool
October 2, 2009
Morgan Housel |
The Biggest Bank Deals That Never Happened You think you've seen too big to fail? You ain't seen nothing. |
Investment Advisor
November 2007
Melanie Waddell |
On the Agenda: Insurance and Ratings Congress looks at insurance reform and the subprime mess. |
The Motley Fool
May 21, 2010
Morgan Housel |
Put the Rating Agencies Out of Their Misery Before It's Too Late Once again, raters have proven themselves stuck on stupid. Congress is waking up. Two amendments in the just-passed Senate financial overhaul bill could euthanize the flawed parts of the rating system. |
Investment Advisor
December 2009
Melanie Waddell |
Danger & Opportunity: Staggering Toward Reform Investor Protection Act passes with lots of fiduciary-related amendments; action on Dodd not likely until 2010. |
Bank Systems & Technology
June 21, 2010
Penny Crosman |
Will Regulatory Turmoil Be the Death of IT Innovation? Washington has taken a strong stand on financial reform, and bankers say they understand that. But already-burdened technology organizations will have a hard time keeping up with the flood of changing requirements. |
Insurance & Technology
May 21, 2010
Anthony O'Donnell |
Senate Financial Reform Bill Mostly a Relief for Insurers The potential for duplicative federal insurance regulation did not materialize within the Restoring American Stability Act of 2010 passed by the Senate, but concerns still remain how the final law will affect the industry after passage through the House later this year. |
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 |
The Motley Fool
July 21, 2010 |
Financial Reform Doesn't Prevent Too Big to Fail Will the just-passed financial reform bill end the problem of too big to fail? |
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
May 17, 2010
Matt Koppenheffer |
Defending Wall Street The criminal investigations that are being launched against Wall Street firms are woefully misdirected. |
